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Sharing urban finance data and rankings as a governance tool for India’s cities

March 15, 2023 LPSAManager

India’s economy is among the fastest growing major economies in the world. It is the world’s fifth-largest economy by nominal GDP and the third largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). Over 400 million citizens already […]

DCID’s Fiscal Decentralization Course 2023

March 14, 2023 LPSAManager

After having being put on hold for several years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Duke University’s Center for International Development (DCID) has relaunched its in-person executive education training program on Fiscal Decentralization and Local Government […]

Ukraine: How does decentralization affect state-citizens relationships?

March 13, 2023 LPS Alliance

The past fifty years have seen an important trend towards decentralization worldwide. As a result, elected subnational governments now exist in nearly every country and are in charge of delivering a substantial share of total […]

Local Finances and the Green Transition

March 5, 2023 LPSAManager

Subnational governments in Europe haven’t had it easy over the past 15 years. After the 2008-2009 global economic crisis, subnational governments in many countries in Europe were at the center of economic and fiscal reform […]

Two Decades of Fiscal Decentralization Implementation in Indonesia

January 11, 2023 LPSAManager

Fiscal decentralization in Indonesia has come a long way in the past two decades. The milestone for implementing fiscal decentralization in Indonesia began with the establishment of Law Number 22 of 1999 on Regional Government […]

Performance-Based Fiscal Transfers for Urban Local Governments

January 4, 2023 LPSAManager

The ability of cities and municipalities to effectively deliver infrastructure and services and productively manage built environments and local economies depends on their institutional capabilities, quality of local governance, and financial resources at their disposal. […]

Why local amalgamation succeeds, while the increase of regional authority fails?

December 23, 2022 LPS Alliance

What makes central policy-makers implement local amalgamation reforms but block the increase of regional authority? The case of Ukraine can provide thought-provoking insights on this matter. Decentralization and Multilevel Elections in Ukraine: Reform Dynamics and […]

Assessing the devolution status of subnational governance institutions under the federal constitution

December 22, 2022 LPS Alliance

The Asia Foundation Nepal in coordination with the Local Public Sector Alliance (LPSA) convened a consultation program among the country-level stakeholders on November 7, 2022, in Kathmandu, Nepal. The main purpose of the consultation was […]

Decentralization, Local Governance, and Localizing the SDGs in Asia and the Pacific

December 5, 2022 LPSAManager

Since its adoption in 2015, the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development has shaped not only international development cooperation but also the design of national trajectories for social and economic development. In tandem with other global […]

Global Observatory and Local Democracy and Decentralization Report 2022

November 30, 2022 LPSAManager

Published every three years, United Cities and Local Government’s Global Observatory on Local Democracy and Decentralization (GOLD) reports are an important part of UCLG’s quest to become an international reference point for information about local […]