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Benin: Improving Local Health Outcomes with Participatory Budgeting

October 17, 2021 Tianyu Chen

Public Financial Management (PFM) plays a critical role in policy-making and public service delivery. Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a PFM tool that offers an opportunity for citizens and the civil society to engage in the […]

South African court orders national government to intervene in municipal financial crisis

October 2, 2021 LPS Alliance

Failed service delivery at municipal level is not a new phenomenon, even in countries–such as South Africa–that have a relatively well-functioning local governance system. Local elections are an important–but often imperfect mechanism for ensuring effective […]

Improving Subnational Mobilization of Resources

September 19, 2021 LPS Initiative

Improving subnational resource mobilization – or the process by which subnational governments raise and spend funds on behalf of their constituents – is critical to ensuring sustainable progress towards development goals. In many places, reforms […]

Electoral Accountability and Fiscal Federalism: The Case of Peru

September 19, 2021 LPS Alliance

Accountability is at the heart of the democratic enterprise. One commonly touted benefit of decentralization is that it promotes this accountability by allowing sub-national governments to target fiscal policy more precisely to the varying preferences […]

What is the impact of fiscal decentralization on economic growth?

July 30, 2021 LPS Initiative

Fiscal decentralization is a complex challenge for developed countries with mature fiscal federalism processes. The fiscal decentralization challenge is even greater for developing countries, which often face considerable capacity constraints hurdles in implementing more decentralized […]