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Institutions of Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations: Challenges Ahead

February 21, 2017 Jamie Boex

Intergovernmental fiscal institutions are the overarching framework for relations across government levels. They comprise the constitutional set up of a country; the division of power between government levels; the prevalence of fiscal rules across government […]

Making local voices count: How Senegal and Tunisia inspire each other on governance reform

January 3, 2017 LPS Initiative

Six years ago, a revolution started in Tunisia with an unemployed young Tunisian in a secondary city desperate to make his voice heard. This revolution reshaped the country’s development agenda and triggered a decentralization process to […]

Brazil to allow states with good ratings to issue new debt

December 2, 2016 LPS Initiative

The National Monetary Council, known as CMN, said it will permit states under the fiscal adjustment program to tap 7 billion reais in new credit backed by the national treasury. The government had not allowed […]

Decentralisation in West Africa: the Implications for Urban Climate Change Governance

November 17, 2016 LPS Initiative

West African countries have been characterised by a process of decentralisation. However, in many cases decentralisation processes have been incomplete, perpetuating existing challenges and limiting the ability of local authorities to address both current and future environmental, social and […]

Does Fiscal Decentralisation Foster Regional Convergence?

October 6, 2016 LPS Initiative

Across the OECD, GDP per capita is converging. In contrast, regional disparities – or differences in GDP per capita across jurisdictions – are rising, mainly as a result of widening productivity differences. Fiscal decentralisation could […]

Nepal: Public Finance in Schools

August 24, 2016 LPS Initiative

Nepal’s school education system, one of the most decentralised sectors, involves various institutions at the local level. The current mode of decentralisation allows school stakeholders to spend state funds as specified and transferred by the […]

The Fiscal Risk of Local Government Revenue in the People’s Republic of China

July 27, 2016 LPS Initiative

Since the Tax Sharing Reform in 1994, the local government revenue of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has faced downward risk problems. This paper reviews the fiscal and taxation reforms in the central and local […]

Do the Poor Count in Fiscal Decentralization Policy?

June 30, 2016 LPS Initiative

Various fiscal decentralization instruments help improve livelihoods for the poor. The general grant transfers in particular enable the fiscally disadvantaged localities to provide public services at levels comparable to rich jurisdictions. Although previous research abounds […]

Local Development Funds Shift Decision-Making Power to Mongolia’s Citizens

May 19, 2016 LPS Initiative

Many stories about Mongolia lead with the economic “boom” the country has experienced from its vast mineral resources. While the economic windfalls have certainly driven the country’s rapid development over the last decade, Mongolia has […]

Moroccan Decentralization – Challenges to Genuine Implementation

May 11, 2016 LPS Initiative

The Moroccan decentralization initiative bears great promise to achieve human development goals that are truly ‘of the people’. As turmoil engulfs so much of the MENA region, the Moroccan model stands out as a potential […]