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Is Decentralization Good For Development?

January 19, 2016 LPS Initiative

Is decentralization good for development? This book, edited by Jean-Paul Faguet and Caroline Pöschl, offers insights and lessons that help us understand when the answer is ‘Yes’, and when it is ‘No’. It shows us how decentralization […]

How Not to Increase Participation in Local Government

January 15, 2016 LPS Alliance

Local governments benefit in many countries from nonelected committees that provide citizen input on important issues. Although these committees offer a valuable tool for policy makers, they suffer from low participation and tend to underrepresent […]

Citizens’ Blame of Politicians for Local Public Service Failure

January 15, 2016 LPS Alliance

Theories of blame suggest that contracting out public service delivery reduces citizens’ blame of politicians for service failure. The authors use an online experiment with 1,000 citizen participants to estimate the effects of information cues […]

Comparative Assessment of Decentralization in Africa

December 10, 2015 LPS Initiative

Decentralization has advanced considerably in Africa in the last two decades. Since 1990, many African central governments have initiated or deepened processes to transfer authority, power, responsibilities, and resources to sub-national levels. To examine the […]

Local Governments and Public Goods: Assessing Decentralization in the Arab World

November 24, 2015 LPS Initiative

Countries across the Arab world have been engaging in a range of decentralization efforts. This book, edited by Mona Harb and Sami Atallah, documents and assesses past and current decentralization policies and initiatives in five Arab […]

Municipal Finances, A Handbook for Local Governments

November 11, 2015 LPS Initiative

Municipal Finances, A Handbook for Local Governments (2014), edited by Catherine Farvacque-Vitkovic and Mihaly Kopanyi, is designed to help local government practitioners to improve strategic management of municipal finances. It provides practitioners, particularly staff of medium […]

Decentralization

Is Decentralization Good For Development?

How Not to Increase Participation in Local Government

Citizens’ Blame of Politicians for Local Public Service Failure

Comparative Assessment of Decentralization in Africa

Local Governments and Public Goods: Assessing Decentralization in the Arab World

Municipal Finances, A Handbook for Local Governments

Decentralization and Role of School Development Committees in Public Schools in Sri Lanka

State and Local Governments: Why They Matter and How to Finance Them

The SDGs: What Local Governments Need to Know

Public financial management in decentralized and decentralizing environments