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Horizontal intergovernmental coordination at local and regional levels

October 24, 2025 LPS Alliance

A newly released volume, Horizontal Intergovernmental Coordination at Local and Regional Levels: Evidence from Europe and Beyond, addresses a critical yet underexplored dimension of multilevel governance: the mechanisms and conditions that enable horizontal coordination among […]

Territorial income differences and dynamics within Latin American countries

October 7, 2025 LPS Alliance

For decades, Latin America has been characterized by deep territorial disparities in income and productivity. Stark divides between leading metropolitan regions and lagging rural areas have shaped economic opportunity, social cohesion, and politics. A recent […]

Bridging the Implementation Gap: A Framework for Effective Regional Development

September 29, 2025 Limabenla Jamir

The OECD report Implementing Regional Development Strategies: A Practitioner’s Guide (2025), authored by Jeroen Michels and Yingyin Wu of the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), offers timely guidance on one of […]

From decentralization to recentralization in Turkey

September 22, 2025 LPS Alliance

When the Turkish Justice and Development Party (AKP) swept into power in 2002, it promised to loosen the rigid centralism that had long defined the Turkish state. In its first years, the party advanced decentralizing […]

Financing green futures: Eco-fiscal tools in Canadian cities

September 14, 2025 Marina Jandrevska

As the impacts of climate change grow more severe, governments at all levels are facing a dual challenge: how to fund the transition to sustainable communities while managing increasing fiscal pressures. In this context, municipalities […]

Subnational governments, a key link for territorial development in Iberia and Latin America

September 12, 2025 LPS Alliance

“Subnational governments, a key link for territorial development.” This was a central theme of the Fourteenth Ibero-American Conference on Local Finance, held on September 3 and 4 in Asunción, Paraguay. The conference was supported by […]

Unlocking Zambia’s Property Tax Potential: A Path Toward Inclusive Reform

August 25, 2025 Marina Jandrevska

Effective property taxation is contingent on comprehensive property identification. In Zambia, as in many low- and middle-income countries, the first step toward fiscal inclusion is the systematic discovery and recording of properties, creating a fairer […]

Local Fiscal Transformation in East Africa

August 3, 2025 Jacqueline Muthura

Introduction Over the past decade, public financial management (PFM) reform has emerged as a cornerstone of fiscal modernization efforts across East Africa. From Kenya’s digital procurement platforms to Somalia’s adoption of international accounting standards, the […]

Fiscal decentralization and economic growth in African and OECD countries

July 28, 2025 LPS Alliance

It is no secret that there is a strong correlation between a country’s level of development and its degree of (fiscal) decentralization. After all, many OECD countries are quite highly devolved, whereas many non-OECD countries […]

Centralization, Elite Capture, and Service Provision: Evidence From Taiwan

July 27, 2025 LPS Alliance

Champions of decentralization often argue that decentralization reforms have the potential to achieve a more inclusive and efficient public sector. This notion is based on the assumption that local governments—being closer to the people—are more […]