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Going Granular: Transforming Regional and Municipal Fiscal Data for Policy Innovation

February 11, 2025 Marina Jandrevska

Fiscal data at the regional and municipal levels is essential for effective governance. However, its limited availability, inconsistent formats, and lack of comparability across countries have historically impeded thorough analysis. To address this gap, the […]

The implementation of decentralization reforms in multi-level systems

February 8, 2025 Limabenla Jamir

Decentralization is often viewed as a legal and constitutional process, but the reality is far more complex. In multi-level governance systems, the distribution of power between central and regional governments is not solely determined by […]

Municipal Finance in Canada: Reflections and Thoughts for the Future

February 3, 2025 Limabenla Jamir

“Budget bailout needed once again” could be a headline in a Toronto newspaper today. It is actually from the Toronto Star, December 8, 2004, around the time IMFG was founded. The story notes that Toronto’s budget […]

Rethinking Local Taxation

January 28, 2025 Marina Jandrevska

A recent blog post has sparked discussions about the increasing international reliance on property taxes to bolster local government revenues. The post, available here, contrasts the use of personal income tax (PIT) sharing as a […]

In search of an explanation of why countries decentralize: The centrifugal state

January 1, 2025 LPS Alliance

The modern nation-state finds itself caught in a vise. As global forces have often pulled countries closer together in processes of economic and/or political integration or collaboration, internal pressures push them towards greater fragmentation. This […]

Local government and local governance in Germany’s federal multilevel system

December 27, 2024 LPS Alliance

Ranking among the most decentralized and politically strongest among among European countries, Germany’s local governments play an important role in Germany’s federalism and beyond. Over the years, the country’s local governance structure has proved to […]

LPSA’s Decentralization and Multilevel Governance Glossary

December 26, 2024 LPS Alliance

As a global professional network promoting inclusive local governance and sustainable localized development around the world, LPSA recognizes the importance of stakeholders having a common vocabulary when discussing issues related to decentralization, multilevel governance, and […]

How does intergovernmental coordination strengthen local governance?

December 4, 2024 Marina Jandrevska

The crux of decentralization is that a multilevel public sector can produce better (more responsive and efficient) outcomes compared to a centralized public sector. An underlying–often unstated– assumption is that intergovernmental coordination mechanisms are in […]

Property Taxes versus PIT Sharing

November 25, 2024 Marina Jandrevska

One of the main debates among the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is to identify the primary source of local government revenues that is sufficient for the local governments to fulfill the functions […]

Strengthening evidence and data on subnational government finance and public employment

October 5, 2024 Marina Jandrevska

Local governments are well-positioned to play an important role in inclusive governance and sustainable, localized development in countries around the world. Although legislation often assigns important functional responsibilities to subnational governments, it is much less […]