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2022 Subnational Government GovTech Maturity Index (GTMI) Survey

April 24, 2022 LPSAManager

Governments have been using technology to modernize the public sector for decades. The World Bank Group (WBG) launched the GovTech Initiative in 2019 to support the latest generation of these reforms. GovTech is a whole-of-government approach to […]

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Knowledge sharing on decentralization and local development in the MENA Region: A recap

April 19, 2022 LPSAManager

As part of the global webinar series on decentralization and local development around the world, the Local Public Sector Alliance (LPSA) hosted the ”Decentralization and Local Development in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) […]

Bangladesh

Strengthening of local government institutions stressed for achieving SDGs

April 10, 2022 LPSAManager

On November 4th, 2021, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Bangladesh and the Government of Bangladesh’s Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (MLGRD&C) organized a workshop titled “Strengthening Zila Parishad in Achieving […]

COVID-19

Local government budget delays are impeding Nepal’s COVID-19 response

April 6, 2022 LPSAManager

Six months into the fiscal year 2021/22, 24 of Nepal’s 753 local governments have yet to approve their annual budget and plan, failing to deliver on what is arguably their most critical constitutional role. With […]

Cities and urban services

Revisiting Spatially Targeted Policies for Regional Development

March 17, 2022 LPSAManager

Place matters for productivity and prosperity. More and more people are choosing to live in cities. They offer better opportunities, better services, and sanctuary from conflict and the effects of climate change influences. Yet large […]

Decentralization

Using specific–purpose grants to achieve development goals

March 5, 2022 LPSAManager

Decentralization has been increasing in developing countries, oftentimes, with the encouragement of development partners. It is estimated that intergovernmental transfers account for about 60 per cent of total local government revenues in developing countries. Given this trend, the question […]

Climate action

The role of subnational governments in combating climate change

February 28, 2022 LPSAManager

Mobilizing all levels of government has long been recognized as a vital tool in climate action. Yet even though the theory of fiscal federalism provides clear guidelines on designing intergovernmental cooperation, many countries around the world […]

Administrative decentralization

Coordinating public infrastructure across government levels in the United States

February 16, 2022 LPSAManager

For over 25 years, the United states has not had a standing institutional mechanism for intergovernmental coordination between federal, state, and local governments. The last official organization that handled such coordination was the U.S. Advisory […]

Administrative decentralization

A Guide to the Compilation of Subnational Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs)

February 8, 2022 LPSAManager

It is well recognized that in many countries there can be variation in price levels across different areas within the country (states, regions, provinces, etc.). Policymakers and researchers interested in the nature of subnational development […]

Cities and urban services

Integrating Climate Change into Spatial Planning in Kosovo

February 6, 2022 LPSAManager

Climate change has become one of the biggest global threats and its impacts are already being faced by many cities and human settlements around the world, including those in Kosovo. The way cities are planned, […]

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