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Sharing urban finance data and rankings as a governance tool for India’s cities

March 15, 2023 LPSAManager

India’s economy is among the fastest growing major economies in the world. It is the world’s fifth-largest economy by nominal GDP and the third largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). Over 400 million citizens already […]

Cities and urban services

Performance-Based Fiscal Transfers for Urban Local Governments

January 4, 2023 LPSAManager

The ability of cities and municipalities to effectively deliver infrastructure and services and productively manage built environments and local economies depends on their institutional capabilities, quality of local governance, and financial resources at their disposal. […]

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Global Observatory and Local Democracy and Decentralization Report 2022

November 30, 2022 LPSAManager

Published every three years, United Cities and Local Government’s Global Observatory on Local Democracy and Decentralization (GOLD) reports are an important part of UCLG’s quest to become an international reference point for information about local […]

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Subnational Competitiveness Grants Guidebook

August 23, 2022 LPSAManager

The World Bank Group published a guidebook for practitioners to promote policy actions that strengthen competitiveness at the subnational level. This guidebook introduces Subnational Competitiveness Grants (SCGs) as an innovative approach in which well-tested tools […]

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Africa’s smaller cities are usually overlooked: they shouldn’t be

July 17, 2022 LPSAManager

Often when one thinks or writes about urbanization in Africa, mega-cities or primary cities like Lagos, Nairobi, Addis Ababa or Kampala, come to mind. Little, however, is written about places like Gabés in Tunisia, Touba-Mbacké […]

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Local Government Finance is Development Finance

July 6, 2022 LPSAManager

The Local Transformative Finance team at United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) recently released a book titled Local Government Finance is Development Finance. This book highlights the partnership, policy and investment agenda of UNCDF in […]

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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 […]

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, […]

Cities and urban services

Climate resilience in the global South depends on greater attention to urban governance systems

December 7, 2021 LPS Alliance

As far back as 2006, cities were found to account for over 70% of energy-related carbon emissions.  And cities are growing rapidly in both population and land area covered.  The UN reports that ninety percent […]

Cities and urban services

Our City Plans: UN Habitat launches its updated participatory urban planning toolbox

October 17, 2021 LPS Alliance

What is UN-Habitat’s Our City Plans? Our City Plans, formerly known as Participatory Incremental Urban Planning (PIUP), is a toolbox that allows local governments and urban actors to implement projects, plans, and planning processes. It […]

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