Public budgets are the instruments through which governments implement their policies for sustainable development in an inclusive manner. The public spending decisions are undertaken as part of the annual budget cycle, from the strategic budgeting […]
Since its adoption in 2015, the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development has shaped not only international development cooperation but also the design of national trajectories for social and economic development. In tandem with other global […]
How can inclusive local service delivery contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? How can the different layers of government work together to ensure that basic services also reach marginalized people? And how can public […]
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 […]
In many low- and middle-income countries, health coverage has improved dramatically in the past two decades, but health outcomes have not. As such, effective coverage—a measure of service delivery that meets a minimum standard of […]
Subnational governments play a key role in achieving inclusive governance and an inclusive public sector. Not only do local governments form the government level closest to the people, and therefore have the greatest potential for […]
Gender inequality is perhaps the single most significant impediment to achieving a more just, equitable, prosperous, and inclusive world. Inequality, a root cause of poverty, instability, and conflict, is damaging to people, societies, and the […]
The Paris Collaborative on Green Budgeting, established in 2017 with the OECD serving as the Secretariat, aims to design new, innovative tools for national and subnational governments to better align national expenditure and revenue processes […]
There are five villages in the Damrey Slab commune of Cambodia’s Kampong Thom province, but travel among them was difficult. The roads between villages were in disrepair, complained Mr. Chea, a villager in Damrey Slab […]
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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