Community
Upcoming Course: Fiscal Decentralisation & Local Finance
Join us in The Hague for our course on Fiscal Decentalisation & Local Finance! […]
Localizing Services and Development
COVID-19
Local Finances and the Green Transition
Subnational governments in Europe haven’t had it easy over the past 15 years. After the 2008-2009 global economic crisis, subnational governments in many countries in Europe were at the center of economic and fiscal reform […]
Localization
Budgeting for the SDGs
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 […]
ADB
Decentralization, Local Governance, and Localizing the SDGs in Asia and the Pacific
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 […]
Community
Upcoming Course: Inclusive Service Delivery & the SDGs
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 […]
Cities and urban development
Global Observatory and Local Democracy and Decentralization Report 2022
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 […]
Health
Improving Effective Coverage in Health: Do Financial Incentives Work?
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 […]
Asia
In Cambodia, Decentralization Spurs Development
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 […]
Cities and urban development
Subnational Competitiveness Grants Guidebook
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 […]
Argentina
The Role of Subnational Governments in the COVID-19 Pandemic Response
As the severity and scale of the COVID – 19 pandemic became apparent in early 2020, many countries and global actors mobilized to respond to the pressing crisis. In addition to the general demands the […]
