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[ March 3, 2026 ] An inflection point in South Africa’s local government reform? Africa
[ February 27, 2026 ] Rethinking the Future of Decentralization and Multilevel Governance Community
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[ February 17, 2026 ] Reimagining democracy from the ground up Decentralization
[ February 17, 2026 ] Local public finances and the SDGs: How are European cities rewiring budgeting for a sustainable future? Cities and urban development

OECD Fiscal Federalism 2022 – Making Decentralization Work

January 10, 2022 LPSAManager

Fiscal federalism refers to the distribution of taxation and spending powers across levels of government, and is the focus of the OECD’s Network on Fiscal Relations across Levels of Government. Through decentralization, governments can bring public services […]

Mainstreaming Performance Based Financing into the Government Budget

November 6, 2021 LPS Alliance

Performance based financing (PBF) initiatives in the health sector have been introduced in a wide range of countries. They reward hospitals or health facilities, against the delivery of services adjusted for quality. This was in […]

Governance Drivers of Rural Water Sustainability in Indonesia

October 18, 2021 Khaled Ahsan

Community-led service delivery is an effective method of providing basic public services to populations and, at times, the only option. Yet, despite attempts by development practitioners to improve the sustainability of this method of delivery, […]

Benin: Improving Local Health Outcomes with Participatory Budgeting

October 17, 2021 Tianyu Chen

Public Financial Management (PFM) plays a critical role in policy-making and public service delivery. Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a PFM tool that offers an opportunity for citizens and the civil society to engage in the […]

What does a decentralized health service delivery model require to succeed?

September 27, 2021 LPS Alliance

Delivery of health services is often under-funded. This is not unique to poor countries — from the UK’s travails with the NHS to India’s under-resourced health sector, examples abound of the detrimental impact that an […]

UN-Habitat’s Handbook For City Managers

September 25, 2021 Tianyu Chen

Urban governance is identified by UN-Habitat as a fundamental factor in the implementation and fulfillment of the New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals. Intended to help city managers and other stakeholders achieve these goals, […]

UCLG: Towards the Localization of the SDGs

September 19, 2021 LPS Initiative

The fifth report of local and regional governments (LRGs) to the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), Towards the Localization of the SDGs, provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of LRGs’ efforts to respond to the […]

Reflections from Citizen-led Assessments on Responsive Local Governance

September 12, 2021 LPS Alliance

Rajib Timalsina – August 2021 Across the world, large proportions of children are not acquiring foundational reading and numeracy skills, even after spending several years in school. Despite its increasing visibility, this enormous global problem […]

The role of intergovernmental fiscal transfers in improving education outcomes

August 27, 2021 LPS Alliance

Access to schooling in developing countries has increased rapidly over the last 20 years with many more children, and particularly poor children, starting earlier and staying in school for longer than ever before. These improvements […]

Leveraging local governments in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic

August 19, 2021 LPS Alliance

In countries around the world, federal or central authorities have played a leading role in the public sector’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this doesn’t mean that there is no place for subnational governments […]