The New Urban Agenda must take into account the threats of implementation in authoritarian and corrupt states. “Effective decentralization” is listed as one the “main drivers of change to realize the transformative commitments” advocated by […]
The chief minister of Karnataka has requested the Prime Minister to call a meeting of the party States to sort out this year’s Cauvery water-sharing problem. It would be instructive for the parties concerned to […]
Dear reader, What do we wish for 2016? We wish for better services by government institutions, public leaders responsive to citizen’s needs, economic perspectives for young and old, and a peaceful co-existence of people from […]
The ability of sub national governments to “better spend”, by identifying relevant paths for territorial competitiveness and effective delivery of public services, is largely enshrined in their institutional background. Rather than isolated actors, sub national […]
Over the last three decades, the Inter-American Development Bank has secured a privileged position in supporting the Subnational Governments and Decentralization Sector in the region, particularly by deepening the processes of decentralization in the countries. […]
This paper analyzes the impacts of fiscal decentralization on the efficiency of public service delivery. It contributes to existing studies by focusing explicitly on the efficiency of public service delivery instead of the policy outcome. […]
Petersen, O. H., Houlberg, K. and Christensen, L. R. (2015), Contracting Out Local Services: A Tale of Technical and Social Services. Public Administration Review, 75: 560–570. doi: 10.1111/puar.12367 Governments face a fundamental choice between in-house […]
The LPS Country Profile Handbook presents an overview of the concepts and measurement of the local public sector, and provides detailed instructions on how to prepare a Local Public Sector Country Profile. The Handbook is […]
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