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Europe & Central Asia

Practical insights into contemporary financial management

December 3, 2023 Marina Jandrevska

Financial management as a scholarly field has been rapidly changing in the last few decades. This paradigm shift has been fueled by a number of factors, including the unprecedented development of ICT technology, globalization, man-made […]

Fiscal Decentralization

The concept of personal income tax piggybacking

November 30, 2023 Marina Jandrevska

Subnational governments frequently struggle with a vertical fiscal gap, which occurs when there is a gap between the functions or expenditure responsibilities and the financial resources available to them. This vertical fiscal gap results in […]

Cities and urban development

Local government managers are on the frontlines of American climate change

November 28, 2023 LPS Alliance

Due to the federal structure of the United States, state and local governments in the U.S. are the implementation agents for a vast swath of federal policies. One area where state and local governments play […]

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Decentralization in School Management and Student Achievement: Evidence from India

November 24, 2023 LPS Alliance

A recent paper published in the Journal of Development Studies examines the link between decentralization in school management and student achievement levels in secondary schools in India. The study employs observational data from two school […]

Decentralization

Local government finance indicators in South-East Europe

November 20, 2023 Marina Jandrevska

Policymakers in South-East Europe rely on high-quality data and information for informed decisions, effective public policies, and resource management, but this data is either missing or difficult to access, hindering efficient resource management. To bridge […]

Cities and urban development

Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems (ASICS) 2023 Report

November 16, 2023 Limabenla Jamir

The Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems (ASICS) is a comprehensive diagnostic of the state of India’s city-systems – the complex, mostly-invisible factors (such as laws, policies, institutions, institutional processes) that underpin urban governance and strongly […]

Decentralization

Localizing global development versus localizing development

November 3, 2023 Jamie Boex

The term localization has become increasingly popular in parts of the global development community in recent years. This should be good news to the members of the Local Public Sector Alliance (LPSA), a global professional […]

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LPSA is honored to welcome Dr. Enid Slack as new Advisory Board Chair

November 1, 2023 LPS Alliance

The Local Public Sector Alliance is pleased to have an active Advisory Board that includes some of the most experienced practitioners and renowned scholars of decentralization and localization from around the world. The LPSA Advisory […]

LPSA Updates

LPSA Expert Working Group on Latin America & the Caribbean – Open Meeting – December 2023 

October 25, 2023 LPSAManager

LPSA’s Regional Working Group on Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) aims to bring together government officials, policy practitioners, scholars, civil society organizations, and citizens who share an interest and expertise on decentralization, multilevel governance, […]

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Coming soon: LPSA’s Thematic Working Group on Gender Equity and Women’s Empowerment

October 22, 2023 LPS Alliance

The Local Public Sector Alliance is a global alliance of advocates for inclusive governance and sustainable development. As central governments are often far removed from people’s day-to-day lives, local governments provide a key mechanism to […]

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