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Webinar: East Asia – Trends, Political Economy Dynamics and Creating Opportunities for a More Inclusive and Efficient Public Sector

August 14, 2021 LPSAManager
Tuesday, September 14, 2021: 10 am BKK / Monday, September 13, 2021: 11 pm EDT Topic Contributor Introduction Serdar Yilmaz, World Bank Deepening Decentralization within Centrally Led States: The Direction of Local Governance Reforms in […]
Asia

Webinar: South Asia – Trends, Political Economy Dynamics and Creating Opportunities for a More Inclusive and Efficient Public Sector

August 14, 2021 LPSAManager
Monday, September 13, 2021: 10 am BKK / Sunday, September 12, 2021: 11 pm EDT Topic Contributor Introduction to Webinar Session Hoon Sahib Soh, World Bank Context: Decentralization and Local Development around the World Serdar […]
Asia

The impact of subnational fiscal efficiency on poverty reduction in Indonesia

August 9, 2021 LPS Alliance
One of the key questions regarding institutional quality in a decentralized system is whether it serves the purpose of providing better public services and improving public welfare that also includes alleviating poverty. Among others, institutional […]
Asia

Is the Mandanas ruling an opportunity to reform local government system in the Philippines?

July 22, 2021 LPS Alliance
After three decades of decentralization, Philippine local government units (LGUs) still face challenges in delivering basic services devolved to them with the passing of the Local Government Code of 1991. Despite of the enactment of […]
Asia

Nepal’s Unsteady Progress Towards Fiscal Federalism

July 9, 2021 LPS Alliance
Amid swirling uncertainties created by internal party wrangling and a second wave of Covid-19, all seven of Nepal’s provincial governments, newly created by the 2015 constitution, introduced their budgets for FY 2021/22 on June 15, […]
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Hold the date: Decentralization and local development in Asia

July 2, 2021 LPS Alliance
Effective decentralization and localization—including subnational governance systems that empower and encourage local leaders to promote inclusion and equity—form an important precondition for resilient, inclusive, sustainable, equitable and efficient development. With this understanding in mind, the […]
Administrative decentralization

The Viet Nam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index

May 21, 2021 Tianyu Chen
The Viet Nam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) is a policy monitoring tool developed by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to promote public administration efficiency, reduce corruption, and better identify and […]
Asia

Changes to the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) in the Philippines

September 16, 2020 LPS Alliance
In 2019, the Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled with finality on separate petitions filed by Batangas Governor Herminaldo Mandanas and Bataan Governor Enrique Garcia regarding the share of local government units (LGUs) in national […]
Asia

Defending Decentralization in Kerala

March 11, 2019 LPS Initiative
Kerala is one of the few states in India considered to have taken serious efforts in transferring powers to Local Self Government (LSG) institutions for strengthening the decentralization process. The high rate of urbanization in […]
Asia

The politics of local government restructuring in Nepal

August 24, 2016 LPS Alliance
The Kathmandu Post reports that lawmakers in Nepal have objected to the Local Body Restructuring Commission (LBRC)’s proposal to carve out 565 local units across the country as part of the local body restructuring, saying […]

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