Community
Upcoming Course: Fiscal Decentralisation & Local Finance
Join us in The Hague for our course on Fiscal Decentalisation & Local Finance! […]
Decentralization reform
Decentralization
It’s about time we reform local government. Or is it?
The British satire show Yes Minister, popular in the early 1980s, was unique in its display of the inner-workings of government. In the short clip below, Sir Humphrey Appleby (the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry […]
Africa
Ghana: The (rebirth of the) decentralist
Few would disagree that decentralization is an alternative development strategy as evidence abound the world over, especially in emerging markets on the ability of decentralization to bring governance closer to the doorsteps of the people, […]
Asia
The Latest Roadblock for Federal Nepal: Civil Service Reform
Seven years after Nepal replaced its unitary government with a three-tier federal system, its civil service is stuck in limbo. The fractious national government has been unable to agree on new federal civil service legislation […]
Administrative decentralization
Local Government Performance Management in Uzbekistan
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released a policy paper which contextualizes the local government performance measurement framework (LGPMF) for Uzbekistan, and provides a starting point for the development of performance indicators and the creation […]
Community
Upcoming DeLoG Webinar: Who Does What? Functional Assignment Challenges and How to Address Them
The Development Partners Network on Decentralisation & Local Governance (DeLoG) cordially invites you to participate to this upcoming webinar on functional assignment. During the webinar, we will discuss how to effectively assign functional responsibilities in multilevel governance systems. […]
OECD
Decentralization and Regionalization in Portugal: What Reform Scenarios?
Overview At first glance, the Portuguese model of multilevel governance does not seem to differ much from the systems practiced in most other countries. However, Portuguese municipalities, parishes (freguesias) and intermunicipal co-operative units, which currently […]
Latin America & Caribbean
The Role of Donors in Strengthening Local Governments and Decentralization
One of the most profound changes that have taken place in Latin America in recent decades is local democratic governance, driven largely by decentralization processes, and also by democratic ideals to open new spaces for […]
Decentralization
The next wave of decentralization
Decentralization is a loaded term. It is often mischaracterized as the solution, as opposed to a complex and dynamic multivariate element within the landscape of the social contract. Permutations can be either liberating or deleterious, […]
Asia
Defending Decentralization in Kerala
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 […]