Development partners Archives – Decentralization Net

The DeLoG Secretariat Undergoes Transition

June 29, 2023 LPS Alliance

In a strategic move aimed at enhancing global local governance initiatives, the DeLoG Secretariat will experience a momentous transition from being hosted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) for over 15 years to […]

The Role of Local and Regional Governments In Development Cooperation

May 10, 2023 LPS Alliance

The context in which international development cooperation is taking place has changed over the last decade. Global poverty rates have declined, but economic and social inequalities remain widespread challenges —notably gender-based inequalities. Some of the […]

Aiding Afghan Local Governance: What Went Wrong?

November 13, 2021 LPS Alliance

After twenty years of an ambitious, costly international state-building effort, the government of Afghanistan collapsed in the summer of 2021 in a matter of weeks. The Afghan security forces’ remarkably rapid defeat earned significant attention, […]

Operationalizing women’s empowerment in development

January 23, 2021 LPS Alliance

One criticism of how women’s empowerment is operationalized in development interventions is the lack of consideration of its context specificity. A recent quantitative study investigates how women participants in development projects in Laos, Myanmar and […]

Development partners

The DeLoG Secretariat Undergoes Transition

The Role of Local and Regional Governments In Development Cooperation

Aiding Afghan Local Governance: What Went Wrong?

Operationalizing women’s empowerment in development

USAID: Placing decentralization at the service of the people in Peru

USAID: Academic research and donor programming on decentralization

The Role of Donors in Strengthening Local Governments and Decentralization