Community
Upcoming Course: Fiscal Decentralisation & Local Finance
Join us in The Hague for our course on Fiscal Decentalisation & Local Finance!
Fiscal Decentralization
Africa
Taxation and governance in rural areas: lessons from Togo and Sierra Leone
The international development community has increasingly focused on domestic resource mobilization as a means to achieve sustainable development financing. Though this agenda is primarily motivated by a desire to finance essential service delivery while reducing […]
Community
Two Decades of (Fiscal) Decentralization in Indonesia: Lessons for Decentralization Champions in Asia
Fiscal decentralization in Indonesia has come a long way in the past two decades. The adoption of two laws, the Law on Regional Government (Law No. 22 of 1999) and on Financial Balance between Central […]
Community
DCID’s Fiscal Decentralization Course 2023
After having being put on hold for several years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Duke University’s Center for International Development (DCID) has relaunched its in-person executive education training program on Fiscal Decentralization and Local Government […]
Community
Hold the date: Launch of the Third Edition of the World Observatory on Subnational Government Finance
Join OECD and UCLG for the launch of the Third Edition of the OECD-UCLG World Observatory on Subnational Government Finance and Investment (SNG-WOFI)! This hybrid conference will take place on October 24, 2022, at the […]
Community
OECD Fiscal Federalism 2022 – Making Decentralization Work
Fiscal federalism refers to the distribution of taxation and spending powers across levels of government, and is the focus of the OECD’s Network on Fiscal Relations across Levels of Government. Through decentralization, governments can bring public services […]
Asia
Fiscal Decentralization in India
India is moving in the general direction of greater decentralization, with an emphasis on cooperative federalism across Union (federal), state and local levels. Passage of 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments in 1992 set the stage […]
Decentralization
What is the impact of fiscal decentralization on economic growth?
Fiscal decentralization is a complex challenge for developed countries with mature fiscal federalism processes. The fiscal decentralization challenge is even greater for developing countries, which often face considerable capacity constraints hurdles in implementing more decentralized […]
Asia
Nepal’s Unsteady Progress Towards Fiscal Federalism
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, […]
Decentralization
An Intergovernmental Perspective on Managing Public Finances for Service Delivery
Improving service delivery is a major concern in global development agendas, but exactly how best to manage public resources to support better and more inclusive public service delivery in developing countries eludes clear guidance. Key […]
