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Navigating conflict and fostering cooperation in fiscal federalism

August 12, 2024 Marina Jandrevska
Intergovernmental disputes within federal or decentralized systems can hinder a country’s harmonious operation, negatively impacting the fiscal health of central and subnational governments. These disputes predominantly arise from ambiguities in power and resource distribution, as […]
Decentralization

Adapting intergovernmental fiscal transfers for the future

July 30, 2024 Marina Jandrevska
Fiscal federalism aims to achieve equitable distribution of resources across jurisdictions, thereby enhancing equitable access to public services. The configuration of intergovernmental fiscal arrangements significantly impacts the subnational government’s capacity to finance and provide public […]
Argentina

The Role of Subnational Governments in the COVID-19 Pandemic Response

August 18, 2022 LPSAManager
As the severity and scale of the COVID – 19 pandemic became apparent in early 2020, many countries and global actors mobilized to respond to the pressing crisis. In addition to the general demands the […]
Asia

Fiscal Decentralization in India

December 29, 2021 LPS Alliance
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?

July 30, 2021 LPS Initiative
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 […]
Decentralization

Remembering Richard Bird (1938-2021)

June 14, 2021 LPS Alliance
With the passing of Richard Bird last week, the world of public finance scholarship lost one of its giants.  A prolific researcher, his writings on public finance in low and middle income countries surely reached […]
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 […]
Fiscal Decentralization

When Are Federations More Unequal?

February 3, 2016 LPS Alliance
Why do some countries redistribute more to poorer regions than others? This paper explores which factors explain variation in the degree of interregional redistribution among countries between 1983 and 2010. The main argument is that […]
Africa

African State Governance: Subnational Politics and National Power

August 26, 2015 LPS Alliance
This book offers a comprehensive picture of state and local legislative politics in Africa and a detailed examination of formal and informal political authority in the continent’s states, provinces and counties. It considers the pace […]

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