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Local Autonomy in the European Union

June 25, 2022 LPSAManager

Local autonomy is a highly valued feature of good governance. The continuous attempts of many countries to strengthen the autonomy of local government shows the importance given to decentralization and reinforcing competences at the lowest […]

Upcoming DeLoG Webinar: Who Does What? Functional Assignment Challenges and How to Address Them

May 11, 2022 Susanna Fazio

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. […]

Understanding subnational decision-making power and spending autonomy

April 1, 2021 LPS Alliance

Countries differ with respect to the functions or competencies assigned to subnational governments, and with respect to the share of public spending being done by subnational governments. In addition, however, countries may differ with respect […]

Somalia: Moving the Federalism Agenda Forward

December 12, 2020 LPS Alliance

Somalia is emerging from decades of conflict, with the signing of the Provisional Constitution in 2012 paving the way toward a political settlement. Whereas the Provisional Constitution defines the boundaries of Somalia based on the […]

Shared Mandates, Moral Hazard, and Political (Mis)alignment in a Decentralized Economy

June 22, 2016 LPS Initiative

This paper investigates the effects of political (mis)alignment on public service delivery when mandates are shared between state and local governments. As argued by Oates (1972) long ago, when local administrations are not pressured to […]

Fragmented governance and local service delivery in Malawi

July 31, 2015 LPS Alliance

During a research trip to Malawi in 2012, a senior government official commented that nearly two decades after the government had renewed its commitment to democratic decentralisation, the working of local government in Malawi was […]

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