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Local government and local governance in Germany’s federal multilevel system

December 27, 2024 LPS Alliance
Ranking among the most decentralized and politically strongest among among European countries, Germany’s local governments play an important role in Germany’s federalism and beyond. Over the years, the country’s local governance structure has proved to […]
Decentralization

How does intergovernmental coordination strengthen local governance?

December 4, 2024 Marina Jandrevska
The crux of decentralization is that a multilevel public sector can produce better (more responsive and efficient) outcomes compared to a centralized public sector. An underlying–often unstated– assumption is that intergovernmental coordination mechanisms are in […]
Decentralization

The Forum of Federations Handbook of Fiscal Federalism

August 20, 2023 Marina Jandrevska
Fiscal federalism is a critical area of study as it underpins almost all other facets of subnational governance. The overriding issue in fiscal federalism is referred to as the assignment problem, that is, the assignment […]
Climate action

Climate Governance and Federalism

May 28, 2023 LPS Alliance
Climate change poses one of the greatest challenges of our time, demanding urgent action and global cooperation. As nations grapple with the complexities of climate governance, the role of federal systems becomes a topic of […]
Cities and urban development

Local Government and the Changing Urban-Rural Interplay

March 29, 2023 LPS Alliance
What is the impact of increasing population movements from the countryside to cities and towns on the provision of local public services? How can urban and rural local governments cope? How do they finance these […]
Decentralization

Options for a Reform of the Mexican Intergovernmental Transfer System

October 4, 2022 LPSAManager
A recent study by Teresa Ter-Minassian and Andrés Muñoz Miranda published by the Inter-American Development Bank aims at providing an overview of international experiences with the design and reform of intergovernmental transfers, especially in large […]
Fiscal Decentralization

The spatial and economic impact of fiscal equalization in Germany

November 1, 2021 LPS Alliance
Many countries conduct spatial development policies targeted at economically lagging regions within their territory. Place-based policies often take the form of discretionary spending by higher-order government layers, such as the federal level, to subsidize investment […]
Argentina

Intergovernmental Transfers in Federations

November 2, 2020 LPS Alliance
In a multi-level government system, the assignment of roles and responsibilities and institutional legacies between the federal and the subnational governments often create imbalances. A common challenges is a primary vertical fiscal imbalance, which is […]
Fiscal Decentralization

Local government finances during the “Great Recession”

March 26, 2018 LPS Alliance
This report–written by Professor Harold (Hal) Wolman for the German Marshall Fund of the United States –examines how national government policy, and particularly national grant systems, affected local governments during the “Great Recession” and its […]
Participation and accountability

A Content Analysis of the Web Pages of Heidelberg and Konya

January 22, 2016 LPS Alliance
Developments in information and communication technologies affects city administration in all areas. Municipalities in countries around the work increasingly provide information about governaance, services anf finances to their residents, aiming at achieving effiency, speed, low […]

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