Government effectiveness Archives – Decentralization Net

Forms of Government Decentralization and Institutional Quality: Evidence from a Large Sample of Nations

April 11, 2016 LPS Initiative

Decentralization on government functions can improve institutional quality and government functions. Over time, the manners in which governments provide services to their populations have changed due to administrative capacities and technology; the physical and fiscal traditional […]

Challenges to Implementing Development Plans at Local-level Government in Papua New Guinea

March 8, 2016 LPS Initiative

The 1995 local-level government reforms undertaken in Papua New Guinea (PNG) were largely in response to increasing concern that the public service was failing in its responsibility towards the people. As a result, the 1995 […]

Governance of Public Policies in Decentralised Contexts: The Multi-Level Approach

August 2, 2015 LPS Alliance

The ability of sub national governments to “better spend”, by identifying relevant paths for territorial competitiveness and effective delivery of public services, is largely enshrined in their institutional background. Rather than isolated actors, sub national […]