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[ March 11, 2026 ] How can property taxes drive subnational development? Cities and urban development
[ March 3, 2026 ] An inflection point in South Africa’s local government reform? Africa
[ February 27, 2026 ] Rethinking the Future of Decentralization and Multilevel Governance Community
[ February 26, 2026 ] LPSA convenes in New York to shape its strategic direction Community
[ February 17, 2026 ] Reimagining democracy from the ground up Decentralization

Property Taxes versus PIT Sharing

November 25, 2024 Marina Jandrevska

One of the main debates among the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is to identify the primary source of local government revenues that is sufficient for the local governments to fulfill the functions […]

How to Design Subnational Fiscal Rules

March 13, 2022 LPSAManager

Mismanagement of subnational finances can entail large economic and social costs, not only within theaffected jurisdiction, but also for a country as a whole. History offers many examples of costly bailouts of subnational governments by […]

Fiscal Decentralization and the Efficiency of Public Service Delivery

July 18, 2015 Jamie Boex

This paper analyzes the impacts of fiscal decentralization on the efficiency of public service delivery. It contributes to existing studies by focusing explicitly on the efficiency of public service delivery instead of the policy outcome. […]