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County funding for childcare in Kenya

September 17, 2025 Jacqueline Muthura
Kenya’s 2010 devolved constitution established county governments as the primary level of government responsible for the provision of childcare facilities, assigning them a mandate that is both critical and, until devolution, largely undefined. Despite considerable […]
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Fixing the financial ecosystem for local governments may require non-fiscal solutions

October 10, 2023 LPS Alliance
We live in a time of great economic, social and geopolitical uncertainty. Developing countries have been dealt a particularly bad hand and need to accelerate three transitions in this uncertain time, including—first, urban and rural […]
Community

High-Level Policy Dialogue on the Malaga Global Coalition for Municipal Finance

August 17, 2023 LPS Alliance
We are living in a time of great economic, social and geopolitical uncertainty in which developing countries need to manage three simultaneous transitions: (1) urban and rural transition ensuring inclusive and sustainable spaces in the […]
Africa

Making Devolution Work for Service Delivery in Kenya

April 10, 2022 LPSAManager
Kenya adopted a new constitution and began the process of devolution in 2010, ceding many formerly national responsibilities to new county governments. As an institutional response to longstanding grievances, this radical restructuring of the Kenyan […]
Decentralization

Towards a comprehensive understanding of Multi-Level Governance Public Sector Revenues and Expenditures

February 17, 2022 LPS Alliance
Global development does not take place within the walls of international development organizations. Nor does development take place within the walls of the central government ministries that are typically the main counterparts of international development […]
Decentralization

An Intergovernmental Perspective on Managing Public Finances for Service Delivery

June 28, 2021 LPS Alliance
Improving service delivery is a major concern in global development agendas, but exactly how best to manage public resources to support better and more inclusive public service delivery in developing countries eludes clear guidance. Key […]

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