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Iraq

Conflict and Fragility

Decarbonization and political transformation in Iraq

May 11, 2023 LPS Alliance

What happens when a petrostate loses its oil rents? While the oil market continues to go through boom-and-bust cycles, cases such as Iraq provide evidence of how the rapid loss of oil revenues—traumatic decarbonization—may affect […]

Egypt

Comparative analysis of subnational governance in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

December 21, 2021 LPS Alliance

A recent desk study prepared for USAID analyzes the extent to which governance is decentralized in law and practice in nine Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries—Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, […]

Community

Webinar: A comparative analysis of decentralization and subnational governance in MENA

November 14, 2021 LPS Alliance

Several MENA countries have made decentralization gains, particularly since the Arab Spring. However, these gains have been partial, incomplete, and limited by regime security and patronage concerns. A recent study analyzes the extent to which […]

Community

Webinar: Decentralization and inclusive local governance in MENA: reforms and progress

November 14, 2021 LPS Alliance

MENA countries have made some decentralization gains since the Arab Spring. However, these gains have been partial, incomplete, and limited because of other concerns. Morocco, Tunisia and Iraq are among the most decentralized countries in […]

Community

Webinar: Local Governance, Conflict, and Peacebuilding in the MENA region

November 4, 2021 LPS Alliance

Local governance can address drivers of insecurity and conflict by enhancing government responsiveness and accountability to local people, including for the diverse needs of heterogeneous populations. The role of political decentralization, in signaling agreed vertical […]

Iraq

Iraq Faces Major Governance Challenges—Can Decentralization Help?

July 15, 2021 LPS Initiative

Over the last year Iraq’s economy has been in free fall, leading to a recent decision to devalue its currency, the dinar, by 23 percent. As the country deals with intersecting economic, political and security […]

Middle East & North Africa

Assessing Decentralization in the Arab Region

August 29, 2019 LPS Alliance

The weakness of current governance arrangements and the inefficiency of decentralization reforms were exposed with the wave of contestations that have rocked the Arab world since 2011. Effective governance remains in decline across the region, […]

Middle East & North Africa

Iraq’s Regional Decentralisation Debate is Heating Up

September 22, 2016 LPS Initiative

As the battle of Mosul looms, it may be wise to place on the back burner the debate on regional formation initiatives. The decentralisation of security, spending and administrative power is regularly cited as a […]

Conflict and Fragility

Decentralization for Peace in Turkey, Iraq and Syria

March 30, 2016 LPS Initiative

Decentralization through administrative reform is the solution for the Kurdish question in Turkey and its immediate neighborhood. The Republic of Turkey is ill. The violent upheaval taking place just over the border in Iraq and […]

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