local government reform Archives – Decentralization Net

Snapshot of Sustainable Development Goals at the Subnational Government Level in Indonesia

January 11, 2024 Limabenla Jamir

Indonesia has been a leading Asian nation in integrating the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into its planning, implementation, and budgeting systems despite the challenges posed by its intricate and decentralized governance structure. Indonesia […]

Territorial-Administrative Reform in the Republic of Moldova

November 16, 2022 LPSAManager

In November 2022, the government of the Republic of Moldova, together with the Local Public Sector Alliance and UNDP organized an expert forum entitled “Territorial-Administrative Reform in the Republic of Moldova: National Proposals and Global […]

Local Government Reform in Zambia

September 8, 2019 LPS Alliance

The decentralization reform process in Zambia has raised citizen expectations towards their participation in local democracy and development. However, a sense of mistrust has arisen among most citizens about the performance of the local governments […]

Myanmar: Make Municipal Governance a Reform Priority

May 4, 2016 LPS Initiative

In Myanmar, the social contract linking the average citizen to government has been damaged by decades of top-down military rule. People understandably do not trust government, or think that they benefit much from it. They […]

Administrative Reform Bill Passes First Reading in Estonian Parliament

April 26, 2016 LPS Initiative

The Estonian government’s administrative reform bill, which proposes radical changes to the country’s local government structures, has passed its first reading in Parliament (Riigikogu). The bill proposes that any local authority should cover a population […]