Localization Archives – Decentralization Net

County Childcare as an Avenue to Women’s Economic Empowerment in Kenya

October 7, 2025 Jacqueline Muthura

Under the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution (Part II (9)), county governments in Kenya have constitutional functions and powers for “pre-primary education, village polytechnics, homecraft centres and childcare.” Furthermore, the 2010 Constitution of Kenya provides […]

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 […]

Elevating the Debate and Catalyzing Action: Towards a Pan African Network of Decentralization Advocates

October 1, 2024 Jacqueline Muthura

The African School of Decentralization, the LPSA Sub-Saharan Africa Working Group, the Dullah Omar Institute at the University of the Western Cape, and the Centre for Federalism and Governance Studies at Addis Ababa University have […]

Localizing WEE in Africa Project – Towards Formalization of the Childcare Sector in Kenya

September 4, 2024 Jacqueline Muthura

The Localizing WEE in Africa (LWEEA) project seeks to promote the adoption, funding, and implementation of intergovernmental policy solutions for women’s economic empowerment as a gender-responsive ‘macro-level’ (or multi-level) policy response that supports all women’s […]

Accelerating the localization of the SDGs ?

August 6, 2024 LPS Alliance

SDG localization is the process of adapting and customizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and translating them into local development plans and strategies that fit the needs, context, and priorities of a particular region or […]

Training: Urban Governance Training – Resilient and Smart Cities

April 8, 2024 Mehdi Bargach

The Hague Academy for Local Governance is accepting applications for its in-person Urban Governance Training: Resilient and Smart Cities. This course targets professionals engaged in urban governance and development, including city planners and urban policymakers, drawn […]

Localization

County Childcare as an Avenue to Women’s Economic Empowerment in Kenya

County funding for childcare in Kenya

Elevating the Debate and Catalyzing Action: Towards a Pan African Network of Decentralization Advocates

Localizing WEE in Africa Project – Towards Formalization of the Childcare Sector in Kenya

Accelerating the localization of the SDGs ?

Training: Urban Governance Training – Resilient and Smart Cities

Decentralization in School Management and Student Achievement: Evidence from India

Localizing global development versus localizing development

Water and Sanitation in an Intergovernmental Context

Decentralization, Local Governance, and Localizing the SDGs in Asia and the Pacific