LoGICA Archives – Decentralization Net

Identifying the nature of subnational governance institutions

January 3, 2024 LPS Alliance

As the old joke goes, if all the economists in the world were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion. Likewise, if you were to ask a lawyer, an economist, and a […]

Explainer: What is a local government and why does it matter?

May 9, 2023 LPS Alliance

Decentralization (or devolution, to be more precise) is sometimes defined as “the transfer of power, authority, and resources from the central government to local governments”. In other cases, decentralization has been defined as “the empowerment […]

Assessing the devolution status of subnational governance institutions under the federal constitution

December 22, 2022 LPS Alliance

The Asia Foundation Nepal in coordination with the Local Public Sector Alliance (LPSA) convened a consultation program among the country-level stakeholders on November 7, 2022, in Kathmandu, Nepal. The main purpose of the consultation was […]

Assessing subnational governance institutions around the world: updating the LoGICA Framework

June 8, 2022 LPS Alliance

In countries around the world, subnational governments and other local public sector entities are responsible for delivering the public services that people rely on day-to-day: schools for their children, public health services, access to clean […]

A Comparative Overview of Local Governance Systems

October 4, 2015 LPS Alliance

The mission of the Local Public Sector Initiative is to advance the global development community’s understanding of the role of the local public sector in achieving inclusive and sustainable development. In line with this mission, […]

Local Governance Institutions Comparative Assessment Framework

May 26, 2015 LPS Alliance

The Local Governance Institutions Comparative Assessment (LoGICA) Framework analyzes the local and intergovernmental systems, processes and institutions that contribute to effective local governance and localized service delivery performance: LoGICA Framework (PDF; 1.56 MB) LoGICA Score Card template (Excel; […]