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Does India love its local governments?

April 27, 2023 LPS Alliance

This year is the 30th anniversary of the passing of the 73rd and 74th Amendments. Indian governance was always overcentralized. But it is a sign of the times that even the modest steps these amendments […]

Ukraine: How does decentralization affect state-citizens relationships?

March 13, 2023 LPS Alliance

The past fifty years have seen an important trend towards decentralization worldwide. As a result, elected subnational governments now exist in nearly every country and are in charge of delivering a substantial share of total […]

Varieties of Democracy: Capturing data about subnational democratic institutions and practices

May 30, 2022 LPS Alliance

Social scientists working on decentralization and subnational governance are limited in their work by the paucity of data on subnational institutions and practices around the world. In fact, there are few–if any–data sources that provide […]

Upcoming DeLoG Webinar: Who Does What? Functional Assignment Challenges and How to Address Them

May 11, 2022 Susanna Fazio

The Development Partners Network on Decentralisation & Local Governance (DeLoG) cordially invites you to participate to this upcoming webinar on functional assignment. During the webinar, we will discuss how to effectively assign functional responsibilities in multilevel governance systems. […]

Local democracy or elected despotism in Punjab, Pakistan?

February 1, 2022 LPS Alliance

Less than a year after assuming power, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) fulfilled its promise of radically reforming local government legislation in Punjab. Punjab’s 2019 Local Government Act introduced a party-based directly elected mayoral system. Well established […]

Malaysia won’t have local government elections

January 10, 2022 LPSAManager

Malaysia will not revive local government elections, as it would cost at least RM302 million nationwide and such elections for local councilors may not necessarily guarantee the provision of good service to the public, a […]

Electoral Accountability and Fiscal Federalism: The Case of Peru

September 19, 2021 LPS Alliance

Accountability is at the heart of the democratic enterprise. One commonly touted benefit of decentralization is that it promotes this accountability by allowing sub-national governments to target fiscal policy more precisely to the varying preferences […]

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