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Local Accountability and National Coordination in Fiscal Federalism

March 11, 2021 LPS Alliance

A book by Charles R. Hankla, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Raúl A. Ponce Rodríguez Scholars and practitioners have long hailed fiscal federalism as a critical tool for improving government services, but it has not always lived […]

Public Service Delivery in Bangladesh

January 3, 2021 LPS Alliance

Delivering public services to the satisfaction of the citizen is an important challenge confronted by democratic governments everywhere in the modern world. Unlike authoritarian rulers who may conveniently ignore public opinion, democratic governments can do […]

Istanbul Elections Suggest Cracks In Support For Ruling Party

June 23, 2019 LPS Alliance

One important aspect of a decentralization is that it expands the space for political competition beyond the national stage, and provides an opportunity for opposition candidates to prove their worth to the electorate—for instance, as […]

State and Region Governments in Myanmar

November 12, 2018 LPS Alliance

In September 2013, The Asia Foundation published its first report on Myanmar, State and Region Governments in Myanmar. The report provoked a great deal of interest in subnational governance from government, civil society, donors, and […]

An analysis of county-level governance in the Commonwealth of Virginia

April 26, 2018 Jamie Boex

Three famous Virginians— James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and George Mason—were leading voices in the drafting of the United States Constitution which made federalism and self-governance cornerstones of American democracy. Although their writings have inspired and […]

How democratic are local governments in the United States?

March 27, 2018 Jamie Boex

Although Americans are more sharply divided along political lines than ever, most Americans agree on the bedrock principles of the American federal system, including the distribution of powers and responsibilities between federal, state and local […]

When Are Federations More Unequal?

February 3, 2016 LPS Alliance

Why do some countries redistribute more to poorer regions than others? This paper explores which factors explain variation in the degree of interregional redistribution among countries between 1983 and 2010. The main argument is that […]

Considering Local Democratic Transition in Latin America

February 1, 2016 LPS Alliance

Drawing from well-known theories of democracy and democratic transition, this study considers the transition to local democracy in Latin America. It raises a central question: Given the landmark decentralization of the past three decades, what constitutes […]

Pakistan: Province and Providence

January 5, 2016 LPS Initiative

Each province is working in a silo with the result that conflicts and the blame game have marred the mid-term working of the respective governments. The end of 2015 also signifies the end of the […]

It’s time for Africa

November 29, 2015 LPS Alliance

The famous song performed by Shakira at the opening of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa was just translating the new appetite for Africa that is rising up in the mindset of many […]