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[ March 22, 2023 ] Property Tax in Asia: Policy and Practice Asia
[ March 21, 2023 ] Localizing development ? When does “local” means “local” ? Community
[ March 18, 2023 ] Announcing the winner of the Global Outstanding Decentralization Paper Award Africa
[ March 15, 2023 ] Sharing urban finance data and rankings as a governance tool for India’s cities Cities and urban services
[ March 14, 2023 ] DCID’s Fiscal Decentralization Course 2023 Community

Decentralisation and Rural Development in Timor-Leste

February 26, 2016 LPS Initiative

Timor-Leste’s new Prime Minister, Rui Araujo, has inherited a policy of decentralising the nation’s governance. Given capacity issues, this process is unlikely to bring broader-based rural development to Timor-Leste in the short term. But, if […]

What drives decentralization in Malawi: poverty alleviation or politics?

July 31, 2015 LPS Alliance

One of the arguments made in support of decentralization is that by involving local governments, decentralized programs may be better able to target the beneficiaries for pro-poor government programs. A recent World Bank Working Paper […]