Subnational government finance Archives

Two Decades of Fiscal Decentralization Implementation in Indonesia

January 11, 2023 LPSAManager

Fiscal decentralization in Indonesia has come a long way in the past two decades. The milestone for implementing fiscal decentralization in Indonesia began with the establishment of Law Number 22 of 1999 on Regional Government […]

Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers in Kenya: An Empirical Analysis

November 7, 2022 LPSAManager

In a devolved country, adequate and timely intergovernmental financial transfers are often critical to the ability of subnational governments to operate effectively and deliver public services. A well-designed intergovernmental transfer system, when accompanied with sufficient […]

Subnational Competitiveness Grants Guidebook

August 23, 2022 LPSAManager

The World Bank Group published a guidebook for practitioners to promote policy actions that strengthen competitiveness at the subnational level. This guidebook introduces Subnational Competitiveness Grants (SCGs) as an innovative approach in which well-tested tools […]

Subnational Government Climate Expenditure and Revenue Tracking in OECD and EU Countries

July 18, 2022 LPSAManager

Accounting for almost 60% of public investment and 40% of public expenditure in OECD countries, regional and local governments, who have jurisdiction over key policy areas relevant to the green transition such as land-use planning, […]

Local Government Finance is Development Finance

July 6, 2022 LPSAManager

The Local Transformative Finance team at United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) recently released a book titled Local Government Finance is Development Finance. This book highlights the partnership, policy and investment agenda of UNCDF in […]

How Efficient Is the Management of Subnational Public Investment?

January 31, 2022 LPSAManager

The management of public investments at the subnational level is an important part of public sector finance and subnational financial management for two reasons. First, the fiscal space that countries have available to allocate to […]

PEFA: Revised guidance for subnational PEFA assessments to be piloted

October 20, 2020 LPS Alliance

The Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) program was initiated in 2001 by seven international development partners to harmonize the assessment of public financial management (PFM) systems across the partner organizations. Since 2001, the PEFA […]

UCLG/OECD: World Observatory on Subnational Government Finance

November 25, 2019 LPS Alliance

On 17th of June 2019, the first International Conference of the World Observatory on Subnational Government Finance and Investment (SNG WOFI) took place in Paris. The Observatory is a joint initiative of the OECD and […]