Tunisia Archives – Decentralization Net

Decentralization, local governance, and inequality in the Middle East and North Africa

March 7, 2025 LPS Alliance

While many scholars, policymakers, and development practitioners view decentralization as a way to increase participation, strengthen political representation, and improve social welfare, little is known about the experiences of communities in the context of decentralization […]

Comparative analysis of subnational governance in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

December 21, 2021 LPS Alliance

A recent desk study prepared for USAID analyzes the extent to which governance is decentralized in law and practice in nine Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries—Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, […]

Webinar: A comparative analysis of decentralization and subnational governance in MENA

November 14, 2021 LPS Alliance

Several MENA countries have made decentralization gains, particularly since the Arab Spring. However, these gains have been partial, incomplete, and limited by regime security and patronage concerns. A recent study analyzes the extent to which […]

Making local voices count: How Senegal and Tunisia inspire each other on governance reform

January 3, 2017 LPS Initiative

Six years ago, a revolution started in Tunisia with an unemployed young Tunisian in a secondary city desperate to make his voice heard. This revolution reshaped the country’s development agenda and triggered a decentralization process to […]

Tunisia’s Fiscal Transparency Revolution: from Secrecy to Full Openness

January 11, 2016 LPS Initiative

“Transparency,” “good governance,” “access to information,” “citizen engagement,” and “inclusion,” have all been buzz words In Tunisia since its largely peaceful, political revolution in 2011. Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have since been trying hard to […]

Local Governments and Public Goods: Assessing Decentralization in the Arab World

November 24, 2015 LPS Initiative

Countries across the Arab world have been engaging in a range of decentralization efforts. This book, edited by Mona Harb and Sami Atallah, documents and assesses past and current decentralization policies and initiatives in five Arab […]