The Good Governance and Citizenship Observatory (GGCO) at the Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship at the American University of Beirut (AUB), in collaboration with the Observatory on ...

In the Andean countries responsibility for the provision of key public services has been transferred to local institutions. However, national governments still exert control over strategic assets such ...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh appointed Head of the Government Steering Committee on Administrative Reform and Decentralization. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh serves as Head of the Committee. The ...

The Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee (IMCC) on Decentralisation has concluded its sub-national level stakeholder consultations on the formulation of the National Decentralisation Policy and ...

Experts at a seminar on Thursday warned that Bangladesh’s development cannot be sustained without meaningful decentralization and stronger local government institutions. The Policy Research Institute ...

The Ministry of Local Government officially launched the National Decentralization Support Unit (NDSU) on Monday, January 19, marking a major milestone in Liberia's efforts to strengthen local ...

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 ...

Gandhinagar: In what is being seen as a politically significant move, the Gujarat government approved the formation of 17 new talukas ahead of the local body elections scheduled for January-February ...

The objective of the research was to determine the relationship between decentralized policies, techniques, and human resources directly related to improving educational quality and the influence of ...

Regarding decentralization, Thang noted that the draft law introduces stronger provisions, such as proposing to grant the Government authority to decide on national marine spatial planning and ...

The process of decentralization involves a structured transfer of political power from central governments to subnational jurisdictions. This becomes particularly important in the Amazon, rich in ...

The Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee (IMCC) on Decentralisation has concluded the National-Level Stakeholder Consultations on the formulation of the National Decentralisation Policy and ...