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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

March 11, 2017 marked a turning point in the administrative structure of the Nepalese government. The Constitution of Nepal, which had been promulgated in 2015, mandated political decentralization ...

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 ...

BEIRUT: A three-day international forum on the benefits of cooperation between local governments was launched Thursday in Beirut, with Lebanese municipal leaders expressing hope that it will lead to ...

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 ...

In 2010, Pakistan passed the landmark 18th Constitutional Amendment, a legislative milestone that was widely hailed as a turning point in the country’s journey toward democratic deepening and ...