Democratic reforms through decentralization could significantly help struggling nations better respond to their local populations and increase cooperation among government officials, they conclude ...

The 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments marked a historic shift in India’s governance architecture by institutionalising ...

Kyrgyzstan, officially called the Kyrgyz Republic, is a small and highly mountainous former Soviet republic situated in northeast Central Asia (Figure 1). It is surrounded by the Pamir-Alay Mountains ...

Togo adopts 2025-2034 decentralization roadmap to strengthen local governance Policy targets capacity building, resource transfer, citizen participation Reform aims boost communes’ service delivery, ...

In June 2014, the African Union (AU) adopted the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralisation, Local Governance and Local Development (African Charter on Decentralisation) in ...

The government of Ghana has reaffirmed its commitment to deepening decentralisation and reforming local governance systems to ensure greater efficiency, accountability, and service delivery at the ...

The Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCC) convened the maiden edition of the National Dialogue on Decentralisation and Responsive Governance at the Kempinski Hotel in ...

The Malawi Local Government Association (MALGA) has strongly questioned President Peter Mutharika’s administration over what it calls a “legally questionable and administratively reckless” decision to ...

The Centre for Local Governance Advocacy (CLGA) is calling on government to urgently address long-standing gaps in Ghana’s decentralisation system, following a national webinar held on Wednesday to ...

This means the principle of “local decisions, local implementation, local accountability” has yet to be realized. On November 2, the Academy of Administration and Public Governance, together with the ...

The Constitution Review Committee (CRC) has proposed major reforms to Ghana’s local government system, including the election of ...