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 ...

As discussions on the administrative integration of Gwangju and Jeonnam are gaining momentum, the mayors of the five autonomous districts in Gwangju ...

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 ...

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 ...

BAABDA, Lebanon: President Michel Sleiman officially launched a draft bill for administrative decentralization Wednesday, arguing that the new legislation would promote national unity in Lebanon as ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Busan Metropolitan City and Gyeongsangnam-do Province presented a phased roadmap on the 28th to complete administrative ...