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 ...

Decentralization was once hailed as one of Sierra Leone’s most progressive governance reforms, a deliberate strategy to bring ...

As the United States and other major donors scale back international aid, the development sector finds itself at a critical crossroads. This trend, driven by shifting political priorities and budget ...

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 decentralization of decision-making was essential to China’s economic boom in its early years. But now, facing massive local-government debt and local leaders’ frequent interventions in resource ...

Calls have emerged for a “decentralized constitutional amendment” that would redistribute authority concentrated in the central government to local regions and introduce a bicameral system to disperse ...

The drive to religious freedom in America was carried out overwhelmingly in the state legislatures—and the federal First ...

Decentralization is a core principle of blockchain technology. In traditional centralized systems, such as those used by government institutions, banks or businesses, a primary authority acts as a ...