Climate change presents significant challenges to the country’s development trajectory and economic growth as Cambodia is susceptible to extreme weather-related shocks and rising temperature, threatening...
Poor public service delivery challenges persist in many parts of the world, but Africa is particularly affected by this problem. In its efforts to enhance public service delivery the World Bank is not...
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) developed and launched the Public Financial Management Reform Program (PFMRP) with a detailed, prioritized, and sequenced action plan in 2004. The PFMRP is a sector...
This note presents lessons learned from the World Bank’s subnational governance projects in three large federal countries - Argentina, Brazil and Nigeria between 2008-2017. The note synthesizes the main...
This note presents lessons learned from three ongoing World Bank PforR projects in Brazil, Indonesia, and Tanzania which were highlighted in the Primer Conditional Grants in ‘Principle, in Practice and...
This note presents lessons learned from the World Bank’s subnational governance projects in three large countries - Bangladesh, India, and Nigeria between 2006-2020. The note synthesizes the main evaluation...
This note presents lessons learned from the World Bank’s decentralization projects in four Indian states – Karnataka, Bihar, Kerala and West Bengal between 2006-2019. The note synthesizes the main evaluation...
This note presents lessons learned from the World Bank’s subnational governance projects in Brazil, Nigeria, and Nicaragua - between 2010-2020 . The note synthesizes the main findings from the Implementation...
In most countries, subnational governments are responsible for delivering important services and infrastructure in the context of broader multi-level governance arrangements. Conditional grants are widely...
The role that fiscal decentralization plays in public sector finance and public sector management around the world is evolving rapidly. Fiscal decentralization, as part of broader decentralization reforms...
The role that decentralization plays in public sector management around the world is evolving rapidly. Whereas decentralization has traditionally been pursued in countries around the world as a governance...
This note presents lessons learned from three ongoing World Bank PforR projects in - Brazil, Indonesia, and Tanzania - which were highlighted in the Primer Conditional Grants in ‘Principle, in Practice...
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) developed and launched a public financial management reform program (PFMRP) in 2004. The reform consists of four platforms, namely: (1) improving budget credibility...
This note presents lessons learned from the World Bank’s subnational governance projects in three large countries - Bangladesh, India, and Nigeria - between 2006-2020. The note synthesizes the main evaluation...
This note presents lessons learned from the World Bank’s subnational governance projects in Brazil, Nigeria, and Nicaragua - between 2010-2020. The note synthesizes the main findings from the Implementation...
Limited local tax revenue and low public sector efficiency are two critical problems of public sector management and key constraints for the economic and social development of many subnational governments...
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has made a strong commitment to strengthening public service delivery through three interrelated public sector reform initiatives: Public Financial Management Reform...
This note presents lessons learned from the World Bank’s decentralization projects in four Indian states – Karnataka, Bihar, Kerala and West Bengal – between 2006-2019 (see Table 1 for project summary...
All disasters are local with important repercussions for national and sometimes for international levels. An effective emergency response requires mobilizing local government resources in the fight against...
Success in the roll out of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination program requires that large numbers of people get the vaccine, quickly, equitably, and effectively. Importantly, this involves both the...