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January 24, 2022

OECD Looks Ahead to Fiscal Federalism in 2022

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has issued a report titled "Fiscal Federalism 2022: Making Decentralization Work." Read more here.

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American Federalism

January 21, 2022

Cooperative Federalism and Building Energy Codes

Kimberly Chen examines building energy codes at the local, state, and federal levels and suggests a framework for more consistent energy-code regulation. Read more…

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January 21, 2022

A Look Ahead at Federal-Province Relations in Canada

Charles Breton looks ahead at possible areas of conflict between the national government and the provinces. Read more here.

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January 20, 2022

Subnational Treaty-Making in Australia

Harry Hobbs and George Williams analyze how and why Australian states and territories have begun the process of treaty-making with indigenous peoples. Read more…

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Books

January 20, 2022

Book on Decentralization

Ignacio Lago has edited Handbook on Decentralization, Devolution, and the State (Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar, 2021). The book's contributors examine how decentralization varies across countries and…

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January 19, 2022

Fiscal Transfers in Russia, 2013-2018

Anton Afanasev investigates how Russian regions, between 2013 and 2018, adjusted fiscal and electoral policies to receive larger shares of intergovernmental transfers. Read more here.

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American Federalism

January 19, 2022

Can States and Localities Save Democracy?

Donald F. Kettl contends that states and localities might help the nation stop "backsliding" away from democracy. Read more here.

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January 18, 2022

Federalism in the Middle East and North Africa

Asli U. Bali and Omar M. Dajani review the state of federalism and decentralization in the Middle East and North Africa. Read more here.

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American Federalism

January 18, 2022

Cities Report Improved Fiscal Outlook Thanks to Federal Help

Bill Lucia reports that a number of municipal financial officers from major cities have indicated that the fiscal outlook for their governments has improved…

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American Federalism

January 14, 2022

Preserving Federal Review of State Legislation

Georgina Yeomans contends that Article III of the Constitution provides the U.S. Supreme Court a way to prevent states from enacting the sort of…

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American Federalism

January 14, 2022

Optional Federal Legislation

Jacob Bronsther and Guha Krishnamurthi suggest that the partisanship that now dominates national politics could be eased by allowing the states to simply opt…

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News

January 13, 2022

Ghana’s Journey Away from Federalism

Dennis Penu writes that since its independence in 1957, Ghana has steadily moved away from its federalist constitution to an "entrenched" unitary structure. Read…

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January 13, 2022

Nepal’s Path to Federalism

In a paper based on his Ph.D. dissertation, Vishnu Tandon reviews Nepal's "complicated path" to federalism. Read more here.

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