local government – Elusive Development

Dmitry Pozhidaev
April 30, 2020April 30, 2020

COVID-19 and fiscal space of Ugandan local governments

Local government fiscal space consists of three main components, own source revenues, intergovernmental fiscal transfers (grants) and borrowing. Considering that the share of borrowing in local gov

Dmitry Pozhidaev
April 3, 2020April 3, 2020

COVID-19: Local Governments on the Frontline

As for most people around the world, COVID-19 pandemic is high on my mind. This is what I discuss professionally every day with my United Nations colleagues in Uganda. The experience so far demonst

Dmitry Pozhidaev
January 25, 2020January 25, 2020

Local government: 20 years later

This post attempts to analyze the local government landscape 20 years after UNCDF’s 1998 publication “Taking Risks”. Without any pretension to comprehensiveness, I will try to summarize t