There is a growing trend toward decentralization to increase the level of accountability and to improve levels of service delivery by governments throughout the world. The team from FEI has been actively involved in this process and in the design of the most appropriate strategy for specific countries.
The FEI team excels at:
- Designing and coordinating public sector decentralization efforts
- Developing more effective communication platforms between local governments and their constituent communities
- Supporting efforts at urban/regional planning
- Strengthening decentralization capacities by promoting representative, responsive, effective, and accountable local governance
An emerging body of research is revealing the quantifiable impact of public sector governance and institutional quality on economic growth and socioeconomic development in industrializing nations. As a result, the issue of structuring the public sector in such a way as to increase its efficiency and to improve the level of service delivery is of paramount importance in the developing world.
Decentralization requires local governments to be institutionally capable of mobilizing revenue, establishing and monitoring progress towards policy objectives, and delivering high-quality public services reliably and cost-effectively. Combining industry-leading knowledge with a firsthand understanding of country-specific conditions and political circumstances, FEI has particular expertise in programs dealing with:
- Designing and coordinating public sector decentralization efforts
- Institutional capacity building and organizational strengthening/restructuring
- Reforming local tax policies and strengthening tax valuation and collection capacities
- Urban planning and management
- Establishing public-private partnerships at the local level
- Local government financial management and asset management planning
- Designing and implementing improved monitoring and evaluation systems for local government programs
- Developing more effective communication platforms between local governments and their constituent communities