Published: 2026-01-01

Editorial

Bhaskar Chakrabarti

1-2

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Research and Evaluation (peer-reviewed)

Talk matters: local council debates over electoral reform for Indigenous representation in Canada and New Zealand

Karen Bird, Abbey Forbes, Gloria Liu, Maïa Rousseau

3-23

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Governance dynamics for balancing authority and efficiency: assessing the depth of Ghana’s decentralisation programme

Ronald Adamtey, Hawa Mahama, Abdul-Moomen Salia

24-40

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Local government staff perceptions of accountants’ ethical conduct: a case study of Kassena-Nankana Municipal Assembly, Ghana

Mohammed Bashar Aliu, Adam Salifu

41-61

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Assessing the effectiveness of Ghana’s District Performance Assessment Tool: the view from local government

Kwasi Addei Mensah, Agatha Venyellu

62-78

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Policy and Practice

The devolution of health services at the Pixley Ka Seme District Municipality in Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Michel Tshiyoyo, Nthabiseng Moloantoa

79-91

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Evaluating the service quality of Bangladesh’s Open Market Sale food security programme

Nure Alam, Maruf Hasan Rumi

92-110

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Commentary

Fiscal federalism and local governments' struggle for autonomy in Nigeria

Seun Bamidele

111-127

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Book Review

Review: Social Protection in Botswana: Socio-Economic and Legal Perspectives

James Warona Brown Sekhomba

128-130

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