The Canadian government will transfer control of Nunavut's land and resources to the territory next April. But there are many ...

Richard Nixon in the Oval Office in 1972. He believed in a federal government whose job was to provide financial help to states and localities — and then to get out of the way. (Richard Nixon ...

Parliamentary and Constitutional Affairs minister Eric Matinenga on Thursday took a swipe at elements in government who are confusing people on the devolution issue for political mileage. Matinenga ...

Speaking to the Jaffna Monitor, moderate ethnic nationalist, leading liberal democrat and senior lawyer M.A. Sumanthiran dropped a bombshell which strangely has been ignored. He warned unambiguously ...

Over the past 30 years since the first People’s Movement, we have seen that things start moving in Nepal when local governments are empowered. Devolution to village and district development councils ...

Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel has insisted that fiscal federalism and devolution of power are key to the development of the country. Emmanuel, who was represented by his deputy, Mr Moses Ekpo ...

The ruling class is instilling in Kenyans fear of chaos, bloodshed and disintegration if Kenya adopts a federal system of government. The ruling class says, as if it were an extremist supporter of ...

In his book Increasing Returns and Path Dependence in the Economy, economist W. Brian Arthur explains how institutional outcomes often persist not because they are efficient, but because early ...