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Small Governments, Big Growth: India’s Bottom-Up Dividend

Domestic Politics and Governance

May 02, 2025

Small Governments, Big Growth: India’s Bottom-Up Dividend

Decentralising income tax revenue could turn India’s 250,000 local councils into growth engines—delivering equity, efficiency, and resilience

Benedikt Herrmann | Soumya Bhowmick

Between decree and democracy: Muizzu's urban centres and the democratic deficit

Dec 05, 2024

Between decree and democracy: Muizzu's urban centres and the democratic deficit

President Muizzu’s problematic urban centres’ plan contradicts the Maldives’ democratic and decentralised frameworks

Eva Abdulla