Decentralization, local governance, and localizing the sustainable development goals in Asia and the Pacific / edited by Bruno Carrasco, Hanif A. Rahemtulla, and Rainer Rohdewohld.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction .-- Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific: Multi-Level Governance in the "Decade of Action".-- 1. Political and Administrative Decentralization in Asia and the Pacific.--2. Fiscal Decentralization in Asia and the Pacific.-- 3. Subnational Planning and Budgeting in Asia and the Pacific.-- 4. Sector Decentralization and Functional Assignment in Asia and the Pacific.-- 5. Measuring Performance and Promoting Accountability in the Context of Decentralization and Local Governance Reforms.-- 6. Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific.--7. Conceptualizing and Implementing Decentralization in Asia and the Pacific.-- Reform Designs, National Strategies, and Development Partner Support.-- 8. Decentralization, Local Governance, and Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Cambodia.-- 9. Decentralization, Local Governance, and Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Indonesia.-- 10. Decentralization, Local Governance, and Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Mongolia.-- 11. Decentralization, Local Governance, and Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Nepal.-- 12. Decentralization, Local Governance, and Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Pakistan.-- 13. Conclusions

"Since its adoption in 2015, the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development has shaped not only international development cooperation but also the design of national trajectories for social and economic development. In tandem with other global agendas adopted that year (such as the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and UN Habitat's New Urban Agenda) it remains the global and regional blueprint for sustainable development despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The term "localizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)" has been used to capture the importance of subnational governments for achieving national SDG agendas. However, there is little deeper analysis of the required nexus between fiscal, political, and legal arrangements for subnational governments; their involvement in national policy arenas (which discuss and decide on national SDG strategies); and the need for locally disaggregated data systems on the one hand, and effective SDG localization strategies on the other hand. It is this aspect which the publication explores in greater detail by using country examples and conceptual analyses. The text will be of interest to policy-makers, scholars, students and practitioners in public policy and public administration, decentralization, and sustainable development, with a focus on the Asia and Pacific region"-- Provided by publisher.