Participating in the forum were experts on local finance and fiscal decentralization from Asia-Pacific countries (Australia, Canada, Cambodia, Germany, Indonesia, Korea, Myanmar, Philippines, Russia and Türkiye) and international organizations including Anwar Shah, former advisor to the World Bank.
Seoul, Korea, 20 – 21 June 2017
The forum provided open and participatory platform for policy makers and experts to discuss practices and lessons in relation to decentralization, subnational finance and fiscal management alongside with other public governance issues in local finance and subnational service delivery. The forum encouraged discussions in subnational government structure and fiscal framework through the exchange of country experiences, and understanding of the current status and trends in decentralization and local finance.
