Devolution anchors the twin issues of development and democracy in policy implementation and legislative practice without suffering from externalizing ownership from the people to foreign development partners or communities of experts and donors. Devolution makes the politics of development possible and within reach for most people who would otherwise become recipients of aid within the Development Merchant System (DMS) which must pave the way to an endogenous model which propels people as the key agents of development and democracy.

The programs we run at the Center for Devolution Support and Sustainable Development compliment and add beneficial value to a broad range of issues that speak to reframing modalities for building institutions that work responsively to address development implementation and policy problems locally while juxtaposing them with national and global trends of innovation, ideation, solution iteration, harnessing technology, using data to inform long-term scenario planning and related financing for sustainable development which liberates people and enhances their dignity.