By Tim Campbell. This paper is the concluding chapter to the first Global Review of Decentralization and Local Democracy (GOLD) of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) in Barcelona. The GOLD report consists of nine chapters, seven regional reviews, each prepared by experts from the respective region, together with a chapter on metropolitan governance. The concluding chapter, prepared by Tim Campbell, PhD, summarizes the findings, observations, and conclusions in the entire report.