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Decentralisation – A Portmanteau Concept That Promises Much but Fails to Deliver?; Comment on “Decentralisation of Health Services in Fiji: A Decision Space Analysis” [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2016
Decentralisation has been described as an empty concept that lacks clarity. Yet there is an enduring interest in the process of decentralisation within health systems and public services more generally.
Stephen Peckham
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of fiscal decentralisation, human development, and regional economic growth in indonesia

open access: yesCogent Economics & Finance, 2023
In Indonesia, fiscal decentralisation has been implemented for two decades, and it is expected that the regions will have a sufficient level of independence to increase economic growth and welfare.
Eleonora Sofilda   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Decentralisation and European identity [PDF]

open access: yesEnvironment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 2018
The European Commission aims to understand the extent of which European citizens feel that they belong to the EU, assume their European identity and think of themselves not only as national citizens but also as citizens of Europe. Using data from the European Commission’s Eurobarometer Surveys to proxy European identity and multinomial logistic ...
Vassilis Tselios, John Tomaney
openaire   +2 more sources

Evaluation of Dried Plasma Spot‐Based Quantification of Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein as a Disease‐Associated Biomarker in Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) measured in dried plasma spots versus conventional plasma‐ and serum‐GFAP testing for assessment of disease severity in aquaporin‐4 immunoglobulin G–positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (AQP4‐IgG+ NMOSD).
Felix Wohlrab   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decentralisation in developing countries: preconditions for successful implementation

open access: yesCommonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2014
Decentralisation has been implemented and is being implemented in many developing countries without much success. Although several unique factors inhibit the implementation of decentralisation in individual countries, the paper argues that there are six ...
Yasin Olum
doaj   +1 more source

Decentralization for improving the provision of public services in developing countries: A critical review

open access: yesCogent Economics & Finance, 2020
Decentralisation, which sends power and resources from the Central to local governments, comes with several theoretical promises. One such promise is the improvement in local service provision.
Christopher Dick-Sagoe
doaj   +1 more source

NFDI MatWerk Ontology (MWO): A BFO‐Compliant Ontology for Research Data Management in Materials Science and Engineering

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This article presents the NFDI‐MatWerk Ontology (MWO), a Basic Formal Ontology‐based framework for interoperable research data management in materials science and engineering (MSE). Covering consortium structures, research data management resources, services, and instruments, MWO enables semantic integration, Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and ...
Hossein Beygi Nasrabadi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decentralizing Governance of Natural Resources in India: Lessons from the Case Study of Thanagazi Block, Alwar, Rajasthan, India - Comment [PDF]

open access: yesLaw, Environment and Development Journal, 2010
Numerous countries have undergone decentralisation reforms in the management of natural resources. However, the policies implemented are often not applied in ways compatible with the democratic potential with which decentralisation is conceived.
Maria Costanza Torri
doaj  

Incidence de la décentralisation sur l’investissement local au Bénin

open access: yesRevue des Etudes Multidisciplinaires en Sciences Economiques et Sociales, 2018
L’un des objectifs fondamentaux de la décentralisation est le développement à la base, à travers l’investissement local (Lemieux, 2001). Différents travaux (Besson, 2002 ; Tsobzé et al, 2007) convergent sur l’idée que l’investissement des collectivités ...
Bernard Godonou HOUNMENOU
doaj   +1 more source

Federalism, Decentralisation and Corruption [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2007
We investigate the empirical relationship between decentralisation and corruption. Using a newly assembled dataset containing data for up to 174 countries, we revisit the empirical evidence and seek to explain some of the inconsistent results that exist in the literature.
Freille, Sebastian   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

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