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Decentralization and good governance: The case of Indonesia [PDF]
Indonesia began a process of rapid government decentralization in 1999 from a formerly strong centralized government structure. I review the history of decentralization in Indonesia and assess how Indonesia has fared in pursuing a decentralization policy
Green, Keith
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Fiscal Decentralization and the Efficiency of Public Service Delivery
OECD Fiscal Federalism Studies, 2015 This paper explores the impact of fiscal decentralization on the efficiency of public service delivery. It uses a stochastic frontier method to estimate time-varying efficiency coefficients and analyzes the impact of fiscal decentralization on those ...
M. Sow, I. Razafimahefa
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This review examines hydrogel‐based technologies driven by environmental stimuli and emphasizes their unique contributions to energy conversion. It provides insights into design strategies and recent advancements in functional hydrogels, highlighting opportunities and challenges in this field.
Wanheng Lu +5 more
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Decentralization and Foreign Aid Effectiveness: Do Aid Modality and Federal Design Matter in Poverty Alleviation? [PDF]
This paper empirically studies the impact of decentralization on foreign aid effectiveness. For this purpose, we examine a commonly used empirical growth model, considering aid modality as well as different measures of political and fiscal ...
Christian Lessmann, Gunther Markwardt
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Multifunctional Fluidic Units for Emergent, Responsive Robotic Behaviors
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.A multifunctional reconfigurable fluidic unit can be used as sensor, valve and actuator is presented. A unique configuration combines the features of the three components as a Responsive self‐oscillating actuator. The remarkable versatility of the fluidic unit is demonstrated by building different robots with the same fluidic units only by varying ...
Mostafa Mousa +3 more
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Cultural Studies Review, 2014 A review of Saskia Beudel, A Country in Mind: Memoir with Landscape (UWA Publishing, 2013).
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Decentralization and Development in Contemporary Uganda
Decentralization, Democracy, and Development in Africa, 2015 There has long been an emphasis on the importance of decentralization in providing better quality public services in the developing world. In order to assess the effectiveness of decentralization I examine here the case study of Uganda, which has seen ...
E. Green
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Metal‐free carbon catalysts enable the sustainable synthesis of hydrogen peroxide via two‐electron oxygen reduction; however, active site complexity continues to hinder reliable interpretation. This review critiques correlation‐based approaches and highlights the importance of orthogonal experimental designs, standardized catalyst passports ...
Dayu Zhu +3 more
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Decentralization as a disincentive for transnational terror? System stability versus government efficiency: an empirical test [PDF]
Using panel data for a maximum of 109 countries over the years 1976-2000, we empirically analyze the impact of decentralization on the occurrence of transnational terror.
Axel Dreher, Justina Fischer
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