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Introduction to the Handbook on Decentralization, Devolution and the State [PDF]
, 2021 Ignacio Lago
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Import Wheat Tenders and the Effects of the Russian Invasion
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Risk and volatility for many commodities escalated sharply following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, creating numerous uncertainties for trading firms and importers. The purpose of this study is to analyze the bidding behavior in Egyptian wheat import tenders in the pre‐ and post‐invasion periods.
William W. Wilson +2 more
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An Evaluation of the 1997 Fiscal Decentralization Reform in Mexico: The Case of the Health Sector [PDF]
This paper studies the impact of the health decentralization of funds and responsibilities that took place in Mexico in 1997 on state level health outcomes. It renders two main results.
André Martínez +1 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The origin of a product, if associated with good quality, can contribute to building a positive collective reputation, leading to a potential price premium. However, it is conceivable that a producer markets a product by evoking symbols, images, words, and values typical of places other than where it was designed or produced, creating a ...
Annalisa Caloffi +2 more
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Aid, Growth and Devolution [PDF]
This paper examines whether the federal structure of aid-receiving countries matters in explaining aid effectiveness. Following the decentralization theorem, the devolution of powers should increase aid effectiveness, since local decision-makers are ...
Christian Lessmann, Gunther Markwardt
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A Decentralized Technique for Autonomous Distribution Network Restoration in Presence of Coupling Neighboring Microgrids [PDF]
, 2022 Mojtaba Khederzadeh +1 more
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When Does decentralization deliver? The Dilemma of Design [PDF]
Decentralization since early 1990s has become one of the buzzwords of the development paradigms. Among all ingredients of decentralization, the fiscal component of it has a special significance. Not surprisingly the literature unanimously recognizes that
Sharma, Chanchal Kumar
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Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background The annual number of pancreatoduodenectomies (PDs) in the United States has increased over the past decade, but the facility types driving this growth and whether outcomes have improved remain unclear. We aimed to identify characteristics of facilities with increasing PD volumes and assess national trends in centralization ...
Koichi Tomita, Naruhiko Ikoma
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Decentralization: Panacea or Pandora’s Box? Fiscal Perversity in Mexico. [PDF]
Advocacy for decentralization has grown in Mexico at a rapid pace during the last decade. The gains of decentralization, however, are rather unclear and many times the assumptions and the outcomes of the process depart from the standard theory of fiscal ...
Roberto Guerrero Compeán
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