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Avances y desafíos en los regímenes electorales: América Central y República Dominicana

, 2015
This paper summarizes the main topics of the International Seminar of Elections in Central America and Dominican Republic. It is focused in the support of the electoral management bodies in transition to democracy processes and the current most relevant ...
Picado León, Hugo
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Peace and Inclusive Governance in Sustainable Development: Strengthening Institutions and Environmental Services

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable Development Goal 16 (SDG 16) emphasizes peace, justice, and strong institutions as essential foundations for sustainable development. This study adopts a desktop‐based qualitative research approach to examine how institutional quality and governance systems influence progress toward SDG 16 and broader development outcomes.
Maryem Souiai, Hind Alkhowar, Haya Al‐Obaidli, Moza Al‐Muhannadi, Noora Alkhelaifi, Maythaa Al‐Kubaisi, Najlaa Al‐Khayareen, Shooq Al‐Sahoti, John N. Hahladakis   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Information Governance in Navigating the Impact of Big Data Analytics Capabilities on Sustainable Business Performance

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We explore how information governance (IG) orchestrates big data analytics capabilities' (BDAC) impact on sustainable business performance (BP) and facilitates organizational readiness for digital sustainability reporting under the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS).
Jekaterina Novicka, Tatjana Volkova
wiley   +1 more source

How Aligned Are Citizen Preferences With the 15‐Minute Cities Paradigm? An International Survey and K‐Means Clustering Study

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how citizens' mobility preferences align with the principles of the 15‐Minute City (15mC), addressing three research questions: what access times and transport modes citizens consider acceptable, whether mobility preference can be clustered, and which services are perceived incompatible with the 15mC.
Maria Perales‐Eguiluz, A. Divasson‐J, Nekane Ione Sainz Bedoya, Cruz E. Borges   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tourism Specialisation and Sustainable Development Performance in Spanish Cities

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tourism specialisation and sustainable development performance are key dimensions of urban sustainability debates. This study investigates the association between tourism specialisation and sustainable development performance, operationalised through the sustainable development goals (SDGs), in Spanish cities.
Ana‐María Ríos, María‐Dolores Guillamón, Bernardino Benito   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building Better Elections: the Role of Human Resource Management Practices

, 2017
Organising an election is a huge logistical challenge which involves the recruitment and management of an enormous workforce. Despite the many well-run elections, it is no surprise that electoral integrity is often undermined by individual errors, poorly
James, Toby S.
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Moral Economies of Debt Forgiveness and Enforcement in Postcrisis Iceland

Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Who deserves financial relief in times of crisis, and on what grounds? The 2008 collapse of Iceland's banking system prompted state intervention to mitigate household indebtedness, including forbearance, pension withdrawals, repayment adjustments, and debt reductions.
Timothy Heffernan
wiley   +1 more source

Abortion restriction laws and mobility of scientists

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary We track the enactment of targeted regulation of abortion providers (TRAP) laws in the United States and analyze 4.98 million person‐year mobility records for 535,568 biomedical scientists from 1990 to 2018. Our estimations reveal a 0.8–1.6 percentage‐point increase in scientists' relocation probability after states enacted ...
Beril Yalcinkaya, Waverly W. Ding
wiley   +1 more source

Democracy 2.0: Can social media engage youth and disengaged citizens in the public sphere

, 2012
With the so-called 'Arab Spring' attributed at least in part to social media, communication scholars, sociologists, and political scientists concerned about a democratic deficit in many countries are looking optimistically to social media to reinvigorate
Macnamara, J
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Central Bank Digital Currencies, Financial Inclusion, and Privacy: A Normative Perspective

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are a digital form of a nation's money, issued by its central bank. As opposed to other forms of digital money, such as electronic bank balances or cryptocurrencies, they are centrally managed legal tender.
Andrew Allison, Alexander William Salter
wiley   +1 more source