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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.Abstract Financing human service delivery through social impact bonds (SIBs) is the subject of some critical commentary in the academic literature, but this tends to be largely theoretical rather than empirically based. This paper presents empirical evidence of how SIB financing can promote positive social and economic outcomes for governments, not‐for‐
Veronica Coram +5 more
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Economic Review, 2023 This paper examines the dynamic causal relationship between financial development, external debt and investment in Lesotho, Namibia and Eswatini from 1980–2020 using a multivariate Granger–causality model. The study considers trade, savings and economic
Brian Muyambiri, John-Baptiste Mabejane
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Journal of Economic Structures, 2021 This paper intends to investigate whether the turning points exist between tax revenue, gross domestic product, government expenditure, and gross domestic saving towards Malaysia’s total external debt.
Abdul Aziz Bin Karia
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Gender and educational patterns in the demand and supply of grandparent childcare in Australia
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.Abstract Grandparents are an important source of childcare worldwide, but international patterns vary. We examine how demographic characteristics of parents, and of grandparents, factor into grandparent care provision considering the cultural assumptions and policy settings Australian families live within. Using the Household Income and Labour Dynamics
Lyn Craig +4 more
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The External State Loans in Ukraine: Policy of Formation and Threats of Use [PDF]
Bìznes Inform, 2018 The article is aimed at researching the external public borrowings, external public debt and the related consequences. The current status of both the external State debt and the debt security of Ukraine is analyzed. The results of the research identified
Kotina Hanna M. +2 more
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Beyond administrative burden: Activation and administrative harm
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.Abstract Within recent public policy and administration scholarship, there has been a growing focus on the concept of “administrative burden” to describe the learning, compliance and psychological costs incurred by citizens when trying to access services and exercise social and political rights. Specifically, in the context of activation and welfare‐to‐
Michael McGann, Sarah Ball
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Was the abolition of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission an act of dispossession?
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.Abstract The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) has been described as one of the most comprehensive regional and national governance structures for Indigenous people in Australia. This paper looks briefly at its operational life between 1990 and 2005 and focusses on its abolition, arguing that this was an act of dispossession. The
Tui Crumpen
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Robodebt cultures and useful idiots: Why Robodebt was not a techno‐failure
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.Abstract Australia's Robodebt scheme is now internationally infamous for how not to use automation in government. Belying heightened concern with artificial intelligence, Robodebt involved traditional, relatively simple computer algorithms to automate the identification and pursuit of alleged historical welfare debts. Yet, it was based on a false legal
Paul W. F. Henman
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Gambling and crime: An exploration of gambling availability and culture in an English prison
Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, Volume 32, Issue 6, Page 389-403, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Background There is evidence that prisoners have the highest rate of problem gambling in any population, but little is known about the nature of in‐prison gambling, the motives for it or how it relates to prior gambling behaviour. Aims To investigate the prevalence and type of gambling prior to prison and the prevalence, type, and reasons for ...
Lauren Rebecca Smith +2 more
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Experience of Managing External Public Debt in Foreign Countries and Prospects for Its Implementation in Ukraine [PDF]
Bìznes Inform, 2019 The proposed scientific article is concerned with the topical issue of the management of public debt at the current stage of the development of Ukraine’s economy.
Knir Mariya O. +3 more
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