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Towards decentralized fiscal constitutions
The theory of fscal federalism makes a strong case for decentralizing government functions in order to enhance efficiency in allocating public goods vvhere preferences differ among regions.
Paul Bernd Spahn
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Suaahara, relative to comparison areas, reduced maternal underweight and improved complementary feeding practices with children 6–23.9 months of age, increasing the percentages of children having minimum dietary diversity, minimum meal frequency and minimum acceptable diet; feeding sick child more and administering oral rehydration solution and zinc ...
Edward A. Frongillo +10 more
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‘A Commonwealth of Commonwealths’: Late Nineteenth-Century Conceptions of Federalism and Their Impact on Australian Federation, 1890–1901 [PDF]
Nicholas Aroney
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Federalism and institutions: a comparative perspective
This article first discusses the Brazilian federalist structure problems pointing to the consequences in terms of transactions costs to economic performance. Then it makes a comparative analysis using the cases of Germany and USA as models of federalism
Basilia Aguirre
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Suaahara improved nutrition‐related skills among health facility workers and Female Community Health Volunteers, particularly in measuring the weight of children and pregnant women, assessing the height/length of children, monitoring and promoting growth, and identifying malnourished children.
Deependra K. Thapa +8 more
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Bilateral Federalism, Value-Based Healthcare and the Future of Canadian Intergovernmental Diplomacy on Health. [PDF]
Mcintosh T.
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Regulation Through Revelation: The Effect of Pollution Monitoring on Labour Demand
ABSTRACT This paper investigates how manufacturing firms respond to a real‐time pollution monitoring programme, with a focus on the implication for employment. Contrary to the conventional expectation that environmental regulations negatively impact business, the findings reveal that enhanced pollution monitoring has a significant and robust positive ...
Tong Zhu, Andreas Löschel
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Revisiting the Sectoral Cleavage in Canada: Evidence From the Canadian Election Studies
ABSTRACT According to the budget‐maximizing bureaucrat model, public sector employees should rationally seek to increase government budgets to increase their own power. In contrast to most advanced democracies, class and sectoral voting has largely been neglected in Canada. The ideological and voting preferences of the public sector has been unexamined
Matthew Polacko +2 more
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Democracy, Federalism, and the Size of States
Michael Hiscox, David A. Lake
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Constitutional Political Economy and the Nature and Effects of Rights
ABSTRACT Constitutional political economy theory implies that systems of rights can emerge from different processes, but the rights that initially emerge tend to be unequal and to change through time. In some cases, rights may become more equal and universal, but not often. If rights are consequential, then understanding their origins and the political,
Roger D. Congleton
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