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Multimodal Strategy for Efficient Semi‐Transparent Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules with Record Indoor Performance

Advanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.
A multimodal strategy creates efficient semi‐transparent perovskite solar cells with a record 4.29% light utilization efficiency and 22.41% indoor performance. This approach enables the first scalable 30 x 30 cm2 semi‐transparent solar module, highlighting its potential for building‐integrated and indoor photovoltaics.
Siming Huang, Shanyue Hou, Yuting Wang, Yinheng Ren, Yujie Wo, Jingdong Xu, Jinzhao Qin, Galyam Sanfo, Zahra Albu, Kai Qiu, Himal Muwanwella, Iona Hill, Yuelong Huang, Rebecca L. Milot, Xiang Liu, Muhammad Tariq Sajjad, Mojtaba Abdi‐Jalebi   +16 more
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Fiscal Decentralisation in Lesotho: A Closer Look at Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers

African Journal of Governance and Development
The concept of fiscal decentralisation is explained to be central to all models of decentralisation of public services to subnational governments. Fiscal decentralisation is generally referred to as the transfer of budget powers in terms of revenue and ...
TJ MOHAPI , VT SAMBO
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Incidence de la décentralisation sur l’investissement local au Bénin

Revue des Etudes Multidisciplinaires en Sciences Economiques et Sociales, 2018
L’un des objectifs fondamentaux de la décentralisation est le développement à la base, à travers l’investissement local (Lemieux, 2001). Différents travaux (Besson, 2002 ; Tsobzé et al, 2007) convergent sur l’idée que l’investissement des collectivités ...
Bernard Godonou HOUNMENOU
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Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich, Tim Ölkers, Vanessa Bonke, Oliver Musshoff   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decentralization for improving the provision of public services in developing countries: A critical review

Cogent Economics & Finance, 2020
Decentralisation, which sends power and resources from the Central to local governments, comes with several theoretical promises. One such promise is the improvement in local service provision.
Christopher Dick-Sagoe
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Assessing Photovoltaic Recycling Capacities and Policy Gaps in the European Union

Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
This study maps photovoltaic recycling capacity in the EU and key global regions, highlighting gaps between growing waste volumes and available infrastructure. It combines survey insights and policy analysis to identify recycling bottlenecks and offers recommendations to boost circularity in the solar sector.
Nieves Espinosa, Silvia Bobba, Cynthia E. L. Latunussa, Enrica Leccisi   +3 more
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Trends in rural fiscal decentralisation in India’s Karnataka state: a focus on public health

Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2021
For decades, decentralisation reforms have been seen as a powerful instrument by health policy advocates to improve health sector performance in developing countries. In India, the 73rd Constitutional Amendment introduced in 1992 called for strengthening
Megha Rao, Arnab Mukherji, Hema Swaminathan   +2 more
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Does Fiscal Decentralisation Foster Regional Convergence? [PDF]

OECD Economic Policy Papers, 2016
Across the OECD, GDP per capita is converging. In contrast, regional disparities – or differences in GDP per capita across jurisdictions – are rising, mainly as a result of widening productivity differences. Fiscal decentralisation could help reduce them again. According to new OECD research, assigning more ownsource revenue to sub-national governments
openaire   +1 more source

Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decentralised Governance in Indonesia’s Disadvantaged Regions: A Critique of the Underperforming Model of Local Governance in Eastern Indonesia

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2020
This article investigates the challenges facing decentralised governance in poor and underdeveloped areas in Eastern Indonesia. The Timor Tengah Selatan (TTS) regency in West Timor in Nusa Tenggara Timur province is taken as a case study.
Dennis Shoesmith, Nathan Franklin, Rachmat Hidayat   +2 more
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