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The Influence of Local Revenue and Equalization Fund on Economic Growth in East Nusa Tenggara Province

Jurnal Ekonomi Pembangunan, 2019
Fiscal decentralization is a policy made by the government to reduce fiscal dependence on the central government and create financial independence in the region.
Safira Dini Aini, Endah Kurnia, Sunlip Wibisono   +2 more
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The Distributive Consequences of Active Welfare Policies in Europe

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the distributive consequences of active welfare policies in Europe by analysing tier‐specific investments in individualised employment services across four European welfare states: Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Deborah Jackwerth‐Rice, Katharina Zimmermann   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fiscal Policy and Gender Equality

International Journal of Public Finance
The work of Janet Gale Stotsky, ‘Using Fiscal Policy and Public Financial Management to Promote Gender Equality: International Perspectives,’ is analysed in this book review in relation to the integration of gender equality into public financial management and fiscal policy.
Gamze Çimen, Sercan Yavan
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Globalization, Tax Competition and Fiscal Equalization [PDF]

, 2004
Recent empirical evidences suggest that the economic globalization has likely favored the emergence of harmful tax competition among major industrialized countries. This paper analyzes the ability of Öscal equalization to weaken the international tax competition when the economies are not perfectly integrated and the private sector is imperfectly ...
Riou, Stéphane, Gaigne, Carl
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Design, Simulation, and Techno‐Economic Evaluation of a High‐Capacity Ammonia Cracking Facility for Pipeline‐Grade Hydrogen Production

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
Simplified process configuration for pipeline‐grade hydrogen production from ammonia, including refrigerated ammonia storage, catalytic cracking, hydrogen purification, multistage compression, and pipeline delivery. ABSTRACT Although ammonia cracking has attracted considerable attention as a hydrogen carrier technology, comprehensive studies ...
Amin Soleimani Mehr, Günter Scheffknecht, Reihaneh Zohourian, Markus Reinmöller, Joerg Maier   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Can Providers' Motivations Tell Us About Healthcare Quality?

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agency theory suggests that variation in providers' quality of care may be explained by their heterogeneous motivations. We provide novel empirical evidence on the links between different sources of provider motivation and quality of care by combining a unique 4‐year survey dataset on Danish general practitioners' motivations with quality ...
Lucy Margaret Poole, Line Bjørnskov Pedersen, Anne Sophie Oxholm   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking Fiscal Decentralization in Relation to Regional Informality: Evidence from a European Transition Country

Economies
This study investigates how a territorially uneven distribution of informal economic activity affects subnational fiscal capacity and potentially distorts fiscal equalization systems.
Aleksandar Stojkov, Aleksandra Maksimovska Stojkova, Elena Neshovska Kjoseva, Jovan Zafiroski   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inclusion of Refugees Into National Health Systems: Enablers, Barriers and Lessons From Six Country Case Studies

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global refugee population has nearly doubled in the last decade, and many of these populations face chronic displacement, often in neighbouring countries with limited resources. Emergency, short‐term responses are being transitioned to longer term approaches, including a focus on inclusion through coverage in national health systems ...
Sophie Witter, Alastair Ager, Karin Diaconu, Zahid Ali Memon, Ben Ngoye, Natasha Palmer, Marcia Vera‐Espinoza, Amina Olabi, Hussam Rekani, Hassan Ould Moctar, Ricardo Chuquimia, Chitalu Miriam Chama‐Chiliba, Ibrahim Bou‐Orm, Maria Paola Bertone   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health System Resilience and Afghan Refugee Health in Pakistan: An Exploratory Study of Challenges and Pathways to Inclusion

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pakistan has hosted Afghan refugees for more than four decades, in one of the world's most protracted displacements of people. Afghan refugees receive health services through United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and non‐governmental organisation (NGO) supported programmes alongside public sector facilities at every tier.
Zahid Ali Memon, Asma Ummad, Amina Olabi, Natasha Palmer, Sophie Witter   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting the Nexus Between Trade Liberalisation and Income Inequality: The Case of Sub‐Saharan African Countries

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of trade liberalisation on income inequality across 24 Sub‐Saharan African (SSA) countries from 2000 to 2020. Using IV‐Tobit and 2SLS models, we consistently find that greater trade openness significantly exacerbates inequality in the region. Critically, we document an inverted U‐shaped relationship between trade
Guivis Zeufack Nkemgha, Le Roi Nso Fils, Ulrich Kevin Kamwa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source