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From Loss to Transformation? Towards Pluralistic and Politicised Agrarian‐Climate Futures

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how actors perceive and anticipate future states of the world is gaining traction in climate change governance scholarship and related calls for sustainability transformations. However, smallholder farmers, indigenous groups, and local communities, who are expected to bear disproportionate burdens of loss and damage from climate ...
Joel Persson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Horizontal Fiscal Imbalance In The United States

open access: yesFolia Oeconomica Stetinensia, 2014
Regional inequalities are currently a challenge for the majority of countries, in particular large ones, certain of which are federations. The federal state system is more complex than the unitary system. This results in specific problems. One of them is
Kowalik Paweł
doaj   +1 more source

Fiscal Decentralization and Government Size in Latin America [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper explores the link between fiscal decentralization and government size in Latin America. While most related work attempts to test Brennan and Buchanan's "Liviathan" hypothesis, here the emphasis is placed on a different channel: the potential ...
Ernesto Stein
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The Biodiversity Moonshot: A Spark for a Transformative Change or a New Business‐Case Facade?

open access: yesBusiness Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity has recently gained increased attention in sustainability management research. It sustains the ecosystems on which organizations depend, while simultaneously being threatened by organizational activities. By highlighting this dynamic of impact and dependence, the integration of biodiversity into management discourse offers an ...
Francesco Testa   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reforming Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in Argentina

open access: yesIMF Working Papers, 2003
Argentina has committed itself to a reform of its revenue-sharing system. This paper examines this system and the issues involved in its redesign, and discusses the pros and cons of various options with a view to specifying a preferred approach.
openaire   +2 more sources

Inter-governmental managerial mechanisms in Australia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper looks at the intergovernmental mechanisms by which federalism operates in Australia, notably the Council of Australian Governments (COAG), Commonwealth Grants Commission (CGC), Australian Loan Council (ALC). These three main systems contribute
Yagihara, Dai
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Denialist vs. warmist climate change conspiracy beliefs: Ideological roots, psychological correlates and environmental implications

open access: yesBritish Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In the current research, we use network analysis to examine the structure, ideological foundations and correlates of climate change conspiracy theories, distinguishing between denialist and warmist beliefs. Denialist beliefs, typically endorsed on the political right, claim that climate change is exaggerated, whereas warmist beliefs, more ...
Dylan de Gourville   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exporting Employability: Evidence From Transnational Education Alumni

open access: yesInternational Journal of Training and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Transnational education institutions promoting foreign curricula often claim to enhance international employability for local students, yet many assertions lack substantial evidence. This qualitative study investigates the study‐to‐work transitions of alumni from a binational university in Turkey, focusing on their motivations for selecting ...
Jessica Schueller   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interstate Fiscal Disparity in State Fiscal Year 1999 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This paper compares states in terms of their relative fiscal capacity, fiscal need, fiscal comfort, and tax effort in state fiscal year 1999 (FY1999). It is the most recent in a series initiated by the U.S.
Tannenwald, Robert, Turner, Nicholas
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