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Toward a Framework for Understanding Localization in Its Institutional Context: A Systems Perspective for Incorporating Local Values

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores how we might integrate local traditional values into a systems approach for analyzing and maximizing localization in the context of foreign aid. The paper situates localization and its operationalization in the older and broader literature on the political economy of foreign aid.
Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff
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STATE AND TENDENCIES OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL REGULATION IN UKRAINE IN CONDITIONS OF FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION

Фінансово-кредитна діяльність: проблеми теорії та практики, 2018
A balanced socio-economic development of any country is closely related to the efficiency of the system of intergovernmental relations, which should be aimed at optimizing the process of fiscal decentralization and clear definition of the powers of ...
N. M. Sirenko, I. V. Baryshevskaya, A. S. Poltorak, N. O. Shyshpanova   +3 more
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Reflections on Comparative Teaching in Public Administration

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article integrates our scholarly experience of teaching comparative public administration. In doing so, we offer a unique perspective as the co‐authors carry several diverse attributes, among them their countries of origin, current country in which they are teaching, and their academic experience.
Kim Moloney, Kohei Suzuki, Mehmet Demircioglu, Cristina Stanica, Srinivas Yerramsetti, Aroon P. Manoharan, James L. Perry   +6 more
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Local government finance in Ireland: The four pillars of fiscal decentralisation

Administration
This article outlines Ireland’s system of local government finance using a conceptual framework drawn from the fiscal federalism and municipal finance literature.
Turley Gerard
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Unpacking the task of synthesis when weaving knowledge systems for biodiversity assessments

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The pivot towards evidence‐based conservation since 2000 has inspired global environmental assessments to gather evidence across multiple knowledge systems, including through co‐production with Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Knowledge co‐production is highlighted as a strategy for transformative change towards a just future that ...
Maria Tengö, Isabel Díaz‐Reviriego, Álvaro Fernández‐Llamazares, Pernilla Malmer, Wilfredo V. Alangui, Puaʻala Pascua, Prasert Trakansuphakon, Rosemary Hill   +7 more
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REVENUE GENERATION CAPACITY, INTER-GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, AND QUALITY SERVICE DELIVERY AMONG LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN KWARA STATE

Gusau Journal of Accounting and Finance
The persistent inefficiency in grassroots service delivery in Kwara State has been linked to weak internally generated revenue mechanisms, overdependence on statutory allocations, and ineffective intergovernmental fiscal arrangements that undermine the ...
Abdulraheem O. Kadir , Abdullahi Ajao
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Federal Intergovernmental Transfers and the Level of Intraregional Fiscal Decentralization in Russia [PDF]

Финансовый журнал, 2019
The article discusses the federal tools to expand the relative (to the regional level) financial capacity of local budgets in Russia’s budgetary system.
Evgeny N. Timushev
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Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations

, 1997
List of Figures. List of Tables. 1. Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations: Policy Developments and Research Prospects R.C. Fisher. 2. Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations: Concepts and Models D. King. 3. Tax Policy in an Intergovernmental Setting: Is It Time for the U.S. to Change? D.A. Kenyon. 4. Transfers in Federal Systems: A Critical Survey J.
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Systemic bio‐inequity links poverty to biodiversity and induces a conservation paradox

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Biodiversity is declining globally while inequity is growing, and poverty rates are not improving. Global sustainable development and conservation initiatives aim to address biodiversity loss and poverty simultaneously. Through text analysis of global biodiversity policies, we identified a consistent narrative that countries with high ...
Conor Waldock, Van Thi Hai Nguyen, Margaret Awuor Owuor, Anna Samwel Manyanza, Ole Seehausen   +4 more
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Engaging the Complexities of Energy Transitions: Sociotechnical and Dualistic Insights From Crossdisciplinary Undergraduates

Science Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Discourses of energy and energy transition have become increasingly prevalent in informal and formal learning spaces. Energy transitions differ across regions, contexts, and technologies. The contextual nature of energy is an opportunity for a sociotechnical approach to its study.
Desen S. Özkan, Todd Campbell, Pamela Detrois   +2 more
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