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Looking for Appropriate Forms of Intergovernmental Transfers for Municipalities in Transition Economies [PDF]

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Intergovernmental transfers can be either conditional or unconditional with regard to the autonomy of local governments in spending such financial means.
Rüdiger Parsche, Chang Woon Nam
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Fiscal decentralization in the Republic of Serbia from 2000 to 2024

open access: yesBizInfo
This paper analyses the evolution of fiscal decentralization in Serbia from 2000 to 2024, identifying key legislative changes, institutional mechanisms, and practical challenges in transferring fiscal responsibilities from central to local levels of ...
Milan Gavrilović   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN UKRAINE IN THE CONTEXT OF DECENTRALIZATION

open access: yesВісник Київського національного університету імені Тараса Шевченка. Серія Економіка, 2015
The paper studies issues of strengthening the financial basis of regional development as a component of economic security policy and one of the most important areas of administrative decentralization in Ukraine.
R. Bilyk
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The Hidden Costs of Coffee Production in the Eastern African Value Chains

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is increasing recognition that significant hidden costs associated with agrifood systems are not reflected in market prices. Coffee is among the three most traded agricultural commodities in the world and supports the livelihoods of more than 30 million smallholder households.
Annet Adong   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change: Rethinking Justice, Responsibility, and Collective Obligation

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change is one of the most profound ethical and existential challenges of the 21st century. Beyond its physical, economic, and environmental consequences, it raises fundamental moral questions about justice, equity, responsibility, and the right to a livable planet.
Jacob Kwakye
wiley   +1 more source

Living Through a Changing Climate: Stress, Trauma, and Gendered Resilience Among Women in Coastal and Northern Ghana

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change is reshaping everyday life in Ghana through coastal erosion, flooding, erratic rainfall, water scarcity, extreme heat, and agricultural insecurity. This study examines how these changes produce stress, trauma, and gendered resilience among women in Salakope and Choggu Yapalsi, two climate‐vulnerable communities in coastal and ...
Jacob Kwakye
wiley   +1 more source

Use of socio-economic criteria for intergovernmental transfers: The case of India. [PDF]

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Intergovernmental fiscal ...
Sen, Tapas K., Trebesch, Christoph
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Do Sovereign‐Environmental, Social and Governance (S‐ESG) Commitments Promote Financial Inclusion?

open access: yesThunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the need to respect humanity, the environment, and society, and the progressive development of social responsibility, environmental, social and governance (ESG) commitments and the need for ethical and sustainable finance, this paper aims to examine the impact of sovereign ESG on financial inclusion (FI).
Inès Gharbi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Capture of fiscal transfers: a study of Brazilian local governments

open access: yesEconomia Aplicada, 2005
This paper deals with a problem observed in federal fiscal relations: the capture of transfers received by local interest groups. Four hypotheses established in the literature are tested: capture is expected to increase with fiscal illusion, low ...
Marcos Mendes
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Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations - Potentials and Limitations for Financing of Local Development in Croatia [PDF]

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The major goal of this paper is to give an overview on the most important issues regarding intergovernmental fiscal relations and regional inequalities in Croatia.
Dubravka Jurlina Alibegovic
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