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Do Policy Capacities Matter for Federal Policy Design? Evidence From the Implementation of Three Social Policies in Brazil

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bringing together the literature on policy design, policy capacity and policy making in multilevel systems, this paper argues that the effectiveness of policy design in federal countries depends, ceteris paribus, on the adequacy of federal and local policy capacities.
Giliberto Capano, Vanessa Elias de Oliveira   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Local Fiscal Multiplier of Intergovernmental Grants: Evidence from Federal Medicaid Assistance to States

, 2022
Seth H. Giertz, Anil Kumar
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Who is local and what do they know? Braiding knowledges within carnivore management in Europe

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Growing recognition of Indigenous Peoples and traditional local communities as stewards of biodiversity has brought to the fore the issues of knowledge and value pluralism in conservation policy and practice. Given their basis in practical and multi‐generational experience, Indigenous and local knowledges are highly relevant to managing human ...
Hanna Pettersson, Lou Lécuyer, Juliette Young, Lindsay Stringer, Simon Calla, Erika Juhász, Zsolt Molnár   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Local Government Empowerment and Collaborative Approaches in the Electricity Sector: A Constitutional Analysis

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal
This article explores the constitutional provisions and legislative aspects governing the role of local governments in generating and distributing electricity in South Africa.
Mnotho Ngcobo
doaj   +1 more source

The Optimal Taxation Approach to Intergovernmental Grants [PDF]

An optimal tax system equates the marginal cost of public funds across all tax bases. This idea is applied to a federation to derive the optimal unconditional transfers that will promote an optimal allocation of taxation and expenditures among the ...
Dahlby, Bev
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Patterns of wild meat and other protein consumption in the periphery of Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract In Central Africa, human activities are severely impacting terrestrial and aquatic wildlife, threatening the food security of millions of people. Accordingly, sustainable use of wildlife is crucial for the nutrition and livelihoods of many rural communities in the region.
Zolo Admettons, Mattia Bessone, Josué Ausse Baraka, Josué Engombe Botomia, Espérance Miezi, Bénédicte Nsilu, Jonathan Nkamisha Mukole, Michel Opelele Omeno, Jean Semeki Ngabinzeke, Barbara Fruth   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

DECENTRALIZATION OF INTER-BUDGET RELATIONS: THEORY, PRACTICE, AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Baltic Journal of Economic Studies, 2019
The purpose of the article is to justify the methods of budget policy for the redistribution of cash flows in terms of differentiating powers at different levels of government and to analyse intergovernmental regulation improvement.
Liudmyla Pidchosa, Igor Lyutyy, Oleksandr Pidchosa   +2 more
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Weaving for action: Transformative change in biodiversity monitoring

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The Post‐2020 Kunming‐Montreal Biodiversity Framework aims to drive transformative change to halt biodiversity loss. To track progress toward its goals and targets, a dedicated monitoring framework has been established. The current biodiversity monitoring framework relies on a set of indicators developed through a unidirectional process of ...
Carol X. Garzon‐Lopez, Laura M. Bellis, Camilo Castillo, Tahani Nadim, Duccio Rocchini, Koenraad Van Meerbeek, Hakon Stokland, Esther Turnhout, Margaret Gold, Anne Beaulieu   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Are Intergovernmental Grants Tactical? The Evidence from Russia [PDF]

Two hypotheses about the determinants of Russian intergovernmental grants are tested empirically. According to first hypothesis, federal transfers to regions correlate with recent voting behavior of regional electorates.
Elena Jarocinska
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