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Development features and decentralization problem of regional budgets of Kazakhstan

Journal of Modern Science, 2018
Questions of working model functioning of financial alignment in Kazakhstan regions are considered in the article. Problems of formation and strengthening of own profitable sources in local budgets at the expense of tax and non-tax receipt are designated.
Marjan Urazgaliyeva, Shynybek Bukharbayev   +1 more
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A practitioner's guide to intergovernmental fiscal transfers [PDF]

Intergovernmental fiscal transfers are a dominant feature of subnational finance in most countries. They are used to ensure that revenues roughly match the expenditure needs of various orders (levels) of subnational governments.
Shah, Anwar
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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

Determinants of Local Revenue Mobilisation: Do Governmental Transfers and Public Investment Matter? A Case of the Western Balkan Countries

Studia Regionalne i Lokalne
Local governments in the Western Balkan countries are dependent on central governments’ transfers, with low fiscal autonomy and limited efforts for own-source revenue mobilisation.
Vesna Garvanlieva Andonova, Borce Trenovski   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of the sub-national public sector in the stabilization function : evidence from the Colombian case for the period 1990-2001.

Revista Finanzas y Política Económica, 2015
This paper analyses the impact of fiscal decentralization on the stabilization function. Although traditionally the stabilization function has been attributed to central government, regional and local authorities have a role to play in decentralized ...
Ligia Alba Melo-Becerra
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Tying Your Enemy’s Hands in Close Races: The Politics of Federal Transfers in Brazil [PDF]

This paper uses a quasi-experimental strategy to disclose utterly political reasons behind the allocation of intergovernmental transfers in a federal state. We apply a regression discontinuity design in close elections to identify the effect of political
Brollo, Fernanda, Nannicini, Tommaso
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‘Manure gets into your veins’: Navigating plural valuation among rural landowners upstream from a Tribe‐led restoration project

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Ecological restoration projects with diverse interest groups face the continual challenge of engaging values, goals and cultures that may vary greatly among partners. As part of an eco‐cultural, riparian restoration project led by the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, our research examines the instrumental, relational and intrinsic ...
Sarah Woodbury, Kirsten Vinyeta, William Munger, Sarah Klain   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sponsoring a race to the top : the case for results-based intergovernmental finance for merit goods [PDF]

Intergovernmental finance is a significant source of sub-national finance in most countries. In both industrial and developing countries, formula based"manna from heaven"general purpose transfers dominate but co-exist with highly intrusive micro-managed ...
Shah, Anwar
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Visioning ecologically diverse and harmonious futures of Korea in Good Anthropocene

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), a buffer between North and South Korea, holds profound historical, cultural and ecological significance, as well as exceptional potential for conservation and transformation. This study explores ecologically diverse and peaceful futures for the Korean Peninsula by envisioning the DMZ as a landscape for ...
HyeJin Kim, Garry Peterson, Hyeonjeong Kim, Hanvit Lee, Miyoung Yeo, Youngcheol Cho, Paula A. Harrison, Gwanwoo Jin, Bohun Kang, Junsoo Kim, Sanha Kim, Kyung Ah Koo, Brian W. Miller, Laura M. Pereira, SoEun Ahn, Lisa Yeonjung Gwon, Jaegyun Im, Seul‐gi Lee, Chunhwa Park, Jiyeon Park, Soojin Park, Yea‐Yl Yoon, Yukyong Jung Yun Choe, Mijung Im, Jae Chun Choe   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intergovernmental Resource Transfers: Prospects and Issues

Lahore Journal of Economics
The focus of this paper is on inter governmental resource transfers. The question of these transfers crops up because of an asymmetry between revenues and expenditures.
Mohammad Zubair Khan
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