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Environmental Statecraft, Fragmented Authoritarianism, and Technocratic Governance: The Structure and Agency of China's Local Environmental Politics

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Local environmental politics in China is often said to be dominated by state‐controlled modes of multi‐level governance. However, top‐down governance is embedded within and transformed by local politics, adding complexity to governance practices and environmental outcomes.
Minsi Liu, Kevin Lo
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the Effects of Intergovernmental Fiscal Transferson Education Financing and Outcomes: An Overview ofSeven Case Studies

open access: yes, 2022
Presents evidence from seven country case studies—Sudan, Uganda, Indonesia, Colombia, Brazil, Bulgaria, and China—on how intergovernmental fiscal transfers have strengthened education systems and improved education outcomes, exploring how these countries
Lewis, Blane, Al-Samarrai, Samer
core   +1 more source

Intergovernmental finance in South Africa: Some observations [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines the evolution and functioning of fiscal decentralisation process and intergovernmental finance in the Republic of South Africa (RSA). It analyses the system of dividing revenues among the three spheres of government.
M. Govinda Rao
core  

Neurolathyrism in Sub‐Saharan Africa—Assessing the Neurotoxic Risks of Lathyrus sativus Amid Drought and Food Security Challenges

open access: yesFood Safety and Health, EarlyView.
Representation of grass pea consumption in drought‐stricken sub‐Saharan Africa sustains nutrition, but excess β‐ODAP exposure due to multiple reasons triggers neurolathyrism, a progressive neurotoxic disorder. ABSTRACT Neurolathyrism is a progressive motor neuron disease due to the consumption of Lathyrus sativus (grass pea) over long periods.
Biruk Demisse Ayalew   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

SOCIALIZATION PROBLEMS OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS IN UKRAINE

open access: yesВісник Київського національного університету імені Тараса Шевченка. Серія Економіка, 2014
In the paper the revenues of local budgets and their dependence on intergovernmental transfers during years 2009-2012 were analyzed. The tendency of finding ways to balance spending on social programs with the budget by the public authorities is revealed.
S. Rybak
doaj   +1 more source

Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers and Equalization [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
It is extremely rare for Swiss institutions to undergo a revolution. And yet for the last ten years, the financial transfer and equalization system between the federal and cantonal levels have been reformed so much that it can rightly be considered a revolution.
openaire   +1 more source

Green water, wetlands, and atmospheric moisture recycling ‐ An emerging new paradigm for grassland science

open access: yesGrassland Research, EarlyView.
The importance of green water in water resource management. Conceptual classification of terrestrial water components highlighting the central role of green water in land‐atmosphere interactions. This schematic distinguishes green water (soil moisture available for plant uptake and evapotranspiration) from blue water (surface water, groundwater, and ...
Khadija Javed   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development features and decentralization problem of regional budgets of Kazakhstan

open access: yesJournal 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   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bridging Worlds: Can Evidence, Regulation and Indigenous Leadership Shape the Future of Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine?

open access: yesThe International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and need As the WHO Global Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025–2034 encourages countries to consider integrating traditional, complementary and integrative medicine (TCIM) into health systems, there is a need to clarify the principal scientific, regulatory, ethical, and governance challenges involved. Renewed global attention to TCIM,
Abdul‐Basit Abdul‐Samed   +3 more
wiley   +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.

open access: yesRevista 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
doaj   +1 more source

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