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SOCIALIZATION PROBLEMS OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS IN UKRAINE

Вісник 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
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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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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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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
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Shining light on the aurora's contributions to people: A qualitative study of the aurora borealis in Greenland

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The aurora borealis (northern lights) is an abiotic natural phenomenon that contributes to human well‐being. There is currently a significant research gap in primary qualitative valuation of the aurora's links to people. This exploratory qualitative study applies the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES ...
James David Broome, David Cook, Brynhildur Davíðsdóttir, Benjamin David Hennig   +3 more
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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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Assessing terrestrial vertebrates as potential biodiversity indicators of ecosystem services in multifunctional landscapes

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Combining ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation is critical for evaluating the benefits of nature to society. However, research gaps have led to a conservation dilemma in determining which biodiversity groups should be selected in ecosystem service assessments.
Felipe S. Campos, João David, Ricardo Lourenço‐de‐Moraes, Lisieux Fuzessy, Neftalí Sillero, Pedro Cabral, Javier Retana   +6 more
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Review of the Progressing Role of Solar Photovoltaics in Energy Transition Scenarios Over Five Decades of 100% Renewable Energy Systems Research

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, EarlyView.
Over the last five decades, several milestones in energy system modelling enabled the progressing role of solar PV in the field of 100% renewable energy systems research. The key advancements are grouped into visionary scoping, advances in PV system applications, expanding economic insights, methodological advances and additional aspects. ABSTRACT Five
Christian Breyer, Siavash Khalili, Dennis Bredemeier, Arnulf Jäger‐Waldau, Dominik Keiner, Marta Victoria   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Electoral effects of intergovernmental fiscal transfers: An application to local elections in the province of Cordoba, 1995-2011

Revista de Economía y Estadística, 2014
We examine the impact of decentralized public policy in the form of intergovernmental fiscal transfers on local election outcomes –the probability of reelection. We assemble a new and unique dataset recording every local executive election in the period
Sebastián Freille, Marcelo Capello
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