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Intergovernmental Transfers and Re-Election Concerned Politicians [PDF]
, 2010 This paper studies intergovernmental transfers. Many intergovernmental transfers are said to serve political purposes. We augment a standard model of political career concerns to allow for multilevel governance.
Hickey, Ross
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Oikos, EarlyView.Biodiversity can influence forest productivity, but this does not necessarily translate into higher provision of wood‐based Nature's contributions to people (NCP), as only a subset of the wood produced is used for each NCP. Biodiversity–NCP relationships therefore require further assessment.
Koggani Dickson Koggani +7 more
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Jurnal Wacana Kinerja, 2018 The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of intergovernmental transfers fund and the region's autonomy in financing public welfare at local government (municipal and districts) in West Java.
Nugraha Nugraha, Tia Amelia
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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 +6 more
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Clarifying Public Policy for Stronger Public Administration in Development
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Public policy is ubiquitous, yet its meaning is often unclear. This ambiguity is not just conceptual. Because policy work is a large part of what public administrations do, how we define policy shapes how we structure and organize our administrative mechanisms.
Matt Andrews
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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 +9 more
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EFFICIENCY FINANCIAL RESOURCES IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Baltic Journal of Economic Studies, 2016 The purpose of writing is to research and analyze the effectiveness of financial resources in vocational education in Ukraine and develop practical recommendations for their improvement.
Nataliia Kovernuk
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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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Participatory mapping and Nature's Contributions to People: Insights from the Amazon Delta
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Understanding how traditional and coastal communities perceive and interact with nature is key to promoting inclusive conservation. This article examines human–nature interaction in the fishing village of Jubim, located in the Marajó Archipelago, delta of the Amazon River, Brazil.
Lara Sartorio Gonçalves +5 more
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Municipal Finance in Poland, the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic and Hungary: Institutional Framework and Recent Development [PDF]
The recent process of political and economic transformation in eastern European countries has not only contributed to the decentralisation of political structure but also significantly enhanced the fiscal autonomy of municipalities in these countries. In
Rüdiger Parsche, Chang Woon Nam
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