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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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Making palaeoclimatology research policy‐relevant: Insights and experience from the DECADAL Project

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Quaternary palaeoclimatology uniquely provides insights and new evidence about climate variability trends and extremes prior to the instrumental record; yet, its knowledge is rarely integrated into governmental decision‐making. This opinion piece shares lessons and experience from the UKRI‐funded DECADAL project, which bridges palaeoclimate ...
Celia Martin‐Puertas, Laura Boyall, Alice M. Milner, Ashley M. Abrook, Amen Al‐Yaari, Alice Carter‐Champion, Daisy Fallows, Katy Flowers, Paul Lincoln, Simon Blockley, Achim Brauer, Armand Hernandez, Gordon N. Inglis, Pete Langdon, Jürg Luterbacher, Antti E. K. Ojala, Adam Scaife, Didier Swingedouw, Louise Wilson   +18 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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From Niche to Mainstream: A Knowledge Exchange Model for Sustainable Housing Adoption

Knowledge and Process Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As climate change intensifies the demand for sustainable practices, the residential housing sector remains a critical yet underutilized area for promoting energy efficiency. Although consumer awareness is increasing, sustainable and energy‐efficient (SEE) housing continues to occupy a niche market.
Lianne Foti
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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Coupling Water Purification and Carbon Sequestration at Various Spatial Scales From Supply and Demand Perspective

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Balancing ecosystem‐service supply and demand is central to understanding both the natural and social dimensions of ecosystem services and to enhancing human well‐beings. Concurrently, collaborative efforts are underway to improve multiple ecosystem services, including the promotion of carbon neutrality and water purification (WP) within basin
Jing Cheng, Mingyang Ding, Zhenya Zhu, Xinping Luo, Xin Huang, Chunbo Huang   +5 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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Impacts of Climate Change on Food Security: Land Management–Based Strategies Within a Nature‐Based Solutions Framework

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change poses serious threats to food security by affecting agricultural production processes in multiple ways. This study aims to analyze land management–based solution strategies that can be developed in response to this threat and presents a systematic and holistic framework through the relationship these strategies establish with ...
Nihal Genc, H. Ebru Colak
wiley   +1 more source

Synergistic Effects of Salinization and Artificial Root Exudates on Soil Phosphatase Activity in Coastal Soil

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Coastal soil salinization from rising seawater levels has adverse impacts on soil function, seed germination, and plant growth. Root exudates play a key role in supporting microbial activity, nutrient cycling, and plant health, yet little is known about the combined effects of salinization and the addition of artificial root exudates (AREs) on
Nicolina Lentine, Sarah E. Krisak, Dirk W. Vanderklein, Matthew S. Schuler, Nina M. Goodey   +4 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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