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Understanding Local Government Digital Technology Adoption Strategies: A PRISMA Review

Sustainability, 2023
Digital technologies are used in various local government activities. Adopting suitable digital technology strategies could enhance service efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability.
Anne David, Tan Yigitcanlar, R. Li, J. Corchado, P. Cheong, K. Mossberger, Rashid Mehmood   +6 more
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Environmental regulation and manufacturing carbon emissions in China: a new perspective on local government competition

Environmental science and pollution research international, 2022
Environmental regulation is a crucial way to achieve manufacturing green transformation. However, few studies have explored the spatial spillover effects and regional boundaries of environmental regulation on manufacturing carbon emissions from the ...
Chanyuan Liu, Long Xin, Jinye Li
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Responsible Urban Innovation with Local Government Artificial Intelligence (AI): A Conceptual Framework and Research Agenda

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity, 2021
The urbanization problems we face may be alleviated using innovative digital technology. However, employing these technologies entails the risk of creating new urban problems and/or intensifying the old ones instead of alleviating them. Hence, in a world
Tan Yigitcanlar, J. Corchado, Rashid Mehmood, R. Li, K. Mossberger, K. Desouza   +5 more
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Root cause of groundwater colouration in coastal districts of Bangladesh: findings from a preliminary study

Environmental Pollutants & Bioavailability, 2021
The study characterises the straw-colour in groundwater of coastal areas of Bangladesh. The study design was exploratory to have a better understanding of straw colouration.
Ahammadul Kabir, Alauddin Ahmed, Mizanur Rahman, Ibrahim Md Taimur, Shamsuddin Ahmad, Mohammed Mahmud Khan, Mohammad Saifur Rahman, Abdun Noor   +7 more
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Perspectives on the COVID-19 vaccine uptake: a qualitative study of community members and health workers in Zambia

BMJ Open, 2022
Objective Since introduction of the programme in April 2021, COVID-19 vaccine uptake has been low at less than 20%. This study explored community members’ and health workers’ perspectives on the COVID-19 vaccine uptake and its influencing factors in ...
Cephas Sialubanje, Nawa Mukumbuta, Mary Ng'andu, Ernest Malangizo Sumani, Mpala Nkonkomalimba, Daniel EM Lyatumba, Alick Mwale, Francis Mpiana, Joseph Makadani Zulu, Basil Mweempwa, Denise Endres, Maurice Mbolela, Mpatanji Namumba, Wolff-Christian Peters   +13 more
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Improving service quality, accountability and transparency of local government: The intervening role of information technology governance

Cogent Business & Management, 2020
This study aims to examine the perception of government employees about the association of the culture of compliance in information technology (IT) on the service quality, accountability, and transparency through effective IT governance (ITG) as an ...
H. Sofyani, H. A. Riyadh, H. Fahlevi
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Financial resilience of English local government in the aftermath of COVID-19

Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management, 2020
PurposeThe financial resilience of local authorities has been a serious concern over the past decade due to austerity and its effects on local government budgets despite rising service demands.
T. Ahrens, L. Ferry
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Tracking Public and Private Responses to the Covid-19 Epidemic: Evidence from State and Local Government Actions

, 2020
This paper examines the determinants of social distancing during the COVID-19 epidemic. We classify state and local government actions, and we study multiple proxies for social distancing based on data from smart devices.
Sumedha Gupta, Thuy Nguyen, Felipe Lozano-Rojas, Shyam Raman, Byungkyu Lee, A. Bento, K. Simon, Coady Wing   +7 more
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Using Big Data in Policy Evaluations: the Troubled Families Programme

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2018
Background The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government have carried out one of the biggest data linkage exercises in government in order to evaluate the impact of the Troubled Families Programme.
Naomi Knight, Lu Han, Lan-Ho Man, Ricky Taylor   +3 more
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The Living Wage [PDF]

, 2017
Book review of : The Living Wage, Donald Hirsch and Laura Valadez-Martinez. Agenda Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2017. ISBN 978-1-911116-46-
Jereme Snook, Local Government Association   +1 more
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