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THE PROCESS OF DECENTRALIZATION IN BULGARIA AND THE NECESSITY OF INTRODUCING REGIONAL SELF-GOVERNMENT [PDF]
In the recent years many Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) are re-arranging their regional levels of administration. After the political transition, the newly established democratic governments and parliaments focused on the establishment of ...
Yuliyana Chavdarova Galabinova
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Miniaturized Multifunctional Valves for Intelligent Pneumatic Systems in Soft Robotics
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.Miniaturized multifunctional pneumatic valves in normally closed (NC) and normally open (NO) configurations enable reconfigurable and programmable fluidic logic—including AND, OR, NAND, and NOR gates—with/without physical replumbing. These valves integrate sensing, logic, and actuation within a unified architecture, demonstrated through an electronics ...
J. Xu +4 more
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Political capture of decentralization : vote-buying through grants-financed local jurisdictions [PDF]
A recent trend in decentralization in several large and diverse countries is the creation of local jurisdictions below the regional level -- municipalities, towns, and villages -- whose spending is almost exclusively financed by grants from both regional
Khemani, Stuti
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Agribusiness: From Automation to Augmentation in a Global Context
Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Alexis H. Villacis
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Graph Neural Network‐Based Reinforcement Learning for Decentralized Multi‐Robot Manipulation
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.Robot arms lifting a large object face a trade‐off: centralized controllers explode in parameters, while decentralized ones cannot coordinate. A GNN resolves this—each arm runs its own network but acts on the full team state, achieving centralized‐level coordination with decentralized execution. Trained across team sizes, a single policy scales to four‐
Tong Chen +3 more
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Property taxation and democratic decentralization in developing countries [PDF]
governance;decentralization;developing countries;local finance;property tax;urban ...
Olowu, D.
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The 2023 Australian Voice to Parliament Referendum presented a pivotal moment in the nation's democratic landscape. Despite support for Indigenous well‐being, the referendum did not secure the necessary approval, prompting extensive analysis of its outcome.
Scott Baum, William Mitchell
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Leadership; Decentralization; Local governance
Leadership is a critical factor in determining the effectiveness of governance, public service delivery, and local development in decentralized political systems. Across Southeast Asia, countries such as the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, and Timor-Leste have experienced decentralization reforms that have expanded the responsibilities of ...
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The decentralization of Social Assistance and the rise of Disability Insurance enrolment [PDF]
In this paper, we assess spillover effects of Social Assistance (SA) decentralization in the Netherlands, in particular towards (a centrally administered) Disability Insurance scheme (DI). DI enrolment has increased strongly since the decentralization of
Daniel van Vuuren, Gijs Roelofs
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As modes of activism rapidly evolve, activists—both seasoned and emerging—must increasingly navigate a hybrid terrain of both digital and non‐digital engagement. This paper draws on the personal narratives of 16 nascent activists based in Australia to explore how they develop competencies related to digital storytelling, which is critical to ...
Garth Stahl +5 more
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