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Analysis of Local Government Performance and Leadership in Nigeria
Africa’s Public Service Delivery & Performance Review, 2014 This paper examines the quality of local government leaderships in Nigeria. It explores how local governments’ inefficiency and poor leadership have been a major challenge facing the development process in Nigeria. The paper has two objectives. The first
Ada Uche
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The Evaluation of Local Policy Making in Europe
Evaluation, 1999 Two recent evaluation studies undertaken for the European Commission, related to the LEADER Community Initiative implemented throughout the 1 990s, have provided the basis for the issues discussed in this article. This programme was set up to encourage pilot experiences in the promotion of rural development in the problem areas of Europe, by ...
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Governance in Flanders’ regional policy: subregional platforms as development coalitions
Belgeo, 2002 Actively engaging citizens is one of the main objectives behind the emergence of governance in the policy making process. The former top-down approach characterized by strong hierarchical relationships and a large distance between policy and citizens, is
Peter Cabus
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When Asylum Policies Go Local: the Case of Socially Useful Works for Asylum-Seekers.
Italian Political Science, 2019 The local sphere of migration policy has become a key area of intervention for local governments, during the recent refugee crisis. The scant existing literature on the topic has distinguished different approaches through which local governments manage ...
Andrea Pettrachin
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Making Policy Without Parameters: Obtaining Data on the Nonprofit Sector in a Local Community
Nonprofit Policy Forum, 2012 This study began with an effort to obtain data on the economic contribution of the nonprofit sector in a large, metropolitan community to inform policy-makers.
Roudebush Margaret M. +1 more
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Territorial Governance and Area Image
Symphonya, 2004 The image of a region or a city is an emerging topic in most debates about economic development strategies at the local and national level. Local and national policies of innovation which form an essential part of modern policies of local development are
Nicola Bellini
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Reflections on Public Policy Making in Local Governance Partnerships [PDF]
Public Policy and Administration, 2008 This special themed edition of Public Policy and Administration rehearses a number of current and important debates within public policy – not least is recognition of the apparent absence of reflection which is a part of the process of learning. We have brought together five articles, which are each rooted in empirical studies undertaken by the ...
Diamond, J., Liddle, J.
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Ecology and Society, 2013 As part of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment in Biscay, Basque Country, we described scenarios for Biscay through 2050 in an integrated and participatory way by downscaling the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) global scenarios, analyzed how ...
Igone Palacios-Agundez +3 more
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The Politics of Local Tax Policy-Making in Poland [PDF]
NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy, 2016 Abstract The paper answers two basic questions: To what extent is tax policy an important item of the local political agenda in Polish municipalities ? Is it a subject of intense debates at city hall and local councils or is it accepted as a routine exercise ?
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Who Decides? Toward a Typology of Transit Governance
Urban Science, 2020 This article describes a typology for formal governance structures of public transit in the United States to support inquiry into how organizational structures influence policy making processes, organizational capacity and policy outcomes. Scholarship of
Lauren Ames Fischer +2 more
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