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The Impact of Public Administration Education on Individual Policy Capacity of Federal Civil Servants in Ethiopia

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent decades, policy capacity has garnered increasing attention from scholars in the Global North. However, there has been limited focus on policy capacity in developing countries, particularly in Africa. While various factors, such as experience, the nature of policy tasks, and educational background, can influence the policy capacity of
Kiflie Worku Angaw, Bacha Kebede Debela, Ellen Fobé, Marleen Brans   +3 more
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Strengthening municipalities in Azerbaijan [PDF]

, 2007
Agayev, Rovshan
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The Romanian Municipal Bond Market and the International Financial Crisis [PDF]

In Romania, the bond market was set up later, comparatively to the equity market. This market is in a development process, but the international financial crisis has affected even the interest of investors in bonds. The secondary municipal bond market is
MIRELA MATEI, VALENTINA VASILE
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Municipal Budget Proposal [PDF]

, 2013
Bakalářská práce se zabývá návrhem rozpočtu obce, přesněji městyse Velké Němčice, pro příští období, konkrétně pro rok 2013. V teoretické části jsou shrnuty základní poznatky o obcích, jejich příjmech a výdajích a o rozpočtech obcí.
Mrkvicová, Nikola
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Do Policy Capacities Matter for Federal Policy Design? Evidence From the Implementation of Three Social Policies in Brazil

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bringing together the literature on policy design, policy capacity and policy making in multilevel systems, this paper argues that the effectiveness of policy design in federal countries depends, ceteris paribus, on the adequacy of federal and local policy capacities.
Giliberto Capano, Vanessa Elias de Oliveira   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Politicians, output-budgets and performance evaluation : case research in three Dutch municipalities [PDF]

Since the mid-eighties many Dutch municipalities have divided their organizations into decentralized units. In addition, most municipalities have introduced management instruments derived from the private sector, and have been paying more attention to ...
Bogt, H.J. ter
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Policy Capacity Matters Differently Over Time: The Emergence and Persistence of Participatory Budgeting in China

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The persistence of participatory budgeting (PB) in selected Chinese localities challenges the conventional wisdom that deliberative democratic practices can only take root in liberal political environments. Yet, existing literature has not sufficiently elucidated the factors underpinning the rise and sustained operation of PB in this seemingly
Yifei Yan, Alfred M. Wu, Biao Huang, Fangxin Yi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Where Have I Seen You Before? Networks, Trust and Reciprocity as a Source of Collaboration in the Public Service

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although some studies focus on how bureaucrats' interactions with one another affect performance, they rarely focus on why these public servants collaborate. Bureaucrats' collaboration matters because it can significantly contribute to achieving policy goals.
Nathalie Mendez
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Imperatives of participatory budgeting for achieving municipal budgeting legitimacy at Metsimaholo local municipality in the free state

, 2018
Master of Development and Management, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2018 The study explored issues related to the imperatives of participatory budgeting to achieve municipal budgeting legitimacy at Metsimaholo Local Municipality.
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The effect of compliance assistance on pollution discharges and violations of environmental regulations

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, EarlyView.
Abstract Researchers and policymakers assert competing behavioral models of polluters. One model portrays polluters as best approximated by the perfectly informed, rational actor from economics textbooks. Another model portrays polluters, particularly small and medium facilities, as imperfectly informed, cognitively bounded, pro‐social actors.
Paul J. Ferraro, Jay P. Shimshack
wiley   +1 more source