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Municipal preferences for state imposed amalgamations: An empirical study based on the 1952 municipal reform in Sweden [PDF]

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This paper concerns municipal preferences for state imposed municipal amalgamations. The main purpose of the paper is to study what factors that can explain municipal acceptance or objection of a state imposed amalgamation decision.
Hanes, Niklas   +2 more
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Tempestuous municipal debt markets: Oxymoron or new reality? [PDF]

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Municipal bonds (munis) are issued by states, cities, or other local government agencies. They may be general obligations of the issuer or secured by specified revenues, like fees paid by tollway users.
Anna Paulson, Gene Amromin
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No-Scalpel Vasectomy in A Camp Approach: Follow-Up, Complications and Compliance

open access: yesNational Journal of Community Medicine, 2012
Background: This study was done to evaluate the no scalpel technique (NSV) for vasectomy in camp approach and establish recommendations for health education and special attention to issues affecting compliance to post vasectomy instructions and post ...
Piyush R Patel   +3 more
doaj  

"Street sweeps": The municipal government-enforced confiscation of personal belongings among unstably housed people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada. [PDF]

open access: yesPublic Health
Eren IM   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Bolsa Família: A Summary of Its Impacts [PDF]

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Targeted and Conditioned Cash Transfers (CCTs) began hesitatingly and somewhat chaotically in Brazil in 1995 and have grown in relevance ever since. From 1995 to 2003, there were many CCT programs, run by all levels of government and, within the federal ...
Sergei Suarez Dillon Soares
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Municipality Size and Efficiency of Local Public Services: Does Size Matter? [PDF]

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Similarly to western Germany in the 1960s and 1970s, the eastern part of Germany has experienced a still ongoing process of numerous amalgamations among counties, towns and municipalities since the mid-1990s.
A. Illy   +3 more
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Fiscal responsibility legislation and fiscal adjustment : the case of Brazilian local governments [PDF]

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This paper discusses trends in fiscal adjustment in Brazil since the 1990s, with particular emphasis on the strengthening of institutions for fiscal policymaking, and its effect on local government finances and their ability to invest in infrastructure ...
de Mello, Luiz
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Incentives for Municipal Planning towards Citizen-centric Public e-Government - Swedish empirics [PDF]

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This paper offers critical aspects on this ongoing development within the Swedish municipalities with the strategic use of ICT , for the purpose to create a digital government and to making public administration more citizen-oriented, efficient, and ...
Irene Bernhard
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