Ensuring State and Municipal Solvency [PDF]
, 2010 Presents July 2010 discussions among government officials, academics, capital markets experts, and others on strategies for alleviating state and municipal budget problems, including short-term federal aid to reward active restructuring of ...
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CONSIDERATIONS ON THE ISSUANCE OF MUNICIPAL BONDS IN ROMANIA [PDF]
The global financial crisis raised the price of the access to bank loans, a viable solution for financing is represented by issuing municipal bonds. This paper presents the current situation of municipal bons issues in Romania focusing on destination, on
Liliana Bunescu
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Local Government Efficiency in German Municipalities
Raumforschung und Raumordnung | Spatial Research and Planning, 2013 This article evaluates German local governments’ cost efficiency using a sample of 1,021 municipalities in the state of Baden-Württemberg for the year 2001. We thereby concentrate on overall or ‘global’ efficiency scores—rather than estimate efficiency for one particular service—and explicitly account for exogenous or non-discretionary influences.
Geys, Benny, Heinemann, F., Kalb, A.
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How sticky are local expenditures in Italy? Assessing the relevance of the “flypaper effect” through municipal data [PDF]
An extensive literature analyses the impact of upper-tier transfers on the spending behaviour of lower level governments. According to the median voter framework, a transfer from the centre should act as a lump sum grant to residents and thus be spent by
Elena Gennari, Giovanna Messina
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Presupuestos municipales, participación y reordenamiento de los espacios políticos [PDF]
Íconos, 2009 Este artículo aborda los procesos de elaboración de presupuestos municipales en diez provincias del Cusco y Puno, inscribiéndose en el marco del análisis de la tensión burocrática y política entre espacios centrales (Estado) y periferias (ámbitos locales)
Alejandro Diez Hurtado
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Central Government Poverty Policy and Local Deviation: A Comparison of \u3ci\u3eDibao\u3c/i\u3e Regulations Across State Levels [PDF]
, 2013 The Chinese government has implemented a means-tested social security net for the poorest known as dibao. We compare dibao legislation from the State Council, the Shandong provincial government, and the Qingdao municipal government. As a case study, this
Kolmos, Maja, Rosenmeier, Christopher
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Data & PolicyAs digital welfare systems expand in local governments worldwide, understanding their implications is crucial for safeguarding public values like transparency, legitimacy, accountability, and privacy.
Margot Kersing +3 more
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Policy Lending for LGUs: An Innovative Financing Instrument for Local Governments [PDF]
Since the passage of the Local Government Code in 1991, what has constituted as a major source of loan financing for local governments is the Municipal Development Fund (MDF).
Llanto, Gilberto M.
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Towards metropolitan regionalism. Stuttgart and Rome: two models in comparison [PDF]
, 2012 The process of “metropolisation” that has characterized the development of urbanization in contemporary cities over the last few decades, is being subjected to a transformation process oriented towards “regionalization” dynamics, where metropolitan ...
MARIANO, Carmela
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IMPACT OF THE UKRAINIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS ON LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS
Baltic Journal of Economic StudiesSince 2014, Ukraine has undergone a major decentralisation reform with the aim of strengthening local self-government, through the transfer of powers, responsibilities and fiscal resources from the central to the local level.
Ruslan Bedriy +2 more
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