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South African municipalities in financial distress: what can be done?

Law, Democracy & Development, 2020
South African municipalities have been faced with financial distress for some years. In some municipalities, financial distress has intensified to the extent that local government faces a "collapse".
M. Glasser, J. Wright
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Getting greener by going black: the effect of blacklisting municipalities on Amazon deforestation

Environment and Development Economics, 2019
In 2008, the Brazilian government blacklisted municipalities in the Amazon to better target efforts to repress deforestation. Not only were law enforcement and monitoring activities intensified, but also economic sanctions and political pressures were ...
J. Assunção, Romero Rocha
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Municipal Borrowing Costs and State Policies for Distressed Municipalities

Journal of Financial Economics, 2017
Policies on financially distressed municipalities differ across US states, with some allowing unconditional access to Chapter 9 bankruptcy (Chapter 9 states) and others having proactive policies to assist distressed municipalities (Proactive states ...
P. Gao, Chang Lee, Dermot Murphy
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The diffusion of climate policies among German municipalities

Journal of Public Policy, 2019
The German government established a funding scheme for local climate policy in 2008. The translation of this programme into climate action varies between municipalities.
Dennis Abel
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Financial Autonomy of Local Government Units: Evidence from Polish Rural Municipalities

Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government, 2019
The main purpose of this paper is to assess the level of and differences in financial autonomy across Polish rural municipalities. The level of rural municipalities’ financial autonomy in 2008–2017 was benchmarked against that of other types of ...
L. Satola, Aldona Standar, A. Kozera
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From municipal socialism to ... Municipal capitalism?

Local Government Studies, 1988
(1988). From municipal socialism to ... Municipal capitalism? Local Government Studies: Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 19-22.
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Proposing the use of blockchain to improve the solid waste management in small municipalities

, 2020
A.S.L. França, J. A. Neto, R. F. Gonçalves, C. Almeida   +3 more
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The Evolution of E-Government among Municipalities: Rhetoric or Reality?

, 2002
M. J. Moon
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Circular public procurement practices in Danish municipalities

, 2020
H. Kristensen, Mette Mosgaard, A. Remmen
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Special Municipal Corporations

American Political Science Review, 1918
There are 47 varieties of special municipal corporations in the United States. They are serving useful purposes, at least until local government is readjusted to meet modern meet.
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