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Financing of Initiatives to Commemorate the Patron of a Local or Regional Community with Public Funds, Including from the So-Called Participatory Budget

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
The purpose of this paper is to describe the basic legal solutions that can be used to finance initiatives to commemorate the patron of a local or regional community.
Popławski Mariusz
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Preserving the CFA Zone : macroeconomic coordination after the devaluation [PDF]

On January 12, 1994, the CFA franc - the currency of the thirteen African states of the CFA Franc Zone - was devalued 50 percent. The event had been expected for some time, but the magnitude and one-shot nature of the devaluation posed problems for ...
DEC, Devarajan, Shantayanan, Walton, Michael   +2 more
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A New Tool for Scaling Impact: How Social Impact Bonds Can Mobilize Private Capital to Advance Social Good [PDF]

, 2012
Provides an overview of how social impact bonds work; the key players, including nonprofits, investors, and government; potential risks with intervention models, execution, and government repayment; and how intermediaries can help mitigate those ...

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Boosting Seawater Desalination by Ampere‐Level Nitrate Electroreduction On Defect‐Rich Ultrathin RuCu Alloy Nanostructures

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Defect engineering of ultrathin RuCu alloy nanostructures has been successfully achieved to enhance ammonia electrosynthesis under indutrial‐level current density. Simultaneously, the stable ampere‐level operation of nitrate electroreduction on defective RuCu nanostructures can drive seawater desalination at an ultrafast salt removal rate, offering an ...
Juan Wang, Liang Guo, Qingbo Wa, Fengkun Hao, Fu Liu, Chaohui Wang, Yunhao Wang, Mingzheng Shao, Yiwei Guo, Guozhi Wang, Xiang Meng, Fangren Qian, Xiuyun Zhang, Chongyi Ling, Shengqi Chu, Zhanxi Fan   +15 more
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EMU – Fiscal Challenges: Conclusions For the New EU Members. [PDF]

The aim of the paper is to evaluate fiscal challenges which are facing the Economic and Monetary Union countries after four years of monetary union functioning.
Slawomir Bukowski
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The governance of domestic fiscal stability in the Eurozone prior to the financial crises (2000-2007): What lessons for implementation of the TSCG? [PDF]

, 2012
After its first thorough revision in 2005, the Stability & Growth Pact (SGP) has recently been transformed into a Fiscal Stability Treaty, which in all likelihood will become operational as from January 1, 2013.
Donnelly, S., Groenendijk, N.S.
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Does the quality of public finance enhance fiscal discipline in the European Union? A cross-country analysis

, 2012
The concept of Quality of Public Finance has become of high importance over time. It focuses on the role that public finance and fiscal policy can play to sustain economic growth, employment and competitiveness in the context of European strategy (Lisbon strategy and, now, Europe 2020).
GIOSI, ALESSANDRO, TESTARMATA, SILVIA, Brunelli, S, Staglianò, B.   +3 more
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Anti‐Slip Material‐Based Strategies and Approaches

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights the principle mechanisms of slipping at the microscale, linking contact mechanics with a friction behavior model for surface interfaces. Main strategies to develop anti‐slip properties to the surfaces are discussed alongside standardized testing approaches.
Sogand Abbaspoor‐Zanjani, Carlo Antonini, Teresa Gatti, Mengjiao Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fiscal Transparency and Policy Rules in Poland [PDF]

This paper discusses the link between the deficit bias in public finance and institutional settings. The Polish experience is put in a wider context and provides an extensive discussion of possible institutional reforms that may be implemented to ...
Jens Hölscher, Mariusz Jarmuzek, Rafal Benecki   +2 more
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A comparative study on communication structures of Chinese journals in the social sciences

, 2010
We argue that the communication structures in the Chinese social sciences have not yet been sufficiently reformed. Citation patterns among Chinese domestic journals in three subject areas -- political science and marxism, library and information science,
Allen, Beaver, Beaver, Ben-David, Boisot, Cheng, Cronin, Dong, Edge, Egghe, Gibbons, Hicks, Hicks, Kyvik, Lemaine, Leydesdorff, Leydesdorff, Leydesdorff, Leydesdorff, Lin, Moed, Mulkay, Naughton, Price, Qiu, Ren, Ren, Ren, Riskin, Van den Besselaar, Van der Meulen, Weingart, Worboys, Zhou, Zhou, Zhou, Zhu   +36 more
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