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State Capacity and Path Dependence in Cape Verde's Supreme Audit Institution
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines state capacity and path dependence in the Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) of Cape Verde, focussing on the performance and governance of the Court of Auditors. Drawing on a mixed‐methods longitudinal design covering the period from 2010 to 2024, the analysis combines international governance indicators, documentary analysis,
Ana Lúcia Romão
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Xylella fastidiosa is a major plant pathogen affecting crops such as grapes, citrus, almonds, and olives, with potentially severe consequences for agricultural production and rural livelihoods worldwide. This paper examines the conflict around the management of the X. fastidiosa outbreak affecting olive trees in southern Italy.
Fabio Gatti +2 more
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Regressivity in public pension systems: The case of Peru
The Journal of the Economics of AgeingWe study the role of income-mortality differentials and pension eligibility conditions on the level of regressivity and progressivity of Peru’s public pension system, using administrative records from 1999 to 2018 to do so. We consider the joint effect of insufficient contributions, by which the poorest contribute to the pension system but ultimately ...
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Respirology, EarlyView.A discrete choice experiment of lung cancer screening attributes. Study results demonstrate that lung cancer screening uptake could be significantly increased by offering program navigators and personalised invitations. The findings contribute significant insights to inform future improvements to the design and implementation of the Australian National
Peiwen Jiang +10 more
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On Household Wealth Trends in Sweden over the 1990s [PDF]
Influenced by major tax reform in the early 1990s and by the exceptional boom in the stock market at the end of that decade, overall wealth in Swedish households increased. So did wealth inequality.
N. Anders Klevmarken
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After Another Decade of Reform: Do Pension Systems in Europe Converge? [PDF]
Rentenreform, Gesetzliche Rentenversicherung, Europa, Pension reform, Public pension system ...
Martin Werding
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From ESG to Sustainable Development: A Path Designed for the Triple Helix Spheres
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This work examines the relationship between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives and sustainable development (SD), highlighting a scientific gap in their effective connection. It aims to propose a framework with recommendations for promoting SD through ESG, considering the governmental, business, and academic spheres from ...
Elen Cristina Bravos Giupponi +3 more
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Is it beneficial for households without children to subsidy the cost of rearing children to increase pension benefits? [PDF]
This paper analyzes the effects of child allowance on households without a child with respect to the pay-as-you-go public pension system. We demonstrate that the child allowance can improve the utilities of households without a child through an increased
Masatoshi Jinno
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Rates of Return of the German PAYG System - How they can be measured and how they will develop [PDF]
With the adoption of the latest German pension reform in spring 2004 a public debate arose on whether rates of return for future pensioner cohorts were hreatened to become negative as a result of the new reform.
Christina Benita Wilke
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lmplicit Pension Debt in the Middle-East and North Africa: Magnitude and Fiscal lmplications [PDF]
This paper breaks down the contingent liability of a mandatory pension system into two components: the implicit pension debt and the pay-as-you-go asset. It then estimates these two components for 12 pension schemes across six MENA countries and presents
Bogomolova, Tatyana, Robalino, David
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