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Public sector management issues in structural adjustment lending [PDF]
This paper reviews the Bank's experience in implementing public sector management reforms through structural adjustment lending. The study focuses on those institutional aspects of adjustment that deal with"macro-management"issues related to improvements
Nunberg, Barbara
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Our general interest is in global trade loss from livestock pathogens, specifically exports. We adopt a causal inference approach that considers animal disease outbreaks over time as non‐staggered binary treatments with the potential for switching in (infection) and out of treatment (recovery) within the sample period. The outcome evolution of
Mohammad Maksudur Rahman +1 more
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Transforming Governance in Armenia: From Soviet Legacy to Strategic Reform
Journal of Political Science: Bulletin of Yerevan UniversityThis article analyzes the evolution of institutional reforms in the public administration system of the Republic of Armenia since its independence in 1991.
Marina Margaryan
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen +5 more
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra +3 more
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Czech Public and Occupational Pension Schemes and Reforms
ACTA VŠFS, 2017 The Czechoslovak communist retirement protection scheme resembled the Bismarckian earnings-related pensions, with new benefits close to final salaries and with their insufficient indexation.
VOSTATEK, Jaroslav
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French Idiosyncratic Health-Care Reforms, Performance Management and Its Political Repercussions
Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2021 Daniel Simonet Management Department, School of Business and Management, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesCorrespondence: Daniel SimonetManagement Department, School of Business and Management, American University of Sharjah ...
Simonet D
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Political economy of anti-corruption reform in two-candidate elections [PDF]
We analyze the effectiveness of some commonly discussed anti--corruption reforms on political corruption, using a theoretical model of competition between two candidates in a probabilistic voting setup. Candidates, who may differ both in their ability to
Evrenk, Haldun
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This study analyzes a participatory project to develop peer support services for people with serious mental illnesses (SMIs) in China. Drawing on interviews with psychiatrists, social workers, service users, and a family caregiver, it examines the conditions, challenges, facilitators, and outcomes of participation in a paternalistic context ...
Zhiying Ma +6 more
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Citizen's Perception About Public Administration Reforms in Romania
Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, 2008 The present paper tries to assess the publicadministration reforms based on the opinionsof the citizens – the ones supposed to be thebeneficiaries of these measures. The paper hastwo main parts, the first one being a theoreticaldescription of the factors
Dan Sorin ȘANDOR, Ciprian Raul TRIPON
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