When Does decentralization deliver? The Dilemma of Design [PDF]
Decentralization since early 1990s has become one of the buzzwords of the development paradigms. Among all ingredients of decentralization, the fiscal component of it has a special significance. Not surprisingly the literature unanimously recognizes that
Sharma, Chanchal Kumar
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Rules and Disciplines in Government Procurement Agreements [PDF]
The negotiation of rules and disciplines established in the normative body of government procurement agreements has the aim of ensuring that the principles of national treatment and non-discrimination are fully enforced in all the steps and procedures ...
Norberto Iannelli
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What Explains Uneven Female Labor Force Participation Levels and Trends in Developing Countries?
The World Bank Research Observer, 2019 Rapid fertility decline, a strong expansion of female education, and favorable economic conditions should have promoted female labor force participation in developing countries.
Stephan Klasen
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, 2016 Worldwide participation in higher education now includes one-third of the age cohort and is growing at an unprecedented rate. The tendency to rapid growth, leading towards high participation systems (HPS), has spread to most middle-income and some low ...
S. Marginson
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Beyond Federalism: Estimating and Explaining the Territorial Structure of Government [PDF]
, 2012 This paper suggests that the basic distinction between federal and unitary government has limited as well as served our understanding of government. The notion that variation in the structure of government is a difference of kind rather than degree has ...
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Intergovernmental transfers and revenue sharing in Spain [PDF]
, 2004 The main objective of this paper is to provide a general analysis of the evolution of the funding models of the Spanish Autonomous Communities (regional level) during the last decade and explore the main achievements of the new model (2001).
Alvarez-García, Santiago +2 more
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The Federal Approach to FiscalDecentralisation: Conceptual Contours for Policy Makers [PDF]
Chanchal Kumar Sharma,in his paper demonstrates that in order for fiscal decentralisation to be effective, it must be approached federally. A federal approach is not a decentralised approach but a dynamically balanced approach; one that constantly keeps ...
Sharma, Chanchal Kumar
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Women entrepreneurs in indigenous communities. The case of Tiquipaya (Bolivia) [PDF]
, 2014 The paper continues as follows. After a literature review on gender and entrepreneurship and indigenous entrepreneurship, an integrated research framework is proposed. Next, the methods and main findings are summarized.
Ciruela-Lorenzo, Antonio Manuel +1 more
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The Proposed U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA): Provisions and Implications [PDF]
, 2008 On June 30, 2007, United States Trade Representative Susan Schwab and South Korean Foreign Trade Minister Kim Hyung-chong signed the proposed U.S.-South Korean Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) for their respective countries.
Cooney, Stephen +5 more
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A road to conflict : stakeholder's and social network analysis of the media portrayals of a social-environmental conflict in Bolivia [PDF]
, 2019 Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu MdM-2015-0552Society's understanding of a conflict is mediated by information provided in mass media, for which researchers stress the importance of analyzing media portrays of stakeholders in a conflict.
Andrés Conejero, Oriol +4 more
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