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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines whether economic growth reduces inequalities in access to water and sanitation across 64 countries over an average period of 13.5 years. Drawing on disaggregated data by income quintiles and rural–urban location, and employing ordinary least squares (OLS), two‐stage least squares (2SLS), and Seemingly Unrelated Regression
Marcos García‐López +2 more
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Water AlternativesThe paper investigates the Lake Chad Basin’s complex multilevel water governance framework. It highlights the involvement of subnational governments in this framework as a notable deviation from traditional international relations practices.
Ifeanyichukwu Azuka Aniyie +1 more
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Contemporary expressions of the foreign relations of subnational governments in Africa (Special Section) [PDF]
The special section, “Contemporary Expressions of the Foreign Relations of Subnational Governments in Africa,” co-guest-edited by Ohiocheoya Omiunu and Fritz Ikome Nganje, brings together a collection of articles that examine the evolving international ...
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Does Carbon Intensity Affect the Cost of Equity? An Empirical Study From Mexico
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate change poses significant risks for companies, particularly in emerging countries like Mexico, where sustainability perceptions are evolving. This study analyzes how carbon emissions affect the cost of equity capital (CoE) for Mexican firms.
Guillermo Pérez‐Elizundia +2 more
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Taxation and Decentralization [PDF]
Strengthening subnational governments is high on the policy agenda of many developing countries. From an economics perspective, the most important potential benefit from decentralization is the increased efficiency (and consequent welfare gain) that ...
Bird, Richard
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are unlikely to be achieved by 2030, prompting debate about what should follow. Beyond revision, there is a need to critically examine what values and assumptions have shaped how the SDGs are conceptualised and operationalised.
Gin Dupont +7 more
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Fiscal federalism and procyclical spending: the cases of Argentina and Brazil
Económica, 2006 This paper studies the sources of procyclicality for the spending of subnational governments in Argentina and Brazil. We find that tax sharing schemes explain only a marginal share of the prociclicality of revenues, with most of the prociclicality ...
Federico Sturzenegger +1 more
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Australian Loan Council: Arrangements and Experience with Bailouts [PDF]
In most countries, public borrowing by subnational governments is subjected to somerestrictions imposed by the national governments. In a recent study of 53 selectedcountries, researchers at the International Monetary Fund found that all but six ...
Bhajan S. Grewal
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Cannabis Agritourism and Local Pathways Toward Sustainable Development Goals in Northern California
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recent acceleration in global cannabis legalization offers a new context for examining the multiscale links between agritourism, sustainability, and international policy frameworks. In this study, Responsible Tourism is used to conceptualize cannabis agritourism in Northern California's Emerald Triangle as a strategy that may advance targets ...
Susan Dupej +2 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Education is a cornerstone of sustainable development, yet large disparities in access persist across and within countries—particularly in Africa, where millions remain underserved. Among several factors influencing educational participation, physical accessibility to schools (in terms of travel time) is not comprehensively understood ...
Diana Jaramillo‐Araujo, Jim W. Hall
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