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Development of Paradiplomacy in North America
Subnational governments have become increasingly relevant actors in North America. This article examines international relations between subnational governments and dynamics of governance in the region; specifically, the relations of Canadian provinces ...
Roberto Zepeda Martínez
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Buying With Intent: Public Procurement for Innovation by Provincial and Municipal Governments
Innovation is a key factor for economic growth and wealth accumulation and a constant preoccupation for governments around the world. This study reviews the theoretical foundations and existing evidence for using public procurement to stimulate ...
Daria Crisan
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How Did South Korean Governments Respond during 2015 MERS Outbreak?: Application of the Adaptive Governance Framework [PDF]
This study examines how South Korean governments responded to the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS) using the adaptive governance framework.
KyungWoo Kim
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Local Public Investment Drivers in Peru
Around half of Peru’s public investment is made by local governments. Through the estimation of a dynamic panel data model for 1796 local governments between 2010 and 2018, we find that the most important drivers for local public investment are: (i ...
Alvaro Jimenez +2 more
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Governments played an essential role in mitigating the social, political, health and economic impact and outcomes of COVID-19. Most literature limits the role of the state at the national level by focusing on the pandemic’s impact on economic growth ...
Isaac Khambule
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An Analysis of Optimal Tax Revenue Sharing for Mexico
We develop an analysis that identifies the characteristics of an optimal system of shared tax collection and intergovernmental transfers. Mathematical optimization is used to find the level of taxes and intergovernmental transfers.
Raul Alberto Ponce Rodriguez +1 more
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Colombia’s duality between the relative strength of the central government and the broad process of decentralization towards subnational and local governments has shaped the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ricardo A. Bello-Gomez +1 more
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This dataset covers national and subnational non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the Americas. Prior to the development of a vaccine, NPI were governments’ primary tools to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
Michael Touchton +18 more
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Monitoring Fiscal Risks of Subnational Governments [PDF]
Growing experience with decentralization indicates that a country's public finance system suffers when subnational governments expose themselves to excessive risk. But central governments often lack the
Ma, Jun, Polackova, Hana
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Fiscal Decentralisation in Lesotho: A Closer Look at Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers
The concept of fiscal decentralisation is explained to be central to all models of decentralisation of public services to subnational governments. Fiscal decentralisation is generally referred to as the transfer of budget powers in terms of revenue and ...
TJ MOHAPI , VT SAMBO
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