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Institutional borrowing and chiefdomization in Chinese cities

Urban Governance
The success of river chief system is spurring more types of chiefs in Chinese cities. This trend of chiefdomization can be viewed as a case of institutional borrowing: institutions in one field borrowing power from those in another field.
Feng Deng
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Cities in Transition [PDF]

Cities in transition face a unique set of challenges that came forth due to interplay of the legacy of socialist urban policies and transition to the market economy.
Oleksandr Shepotylo
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Governance and the City: An Empirical Exploration into Global Determinants of Urban Performance [PDF]

We contribute to the field of urban governance and globalization through an empirically-based exploration of determinants of performance of cities.
Daniel Kaufmann, Frannie Leautier, Massimo Mastruzzi   +2 more
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Shelter strategies for the urban poor : idiosyncratic and successful, but hardly mysterious [PDF]

In 1986 the World Bank prepared a strategy for low-income housing in developing countries. This work grew out of the Bank's efforts to support the urban poor through an extensive housing assistance program that was launched by Bank President McNamara's ...
Buckley, Robert M., Kalarickal, Jerry
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URBAN GOVERNANCE AND URBAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY IN ETHIOPIA

Journal of Public Administration, Finance and Law, 2022
Mengistu GUTEMA, Solomon NIGUSSIE
openaire   +1 more source

Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török, Gréta Maró, Zsófia Jámbor, Zalán Márk Maró, Barbara Tocco, Péter Balogh, Péter Czine   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Informal water suppliers meeting water needs in the peri-urban areas of Mumbai, India [PDF]

This paper is based on fieldwork on the small-scale water providers in the peri-urban areas of Mumbai. It tries to explain why small-scale water providers have appeared there, what type of service they provide and why they have succeeded, where the ...
Anastasia Angueletou-Marteau
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Is Youth's Engagement in Agribusiness an Opportunity or a Necessity? A Closer Look at the Situation in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the broad focus on necessity‐ and opportunity‐driven entrepreneurship in research and policy, the entrepreneurial dichotomy within the agribusiness context has not been adequately addressed. This study contributes to closing this knowledge gap by examining youth's perceptions of agribusiness through the lens of the push‐pull motivation
Cool Dady Mangole, Paul Martin Dontsop Nguezet, Shiferaw Feleke, Victor Manyong, Kamala Kaghoma Christian, Zoumana Bamba, Tahirou Abdoulaye   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Food Sensitive Planning and Urban Design into Urban Governance Actions. [PDF]

Urban Forum (Johannesbg), 2021
Haysom G.
europepmc   +1 more source

Assessing Haitian Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Aflatoxin‐Compliant Peanut Butter in the Informal Market

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Market‐based solutions are increasingly tested to address aflatoxin issues in peanuts in developing countries. Although previous studies have found that Haitian grocery store shoppers are willing to pay a 21% premium for peanut butter with levels of aflatoxin that meet international standards, no information is available for the much larger ...
Phendy Jacques, Stevens Azima, Maurice Doyon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source