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Smart cities for the sustainable development of local communities : the cases of the Volyn region and the city of Lublin
Pontrandolfo, Pierpaolo; Polinkevych, Oksana; Scozzi, … - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 26 (2023) 3, pp. 53-85
The concept of a "smart city" is being actively implemented by several European cities to improve citizens' quality of life and sustainability at the local community level. The article evaluates "smart city" programs adopted by Ukraine cities in the Volyn region based on well‑being assessment....
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Urban Governance and Finance in India
Govinda Rao, Marapalli; Bird, Richard M. - 2014
Over 330 million people live in India’s cities; 35 cities have a population of over a million and three (Mumbai, Delhi … and Kolkata) of the 10 largest metropolises in the world are in India. India’s cities are large, economically important … towards some possible solutions by analyzing urban governance and finance in India in the context of lessons drawn from fiscal …
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Urban governance and finance in India
Govinda Rao, Marapalli; Bird, Richard M. - 2010
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Panchayats in the 21st Century : ICT Enabled Panchayati Raj
Bhatnagar, Subhash Chandra - 2015
The paper describes the status of ICT deployment in the local governments at the village and district levels in India …
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Decentralisation in India : a review of Panchayati Raj Institutions in Gujarat
Bandi, Madhusudan - 2013
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Public Private Partnership in Strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions of India
Ullah, Amir - 2021
strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) in India. The 73rd Constitutional Amendment gave powers to PRI and provided 29 … of PRI in India. PPP are used for a wide range of activities, mainly to build and operate roads and bridges, water and …
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Panchayati Raj Institutions in India
Khullar, Saurabh - 2012
Women empowerment in India, is of high importance especially when we look into the socio-economic history of the nation …
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Participatory budgeting as a tool of environmental improvements in Polish cities
Bernaciak, Arnold; Rzeńca, Agnieszka; Sobol, Agnieszka - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 17 (2017) 4, pp. 893-906
The phenomenon of participatory budgeting in Polish cities shows growing awareness of citizens’ role in local development. Participatory budgeting is a tool of partial empowerment of residents through local budgetary policy. A social energy released by initiatives and proposed projects allows...
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Decentralization for improving the provision of public services in developing countries : a critical review
Dick-Sagoe, Christopher - In: Cogent economics & finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-13
Decentralisation, which sends power and resources from the Central to local governments, comes with several theoretical promises. One such promise is the improvement in local service provision. However, achieving these theoretical promises of decentralization has been a big challenge in most...
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