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There has long been an emphasis on the importance of decentralization in providing better quality public services in the developing world. In order to assess the effectiveness of decentralization I examine here the case study of Uganda, which has seen maj
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Sub-Saharan African cities have been growing at historically unprecedented rates. Since the early 1970s, they have welcomed international assistance involving a succession of major thematic objectives. The main agency involved in urban assistance has been
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In an introductory section, this paper considers briefly the achievements and problems of urban governance in post-apartheid South Africa through an assessment of three categories: administrative reform, developmental issues and conflicts over service del
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further urbanization, openness to trade and industrial structural adjustments to sustain the growth momentum in China. The … study also found that the potential for further enhancing growth through technical efficiency in China is considerable …
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This paper studies the determinants of the inefficient functioning of the Tunisian labour market. The study takes advantage of recent developments in the stochastic frontier techniques and estimates the matching function for Tunisia using disaggregated data. We include control variables as...
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Agriculture is one of the major greenhouse gas (GHG) emission sources in China. This paper aims to identify the key … factors that have led to rising GHG emissions in China.s agricultural sector in recent decades. This research allows for …
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China has undergone remarkable economic growth spearheaded by industrialization. Chinese industry demands a wide … domestic supply for several materials. Thus, China needs to import raw materials. In order to satisfy its needs, China has …
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The paper discusses views on China and India as country role models. In so doing the article recounts the economic and …
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Rapid economic development in China in the post-1978 era has been considered ‘intriguing’ and ‘puzzling’ since it … elite are motivated to promote economic development in China. It argues that like politicians in other types of political … regimes, autocratic leaders are interested in high growth rates. It also studies the historical development of China …
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