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This study presents evidence from Indonesia on how the country’s recent periods of economic growth have contributed to … poverty reduction at the regional level, with a particular emphasis on the role of decentralization. Over the past decade … Indonesia has made significant progress in reducing poverty, from 23% of the population in 1999 to less than 12% in 2013 …
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Indonesia began a process of rapid government decentralization in 1999 from a formerly strong centralized government … structure. I review the history of decentralization in Indonesia and assess how Indonesia has fared in pursuing a … decentralization policy since 1999. I illustrate how Indonesia meets several criteria of successful decentralization and how it is …
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Public financial management by the government is very important in view of the level of welfare in Indonesia is still … Indonesia, the approach to history and historical analysis is able to provide solutions to the existing problems. Reviewing …
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This paper examines the determinants of economic growth, income inequality, and their relationship in the context of education inequality. The econometrics indicate that a higher level of human capital and the relative dispersion of human capital have a disequalizing relationship with income...
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From regional growth theoretical perspectives, exports represent the important factor with different impact in time and space. The export activities depend in a large share on the way in which a state or a region capitalises their endogenous potential, including the accumulated knowledge and...
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With the enlargements of the European Union in the East in 2004 and 2007, the regional economic disparities increased profoundly and an effort of solidarity between states was necessary. This paper proposes to identify between the explanatory factors at the origin of the uneven distribution of...
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With the enlargements of the European Union in the East in 2004 and 2007, the regional economic disparities increased profoundly and an effort of solidarity between states was necessary. This paper proposes to identify between the explanatory factors at the origin of the uneven distribution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260332
This paper investigates the presence of sigma and beta convergence between the Polish subregions over 1995–2006. We verify for the absolute convergence, as well as for the convergence conditioned on the stock of physical capital, human capital and the size of the central city, these being...
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Tourism plays a crucial role for national economies throughout the world. In Europe, international tourism receipts were almost three times higher in the late 1990s than they were in the late 1980s. Tourism has great potential as regards contributing to the achievements of several major EU...
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Because micropolitan areas have only relatively recently been defined, little is known about their comparative economic performance. Part of the interest in micropolitan areas stems from the successful ones often growing to become metropolitan areas. This paper examines micropolitan area growth...
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