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“This research paper discusses the basic fundamentals of local government in theoretical perspective. The aim of this paper is to critically evaluate the conceptual framework of local government with its significance in the modern era. Various approaches of local government are discussed in...
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This article examines the role that local governance plays in creating an effective state and in building constructive state—society relations. Reconstruction efforts in fragile, post-conflict states have focused largely on central government, yet decentralized local authorities offer a number...
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What is institutional development? How important is it? Which institutions promote development? Why they are not naturally implemented? How can we support them? These are the questions that this article tries to answer, based on the recent international literature on the topic, within the...
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In Islamic tradition two sets of works – al-hisbah and al-siyasah al-shar‛iyah – appeared that proved to be a rich source of economic thought of past Muslim thinkers. Works related to al-hisbah generally discussed socio-economic control, moral and market supervision, prevention of...
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Higher education in most European states is subject to a complex process of adaptation to the requirements formulated by Bologna process. For some states, such as Romania, this process assumes core restructuring of the content, aimed to its compatibility with that from prestigious European...
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The paper asks whether performance based budgeting (PBB) can serve as a tool for implementing the rules of good governance in Polish state administration. The authors put emphasis on analyzing de facto mechanisms of PBB implementation rather than focusing only on de jure ones. In other words,...
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This paper discusses the problems and issues on the political failures in Bangladesh as well as identifies some possible solutions. The approach here is analytical mostly reviewing current news, reports and other related materials. A comparative study is also done between the present and...
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linkages, direct and facilitating linkages, can benefit microfinance institutions – and particularly in jurisdictions where the … and impact of microfinance in selected jurisdictions. In so doing, it addresses some of the existing and persisting …
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linkages, direct and facilitating linkages, can benefit microfinance institutions – and particularly in jurisdictions where the … and impact of microfinance in selected jurisdictions. In so doing, it addresses some of the existing and persisting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261110
Although microfinance has played a significant role in providing a wide range of financial products and services, many … microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Kenya still face major challenges with efficiently and effectively delivering microfinance … greatly undermined the capabilities of MFIs to efficiently operate their services and expand their various microfinance …
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