1. Introduction -- 2. Local Tax Administration -- 3. The Practice of Real Property Taxation in the World -- 4. Municipal Budgeting and Accounting -- 5. Local Fiscal Discipline -- 6. Local Public Infrastructure and Corruption -- 7. Measuring and Monitoring Local Government Performance -- 8....

Competitive exams are a standard method for selecting civil servants. Yet, evidence on the effectiveness of such approach is mixed, and lack of personnel data limits our understanding of the mechanisms underlying this varying success. We digitize personnel and financial data to study the impacts...

Part 1: Ethics and Ethical Compliance -- Chapter 1:1 Ethics and Accountable Governance in Africa: An Introduction (Kemi Ogunyemi, Isaiah Adisa, and Robert E. Hinson) -- Chapter 2:Ethical Dilemmas and the Changing Reality in Africa’s Public Sector (Nkemdilim Iheanachor and Emmanuel Etim) --...

Chapter 1 - Europeanization Processes -- Chapter 2 - Administrative Procedures -- Chapter 3 - Participatory Government -- Chapter 4 - Local Governance Reforms -- Chapter 5 - Regionalization Reforms -- Chapter 6 - Re-centralization in Government.

Chapter 1. Internet of Things and the Public Sector -- Chapter 2. The Internet of Things in a smart society: how government policy can help seize opportunities and mitigate threats -- Chapter 3. Methodologies for a participatory design of IoT to deliver sustainable public services in 'smart...

1. Tax System and Tax Reforms in Turkey -- 2. Restructuring of Revenue Administration in Turkey -- 3. Tax Audit Reforms in Turkey -- 4. The Experience of Medium Term Expenditure Framework in Turkey -- 5. An Assessment of How the Public Procurement System Works in Turkey -- 6. Public-Private...

Introduction -- Part I. The Problems and Perspectives of Development of the System of Public Administration in the Modern Russian Conditions -- Developmental Trends in The Institutional Environment of Russian Civil Society Within the Context of Government Regulation of Socio-Economic Activities...

This paper takes advantage of a unique policy change to examine how principals make decisions regarding teacher dismissal. In 2004, the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) signed a new collective bargaining agreement that gave principals the flexibility to dismiss...

We attempt to make inferences about the elasticity of the government's demand for specific weapons by analyzing the statistical relationship between quantity and cost revisions across the population of major weapon systems, using data contained in the Pentagon's Selected Acquisition Reports. The...

Chapter 1. The Impact of Covid 19 to the Budgeting Scheme/Strategies of the City of Ormoc, Philippines: A Critical Analysis -- Chapter 2. The Usefulness of Information Communication Technology(ICT) in the Recruitment of Employees during Covid 19 -- 3. Budgetary Practices Among Government-Owned...