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I problemi nella realizzazione delle opere pubbliche: le specificità del Mezzogiorno

Bentivogli, Chiara; Casadio, Piero; Cullino, Roberto - 2010

This paper studies the relevance of the different factors that influence, at the territorial level, efficiency in the market for public infrastructures in Italy.

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Governing Public-Private Partnerships: The Problem of Low-Cost Decisions

Mause, Karsten - 2019

In many cases, the expected efficiency advantages of public-private partnership (PPP) projects as a specific form of infrastructure provision did not materialize ex post. From a Public Choice perspective, one simple explanation for many of the problems surrounding the governance of PPPs is that...

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Brecha de infraestructura vial en el Perú: El septuagenario caso de la carretera Huarmey-Aija-Recuay

Jiménez-Sotelo, Renzo - 2022

The main objective of this research is to identify what other key factor, outside of insufficient investment, could explain the persistent road infrastructure gap in Peru. The hypothesis used here is that the Peruvian state has been acting without a long-term forecast system and, therefore,...

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Corruption and Infrastructure at the Country and Regional Level

Gillanders, Robert - 2013

This paper examines the relationship between corruption and infrastructure at both the country and regional level using … the measure of corruption in the macro data and the measures of transportation and electricity infrastructure. Countries … with more corruption tend to have worse infrastructure in the eyes of their firms. This link is shown to remain when one …

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Financing Social Protection in the Light of International Spending Targets: A Public Sector Spending Review

Hagen-Zanker, Jessica; McCord, Anna - 2010

This study explores the ‘affordability’ of development targets in six key sectors (health, education, water and sanitation, agriculture and infrastructure), by means of an empirical study examining sectoral expenditure in five low income case study countries in sub-Saharan Africa (Ethiopia,...

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Der Wohlfahrtstaat als Grundbestandteil des modernen demokratischen Staatsgefüges

Mavrozacharakis, Emmanouil; Tzagkarakis, Stylianos Ioannis - 2018

Defining the welfare state is not a simpleminded task. Actually, there are numerous definitions which try to reflect at least some of the basic characteristics of the welfare state or its objectives and its functions. For some, there is primarily an institutional parameter, for others there are...

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The Decommissioning of the Middle Class

MAVROZACHARAKIS, EMMANOUIL; DIMARI, GEORGIA - 2018

: The euro crisis has threatened the balance of social structures, through the impoverishment of the middle class, in almost all countries of the Old Continent. This trend has not only posed a threat to social cohesion, but it also threats the very nature of the so-called Western-style...

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The crisis of the social democratic movement

Mavrozacharakis, Emmanouil - 2022

The financial collapse of 2007, the accompanying refugee crisis, the health crisis, and the coronavirus pandemic have all played their part in the current gloomy political climate. The left lacks a clear message or strategy to improve the lives of ordinary people. The emphasis on austerity and...

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The end of hypocrisy and the questioning of democracy

MAVROZACHARAKIS, EMMANOUIL - 2022

The financial crisis of 2007 clearly demonstrated the declining economic and political hegemony of the European social model. Austerity measures, rationalization, and cuts in all areas of society and the state were encouraged by the EU directorates. These measures have weakened social cohesion...

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European doctrine of mutual respect and cooperation

Corbu, Ion - 2023

One can approximate the idea that political doctrines represent coherent sets of visions, principles and theses that enable the political organization and leadership of a country or groups of countries. In its content, a doctrine reflects a certain historical experience of humanity, based on...

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