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Decentralization and foreign aid effectiveness: Do aid modality and federal design matter in poverty alleviation?
Lessmann, Christian; Markwardt, Gunther - 2010
This paper empirically studies the impact of decentralization on foreign aid effectiveness. For this purpose, we … decentralization. Our panel estimations reveal that fiscal decentralization negatively impacts aid effectiveness, while measures of … political decentralization have no significant effect or even a positive one. This result is robust for grants and overall ODA …
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The economic effects of federalism and decentralization : a cross-country assessment
Voigt, Stefan; Blume, Lorenz - 2009
component analysis, seven aspects of both federalism and decentralization are used as variables for explaining differences in (1 … study adds to our knowledge on the transmission mechanisms of federalism and decentralization. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271861
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Aid, growth and devolution
Lessmann, Christian; Markwardt, Gunther - 2009
. Following the decentralization theorem, the devolution of powers should increase aid effectiveness, since local decision …-makers are better informed about local needs. At the same time, decentralization has reverse effects, e.g., through coordination … consider how both anti-poverty instruments - financial assistance and decentralization - work together. …
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A structural model of coronavirus behaviour: What do four waves of Covid tell us?
Meenagh, David; Minford, Patrick - 2022
This paper extends Meenagh and Minford (2021) to the four waves of infection in the UK by end-2021, using the unique newly available sample-based estimates of infections created by the ONS. These allow us to estimate the e§ects on the Covid hospitalisation and fatality rates of vaccination and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014480726
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The shortage of medical workers in Sub-Saharan Africa and substitution policy
Bourgain, Arnaud; Pieretti, Patrice; Zou, Benteng - 2008
Substitution policies are strategies sometimes chosen in Sub-Saharan Africa for curtailing the shortage of health professionals especially caused by the outflow of medical personnel. The aim of our contribution is to propose a way to assess the merits and drawbacks of substitution policies by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272606
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Zur Zukunftsfähigkeit des Gesundheitswesens: Eine Nachhaltigkeitsstudie zur marktorientierten Reform des deutschen Gesundheitssystems
Fetzer, Stefan; Mevis, Dirk; Raffelhüschen, Bernd - 2003
Ziel dieses Beitrags ist es, im Rahmen der Generationenbilanzierung die Auswirkungen des „Züricher Modells von Zweifel und Breuer auf die Nachhaltigkeit des Systems zu quantifizieren. Im Gegensatz zu anderen Reformen, die nur die GKV betreffen, reicht es nicht, die Nachhaltigkeitsanalyse auf...
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Should welfare administration be centralized or decentralized? Evidence from a policy experiment
Boockmann, Bernhard; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas; … - 2010
The 2005 reform of the German welfare system introduced two competing organizational models for welfare administration. In most districts, a centralized organization was established where local welfare agencies are bound to central directives. At the same time, 69 districts were allowed to opt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010303901
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Should welfare administration be centralized or decentralized? Evidence from a policy experiment
Boockmann, Bernhard; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas; … - 2010
The 2005 reform of the German welfare system introduced two competing organizational models for welfare administration. In most districts, a centralized organization was established where local welfare agencies are bound to central directives. At the same time, 69 districts were allowed to opt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281607
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Institutional Determinants of Student Achievement - Microeconometric Evidence
Link, Susanne - 2013
This volume was prepared by Susanne Link during her stay at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich and the Department of Human Capital and Innovation of the Ifo Institute of Economic Research. It was accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Economics Departure of the University of Munich in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011698340
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Aus dem Lockdown ins neue Normal
Bardt, Hubertus; Hüther, Michael - 2021
Seit nahezu einem Jahr sehen sich Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft erheblichen Belastungen durch die gesundheitliche Bedrohung der Corona-Pandemie und den dadurch ausgelösten Beschränkungen ausgesetzt. Die Folgen waren bisher eine der schwersten Wirtschaftskrisen in der Geschichte der...
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