Auch Joachim Ragnitz, ifo Dresden, sieht die Chance, durch die anstehenden Neuverhandlungen der Bund-Länder-Finanzbeziehungen ein in sich konsistentes System zu beschließen. Er plädiert für einen Ersatz des horizontalen Ausgleichssystems durch ein vertikales Zuteilungssystem.

Since Serbia signed Stabilization and Association Agreement and was granted EU candidate status, harmonization of legal system with the acquis communautaire became its formal obligation. This process is neither simple nor short-period activity. Every candidate country has to perform enormous...

This book presents the proceedings of a seminar on the need for administrative, judicial and legislative reform in Latin American and the Caribbean, held in San José, Costa Rica, February 4-6,1993. Issues addressed include judicial management, training, and administration.Abstract: Esta...

This paper seeks to understand why political actors, institutions and legal reforms have systematically failed to produce cooperation in the Ecuadorian policymaking process. From a comparative and historical standpoint, Ecuador has been trapped in a cycle of low-quality public policies that fail...

The last period has seen an enormous investment in legal reform efforts in many transition and developing economies, much of it involving the importation of legal models from mature market economies. As a growing body of economic and legal literature shows, legal reforms in transition economies...

The incidence of oligarchs is one of the most significant political problems after communism. An appropriate policy towards them has become a pressing issue for both Russia and Ukraine and addressing this matter will greatly influence the future economic systems of these countries. The paper...

This paper on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) on the Kyrgyz Republic explains macroeconomic, structural, and social policies in support of growth and poverty reduction, as well as associated external financing needs and major sources of financing. Partnerships developed by the...