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Aid, growth and decentralization
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. -- Foreign Aid ; Growth …
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The relationship between services trade and government procurement commitments : insights from relevant WTO agreements and recent RTAs
Anderson, Robert D.; Locatelli, Claudia; Müller, Anna … - 2014 - Manuscript date: 24 October, 2014
To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both an economic and a legal point of view. In addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements,...
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Does zoning help or hinder transit-oriented (re)development?
Schuetz, Jenny; Giuliano, Genevieve; Shin, Eun Jin - 2016 - Last revised: March 4, 2016
Despite its reputation as a car-oriented city, the Los Angeles metropolitan area has made substantial investments in developing rail transit since 1990. In cities with older "legacy" rail systems, the built environment has developed over time around fixed transit infrastructure, creating land...
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The Rural Infrastructure Development Fund : A Review
Morris, Sebastian - 2012
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Gender Responsive Budget Analysis in Water and Sanitation Services in the Resettlement Colonies of Delhi
Panda, Gyana - 2012
The paper attempts to study the Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) in the field of urban water and sanitation in Delhi region in order to ascertain the hypothesis that the budgeting and planning impacts the lives of women and girls disproportionately compared to men and boys. The study finds that...
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Does Zoning Help or Hinder Transit-Oriented (Re)Development?
Schuetz, Jenny - 2016
Despite its reputation as a car-oriented city, the Los Angeles metropolitan area has made substantial investments in developing rail transit since 1990. In cities with older “legacy” rail systems, the built environment has developed over time around fixed transit infrastructure, creating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013000187
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Rethinking Subnational Taxes : A New Look at Tax Assignment
Bird, Richard M. - 2006
The assignment of revenues in most developing and transitional countries to the central government has arguably facilitated irresponsible behavior by some subnational governments. One way to relieve this problem is to strengthen subnational tax regimes. The paper proposes two approaches to...
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Good Governance and the Dilemma of Development : What Lies Beneath?
Roy, Indrajit - 2010
Ideas unleash human imaginations, as well as hold these imaginations on a leash. However, they are scarcely disarticulated from material realities. Together with these realities, they take on the form of discourses - words, concepts and thoughts that characterize how we live. 'Good governance'...
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Does Zoning Help or Hinder Transit-Oriented (Re)Development?
Schuetz, Jenny - 2016
Despite its reputation as a car-oriented city, the Los Angeles metropolitan area has made substantial investments in developing rail transit since 1990. In cities with older "legacy" rail systems, the built environment has developed over time around fixed transit infrastructure, creating land...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013210377
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The impact of internet penetration on corporate income tax filing in South Africa
Lediga, Collen - 2020
Tax administrations around the world have introduced e-filing of tax returns due to its potential to improve tax return filing compliance. The introduction of this service for businesses in South Africa has not yielded the expected results. Drawing on tax administrative data on tax return filing...
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