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Fiscal Decentralization and Development : Experiences of Three Developing Countries in Southeast Asia

Uchimura, Hiroko (ed.) - 2012

An in-depth analysis of the fundamental role that decentralization plays in developing countries, using detailed statistical data to examine the actual fiscal structure between tiers of government, and the effects of decentralization at the local, national and international levels.

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Towards Sustainable Water Quality: Management of Rainwater Harvesting Cisterns in Southern Palestine

Al-Salaymeh, Adel; Al-Khatib, Issam; Arafat, Hassan - In: Water Resources Management 25 (2011) 6, pp. 1721-1736

Environmental management of rainwater harvesting in southern Palestine is required to reduce the continuously increasing demand for fresh water from limited water aquifers and to reduce the adverse health impact on the people drinking harvested rainwater. This continuously increasing demand for...

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Chapter 58 The Economics of Water, Irrigation, and Development

Schoengold, Karina; Zilberman, David - In: Handbook of agricultural economics : volume 3: …, (pp. 2933-2977). 2007

The post-World War II era has witnessed a drastic increase in irrigation activities that have contributed substantially … distinction has to be made between the overall positive contribution of irrigation to agricultural productivity and economic … irrigation. In many cases, water resources have been overdeveloped; there has been overspending on capital; and significant costs …

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Decentralization for improving the provision of public services in developing countries : a critical review

Dick-Sagoe, Christopher - In: Cogent economics & finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-13

Decentralisation, which sends power and resources from the Central to local governments, comes with several theoretical … from world-class scholars on decentralisation and service provision and key findings and themes from their works. As has … been stressed in the conclusion, decentralisation has made some gains in meeting the real needs of local people in terms of …

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Public expenditures, growth, and poverty: Lessons from developing countries

Fan, Shenggen (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Public Expenditures, Growth, and Poverty assesses the efficacy of poverty reduction programs in Latin America, Africa, and Asia by synthesizing studies conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute over the past ten years. Overall, the studies find that investments in...

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