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Verticle decentralization and urban service delivery in South Africa: Does politics matter?
Cameron, Robert - 2012
This study examines the role of politics on decentralization and service delivery in South Africa, with a specific focus on Johannesburg and Cape Town. The research delineates how national decentralization has affected service delivery responsibilities and resources, determines whether service...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319936
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The Dynamics of City Formation: Finance and Governance
Henderson, J Vernon; Venables, Anthony J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper examines city formation in a country whose urban population is growing steadily over time, with new cities required to accommodate this growth. In contrast to most of the literature there is immobility of housing and urban infrastructure, and investment in these assets is taken on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005788954
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Health in All Policies as a Strategic Policy Response to NCDs
Lin, Vivian; Jones, Catherine; Wang, Shiyong; Barbd, Enis - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
The aim of Health in All Policies (HiAP) is to bring diverse sectors together to find shared solutions; it focuses on identifying 'win-win' or 'cobenefits' such that policy measures contribute not only to improved health outcomes but also to outcomes desired by other sectors, such as education,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010829328
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BALANCING ACT: ECONOMIC INCENTIVES, ADMINISTRATIVE RESTRICTIONS, AND URBAN LAND EXPANSION IN CHINA
Feng, Juan; Lichtenberg, Erik; Ding, Chengri - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
We examine how the system of “federalism, Chinese style” functions in the context of land allocation. China’s land laws give provision of land a central role in local officials’ growth promotion strategies. Requisitions of farmland by local authorities have engendered significant rural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011070067
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The settlement of rural migrants in urban China : some of China's migrants are not "floating" anymore
Connelly, Rachel; Roberts, Kenneth D.; Zheng, Zhenzhen - In: Journal of Chinese economic and business studies 9 (2011) 3, pp. 283-300
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Using the ARDL-ECM approach to explore the nexus among urbanization, energy consumption, and economic growth in Jiangsu province, China
Guan, Xueling; Zhou, Min; Zhang, Ming - In: Emerging markets finance & trade : a journal of the … 51 (2015) 2, pp. 391-399
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Changes in Japanese industrial structure and urbanization : evidence from prefectural data
Murakami, Naoki - In: Journal of the Asia Pacific economy 20 (2015) 3, pp. 385-403
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Urbanization and inequality in hypertension diagnosis and medication in Indonesia
Helble, Matthias; Aizawa, Toshiaki - 2016
Urbanization has been progressing quickly in Indonesia and the consequences on health and health inequities are still …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418365
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Urbanization and economic development : a tale of two barriers
Bond, Eric W.; Riezman, Raymond Glenn; Wang, Ping - 2016
n this paper we determine the main driving forces underlying the structural transformation and urbanization process in … barriers played in China's growth and urbanization. We find that the primary drivers for real per capita GDP growth are … migration cost reduction and skill accumulation. While trade liberalization is important for urbanization during the transition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421588
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Tourism fuels an emerging city : the case of Tagbilaran City, Bohol
Acejo, Iris; Del Prado, Fatima Lourdes; Remolino, Darlyne - 2004
This paper traces the urbanization experience of Tagbilaran City, Bohol taking into account the demographic development … urban status. It also looks into the nature and magnitude of government responses to the demands of increasing urbanization …
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