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Good governance problems and recent financial crises in some EU countries
Gamberger, Dragan; Smuc, Tomislav - 2013
The starting point for the research has been the list of 147 banking crises within the period 1976–2011 prepared by the International Monetary Fund. The countries with crises have been analysed with respect to publicly available World Bank indicators in the periods of three years before the...
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Capital budget implementation in Nigeria : evidence from the 2012 capital budget
Kingsley Ogujiuba, Kanayo; Ehigiamusoe, Kizito - In: Contemporary economics 8 (2014) 3, pp. 299-314
The performance of the capital budget has been a subject of debate between the legislative and executive arms of the … Nigerian government since 1999. Available statistics suggest that the annual budget has not been able to improve the lives of … Nigerians over the past several years because of the weak link between capital budget implementation and poverty reduction, as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010414747
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Regional inequalities in residential energy use of Hungarian urban areas
Nagy, Zoltán; Szép, Tekla Sebestyén; Szendi, Dóra - In: Trends economics and management 13 (2019) 33, pp. 59-70
Purpose of the article: Cities account for 60-80% of global energy consumption, and based on projections the development of urban areas will be the main engine of energy use growth in the future. Understanding and analysing the urban energy use and clarifying social and spatial inequalities is...
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Regional development and criminality rate in Romania : insights from a spatial analysis
Goschin, Zizi - In: Revista română de economie 44 (2017) 1, pp. 35-44
Although many recent studies have approached the topic of criminality, the regional dimension of the phenomenon is still under research. This paper employs a variety of statistical methods, from descriptive statistics to convergence and spatial econometrics, in an attempt to explore criminality...
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Spatial analysis of regional and income inequality in the United States
Khan, Muhammad Salar; Siddique, Abu Bakkar - In: Economies : open access journal 9 (2021) 4, pp. 1-21
Understanding the spatial or geographical dependence of income inequality and regional inequality is crucial in the study of inequality. This paper employs a multi-scale, multi-mechanism framework to map and analyze historical patterns of regional and income inequality in the United States (US)...
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Unbalanced development : regional disparity analysis in Serbia
Manić, Emilija; Mitrović, Đorđe - In: Ekonomske teme 59 (2021) 1, pp. 45-60
The unbalanced regional development is one of the biggest socioeconomic challenges in Serbia. It is a multidimensional and multi-level regional imbalance that, according to almost all socioeconomic indicators, shows a growing trend in the first decades of the 21st century. This paper presents an...
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"Old" territorial disparities and "new" spatial patterns : unraveling the latent nexus between sustainable development and desertification risk in Italy
Salvia, Rosanna; Colantoni, Andrea; Bianchini, Leonardo; … - In: Economies : open access journal 10 (2022) 2, pp. 1-14
Although sustainable development and desertification risk are hegemonic concepts in environmental economics, their intimate relationship was occasionally studied and made spatially explicit. The present study contributes to fill this knowledge gap by delineating a statistical procedure that...
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Financial management in government : insights on skills development
Beazley, Ivor - In: OECD journal on budgeting 18 (2019) 3, pp. 81-124
Financial management is a critical capability for governments, enabling them to deliver on their priorities and fulfil promises made to parliament and citizens. Skilled human resources are the foundation of these capabilities. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD)...
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Results of the fiscal control activity in Romania and other European States
Bănică, Genifera Claudia - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 13 (2022) 1, pp. 29-42
The article addresses the organization and results of the fiscal control activity in Romania. The forms of fiscal control exercised in Romania are presented, respectively: general, partial, total or selective fiscal control. They were compared to the data provided for 2017 by the tax...
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A theoretical framework to evaluate ICT disparities and digital divides : challenges and implications for e-government development
Lněnička, Martin; Máchová, Renáta - In: Národohospodářský obzor : časopis věnovaný … 22 (2022) 1, pp. 25-51
Understanding and using ICT is critical for increasing effectiveness of the public sector, improving access to public services, enhancing transparency and engage- ment of various stakeholders in public decision-making processes. At the same time, utilization of new emerging technologies such as...
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