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Dijkgraaf, Elbert; Gradus, Raymond - 2005

Sunday shop opening is deregulated to the municipal level in the Netherlands. Despite positive effects on economic growth and employment, many municipalities restrict Sunday shop opening. Based on 2003 data we show that diverse local characteristics, like the size of municipalities and religious...

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Local government systems and decentralization : evidence from Pakistan’s devolution plan

Ahmad, Muhammad Shakil; Talib, Noraini Bt. Abu - In: Contemporary economics 7 (2013) 1, pp. 33-44

. This article is a review of the decentralization initiatives of local government systems after the announcement of the … empowerment on the sustainability of community-driven projects implemented under the decentralization initiative through community … further insight into the decentralization phenomenon in Pakistan. The results describe human development, improvements in …

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How close is your government to its people? : worldwide indicators on localization and decentralization

Ivanyna, Maksym; Shah, Anwar - 2013

This paper is intended to provide an assessment of the impact of the silent revolution (decentralization reforms) of … dimensions of decentralization and localization. These sub-indexes are aggregated and adjusted for heterogeneity to develop an …

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Decentralization, citizen participation and local public service delivery : a study on the nature and influence of citizen participation on decentralized service delivery in Kenya

Muriu, Abraham Rugo - 2013

governance and service delivery. This has been largely in the context of decentralization reforms in which central governments …

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Does commercialization undermine the benefits of decentralization for local services provision? : evidence from Mexico's urban water and sanitation sector

Herrera, Veronica - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 56 (2014), pp. 16-31

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Decentralization in public sector organizations : do organizational autonomy and result control lead to decentralization toward lower hierarchical levels?

Wynen, Jan; Verhoest, Koen; Rübecksen, Kristin - In: Public performance & management review 37 (2013/14) 3, pp. 496-520

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Impact of public governance democratization on land management quality

Bui Quang Tuan; Phi Vinh Tuong; Pham Sy An; Vu Hoang Duong - In: Vietnam's socio-economic development : a social science … 77 (2014), pp. 46-66

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Decentralization and infrastructure in developing countries : reconciling principles and practice

Bahl, Roy W.; Bird, Richard - 2013

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Public finance in Montréal : in search of equity and efficiency

Meloche, Jean-Philippe; Vaillancourt, François - 2013

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The impact of fiscal and political decentralization on local public investments in Indonesia

Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Sjahrir Putra, Bambang Suharnoko … - 2014

We investigate the effects of the Indonesian decentralization and democratization process on budget allocation at the … infrastructure. We find that after the dramatic expenditure decentralization of 2001, districts with relatively lower levels of … and administrative decentralization, we find no consistent effects of the democratization process on local public …

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