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Roads to the Millennium Development Goals : Financing the Sub-Saharan Road Network

Amonya, Fred - 2015

least five years, which amounts to typically a threefold increase in spending. Otherwise the road network will continue to … private sector. This paper explores ways of capturing private finance, and management expertise, for road network management … the SSA road network is then discussed. It is observed that all-weather roads constitute only approximately one quarter of …

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Finance of Regional Government : An Evaluation of Economic Development Policy Budget

Silalahi, Engelbertha E. - 2018

This study aims to obtain input, and is expected to give more value to the activities of budget planning and development spending in the Province of Jakarta Indonesia. In detail the purpose of this study is to provide recommendations for planning development budget in developing leading sectors...

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Reviving and Reorienting Growth after the Pandemic : The Role of Local Infrastructure Investments

Bilotta, Nicola; Pozzolo, Alberto F. - 2021

As many countries are seeing the first signs of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, they are also shifting their policies from limiting the immediate economic impact of the pandemic on households and businesses to designing strategies that will revive long-term growth. Systemic challenges, such...

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Keep It Complex! Prodi’s Curse and the EU Fiscal Governance Regime Complex

Tesche, Tobias - 2022

The EU fiscal framework has gradually morphed into a regional regime complex through various reforms of the preventive and corrective arms of the Stability and Growth Pact. A regime complex encourages actors to arbitrage between partially overlapping, parallel and nested rules. By drawing on...

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Energy Policy, Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer to Address Climate Change

Burleson, Elizabeth - 2014

A weather beaten economy has become a wake up call. The International Energy Agency predicts that carbon emissions will rise 130 percent and oil demand will rise 70 percent by 2050. A sound energy policy that addresses climate change relies upon widespread transfer and implementation of...

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Energy Security, Green Job Creation, and Youth Innovation

Burleson, Elizabeth - 2013

Global energy demand is likely to increase by 45 percent by 2030. Climate change will threaten existing employment and necessitate new green jobs. Funding has gone towards such renewable energy technologies as wind and solar; such fuel economy options as second-generation hybrids, plug-in...

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La gestion des dépenses publiques en France

Burns, Andrew - 2004

Depuis le début des années 90, lorsque le déficit des administrations publiques de la France avait atteint le niveau inquiétant de 6 pour cent du PIB, les finances publiques du pays se sont nettement redressées, même si de nouvelles améliorations substantielles sont nécessaires. Ce...

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Enhancing the Effectiveness of Public Spending in Finland

Hemmings, Philip - 2003

Finland is committed to high quality and extensive public services and a high level of income redistribution. The heavy tax burden these commitments require is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain due to tax competition and the need to harmonise certain taxes with other EU countries. These...

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Enhancing the Effectiveness of Public Spending in Switzerland

Joumard, Isabelle - 2002

Switzerland is a highly decentralised country with large spending and revenue-raising powers devolved to cantons and municipalities. The federal system, in combination with an extensive use of direct democracy, has contributed to keep public spending at a relatively low level in international...

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Improving the Efficiency and Sustainability of Public Expenditure in the Czech Republic

Burns, Andrew - 2002

This paper reviews the public expenditure system in the Czech Republic and the scope for its reform. In recent years much progress has been made in improving the transparency and management of government finances. Nevertheless, the budget and policy planning process retains a single-year and...

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