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For decades, rapid urban expansion has led to concerns over the loss of cultivated land in rural China. This contrasts sharply with another salient feature of the Chinese land policy reform landscape that has gone on largely unnoticed - the addition of newly cultivated land in China through land...
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Natural resource abundance is a blessing for some countries, but a curse for others. We show that differences across countries in the degree of fiscal decentralization can contribute to this divergent outcome. Using a large panel of countries, covering several decades and various fiscal...
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Bulgarian Abstract: Европейската интеграция е най-важният политически процес в Европа през XX и XXI век. Интеграцията продължава и се задълбочава и в наши дни, въпреки...
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This article argues that New York municipalities should integrate land banks into the tax enforcement process to break the unhealthy cycle perpetuated by real estate and lien speculators. By transferring all tax liens and foreclosed properties to local land banks, municipalities can generate an...
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consideration in delivering public goods and services. Given the impact of the environment in influencing sanitation and water … expenditure share, on improved access to sanitation and water services. Exploiting the variation in improved access to sanitation … decentralisation on the improved access to sanitation and water services. The positive effect is larger in rural areas vis-à-vis the …
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Process of economic growth and development has been shifted towards new strategies of entrepreneurship, institutional developments and market development. The shifting of development process towards new strategies needs human capital, developed infrastructure and effective policy reforms. This...
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The additionality principle says that the funds of the European Union should not replace, but be an addition to national regional policy funds. The benchmark for the co-funding is that the EU bears 50% of total costs associated with regional projects eligible for EU support. In some regions,...
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Il problema del mancato e/o insoddisfacente sviluppo del Meridione d'Italia ricorre con insistenza e da varie angolature nel dibattito politico e scientifico. I contributi spaziano dall'analisi delle cause determinanti l'inefficacia dell'azione politica nel promuovere un migliore sentiero di...
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Since COVID-19 has forced many governments to restrict travel and impose quarantine requirements, telework has become a way of life. The shift towards teleworking is raising tax concerns for workers who work for employers located in another state than where they live. Most source states where...
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Can self-organizing special districts created from the bottom up be a tool for community change and development? Focusing on community services districts in California, this study introduces the context in which communities opt-out of a county service system to reshape their governing structure...
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