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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"Provincial governments"”.
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Interventions by national government in provincial governments in South Africa: A critical analysis
… for national government intervention in provincial governance in South Africa, as provided under Section 100 of the 1996 Constitution. In doing so, it explores the grounds, procedures, and outcomes of these interventions. The thesis further evaluates the balance between the principles of …
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Public financial management reforms for value-for-money in selected South African provincial governments
… and equity of public expenditure) in provincial governments between 2000 and 2013. It also generates policy recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of future PFM reform in South African provincial governments. Based on questionnaires administered to a sample of public financial …
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THE POLITICAL INTERFERENCE IN UNIVERSITIES IN PAKISTAN: AN AGENCY THEORY FRAMEWORK APPROACH
… research examines the relationship between the provincial governments and universities in Pakistan. Specifically, this study analyzes the governments in each of Pakistan’s four provinces and their oversight of the higher education systems within their respective jurisdictions. Following the …
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Innovation Network Policy in Canada: Federal and Provincial Differences
… innovative activity. In Canada, both federal and provincial governments have fully embraced this form of industrial policy, forging inter-organizational connections through a variety of policy tools and programs. Some of these programs fund collaborative research projects and research consortia …
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Vocational secondary education during the introduction of regional autonomy in Indonesia
… in districts and cities, bypassing the provincial governments, the second level of the government hierarchy.
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The Art of Sharing: The Richer Provinces Versus the Poorer Provinces Since Confederation
… without relative equality among the member governments. It explores the fierce domestic debates and the Royal Commission studies during this struggle to address fiscal inequalities among provincial governments. It also investigates the international models that Ottawa consulted in its quest …
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Regionalism and foreign policy:China-Vietnam relations and institution-building in the Greater Mekong Subregion
… structure of the GMS includes not only central governments, but also subnational units (provincial governments) and non-state actors (NGOs, firms). The involvement of actors other than the central government is due to the transnationalisation of issues such as poverty and environmental …
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Women's employment equity in South African local government : a study of senior managers
… local government is compared with national and provincial governments.
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Provincial Cannabis Legislation, Regulation, and Licensing: Its Effectiveness and Impacts on Municipalities in Ontario
… a federal decision that was then regulated by provincial governments. However, local governments were on the receiving end of both federal and provincial legislation and regulations that often restricted municipal autonomy with respect to cannabis. This paper aims to provide a better …
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Keeping up with the feds: The provincial response to Canada's Species at Risk Act
… how the threat of federal intrusion into provincial jurisdiction over natural resource management which accompanied the development and passage of Canada's Species at Risk Act (SARA) has impacted provincial legislation and policies aimed at protecting endangered species. SARA's safety net …
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An analysis of the North West provincial government's international cooperation policy framework and its inpact on socio-economic development
… study is to critically analyze the North West Provincial Government's International Cooperation Policy Framework and the impact that it has had on socio-economic development in South Africa and particularly the North West province, which has been associated with poverty and underdevelopment. …
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The battle over deficits : the struggle to maintain Canada's social welfare state : a thesis /
… level of government but with SOBe discussion of provincial governaent policy as well. In ~997, Canada's federal debt caae close ro six hundred billion dollars - $594 billion or 74.4 % of Gross Do.estic Product (GDP) to be exact. The purpose of this theses is threefold: To find out why Canada …
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Sustainability of land use for future intensive hog operations in the central region of Manitoba
… in this thesis could be of interest to local and provincial governments, and will hopefully lead to further research into the social and economic issues that are important to the Central Region.
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Bioenergy Recovery from Bulk Greenhouse Waste and Raw Sewage Sludge
… circular economy, and renewable energy. Several provincial governments in Canada have passed legislation that subjects certain municipal and industrial entities to mandates of waste diversion from landfills. Centralized anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities offer a promising solution to tackling …
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Mr. Diefenbaker, parliamentary democracy, and the Canadian Bill of Rights
… beyond the reach of both Parliament and the provincial legislatures. The Diefenbaker government responded with the argument that in order to entrench the Bill by way of constitutional amendment, the consent of all provincial governments was surely necessary, and, in all probablility, not …
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The Public Good and Private Business of the Crow Rate: Prairie Grain Handling and Transportation Policy
… farmers, their organizations, and prairie provincial governments argued for its retention as a public good continuing a long-standing national policy promise to prairie residents. This dissertation examines the public debate over the Crow rate as part of a larger discussion over changes to …
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Eco-compensation, Water Management and Political Power in China
… eco-compensation scheme in which an upstream provincial government is paid to protect water quality to benefit the downstream province. Drawing from studies of “scale”, this case explores the power relationships of central-provincial governments and intra-provincial governments in …
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The Interaction of Political Capacity and Economic Growth to Attract Foreign Direct Investments at the Provincial Levels of Developing Countries
… To attract foreign direct investments, provincial governments compete among themselves trying to appeal to international investors. There is consensus in the economic development literature that both economic and political variables interact to advance a nation's economy. The ability for …
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A Critical Analysis of Apprenticeship Programs in British Columbia
… skills ecosystem, and to explain why successive provincial governments were motivated to impose significant legislative changes on the vocational education and training system. The findings not only examine the motivation, but also the resulting outcomes, using the different political ideologies …
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