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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"public finances"”.
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Rethinking CCS - strategies for technology development in times of uncertainty
… such as weak climate policy and tight public finances, have changed dramatically over the past four years and current RD&D roadmaps are poorly adapted to the new realities. In order to rethink U.S. CCS policy, and to provide a realistic roadmap for technology development, this thesis …
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Unequal development : decentralization and fiscal disparities in the Metropolitan Zone of the Valley of Mexico
… integrating a database with information on the public finances of the Metropolitan Zone of the Valley of Mexico (ZMVM), I test the hypothesis that the policies of fiscal decentralization in Mexico have exacerbated the level of fiscal disparity in this metropolitan area. My results show that …
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A comparative international review of power sector reform and its impact on access to electricity by poor communities
… change included the need to reduce reliance on public finances and to obtain foreign capital, either to service loans, or for investing in new capacity. Latin American countries were the forerunners in this regard, with Chile amongst the first. The other main driver was to improve the financial …
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Government expenditure and growth in Libya.
… questions. First, how does the composition of public expenditure affect the economic growth rate of macroeconomic variables such as the real output of the non-oil sector, employment, and total imports in Libya? Second, what is the appropriate fiscal and/or monetary policy to be used by the …
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Desenvolvimento socioeconômico municipal: o caso de Caaporã-PB
… period studied. As the evolution of municipal public finances, realized up the extension of budget revenues, resulting mainly of passes of intergovernmental transfers. However, the city showed a low percentage of generation of own revenue compared to total tax revenue.
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Budget and policy planning in devolved Kenya: a case study of citizen participation in Nairobi county
… of Kenya has devolved a significant portion of public finances, powers and responsibilities to a new sub national level of government. Kenya now has 47 Counties, each with a County assembly, an elected Governor and an administration in charge of managing public resources and providing social …
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The politics of unconventional oil : industrial and technology policy in Brazil, Malaysia, and Mexico
… private capital, relied less on oil rents for public finances, and promoted local procurement. In Brazil and Malaysia, this study shows that the technically challenging aspect of producing oil and gas in those countries both enabled and incentivized a new type of distributive and industrial …
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The implementation of the socio-economic rights provisions of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights at the national level : a case study of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
… national level, in a case study of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These rights which comprise the right to property, the right to work, the right to health, the right to education and the protection of the family and cultural rights in Articles 14 to 18 of the ACHPR are provided for and …
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Sustainable Energy Transitions in Conflict Contexts: The Role of Local Governance in Palestine
… governance and their impact on energy justice, public finance and risk management to achieve sustainable energy transition. Palestine is situated in conflict context where it lacks control over its territories and infrastructure but where renewable energy transition could bring direct benefits …
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Three essays in public finance
… approach, the results show that preemptive public investment can reduce the number of landslides, the number of people who die, are injured, or disappear after a landslide, as well as the number of people affected. However, I do not find it has any effect on the number of houses destroyed. …
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La città creativa.Politiche culturali e riqualificazione urbana tra conservazione e sviluppo
… especially in relation to chronic deficit of public finances. This depends mainly on the fact that the cultural heritage, as a scarce and irreproducible resource, is now the only economic good capable of competing on the global market, conquering niches in the "new new economy" and, at the …
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On the Local Economic and Political Consequences of Controversial Policies
… economy that have come to the forefront of public discourse over the last fifteen years. Since the great financial crisis of 2008, the political landscape in Europe has been marked by major, controversial developments, such as the implementation of severe austerity measures throughout the …
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Ludwig Zinzendorf's political economy in the Habsburg monarchy, 1750-1774
This study examines Ludwig Zinzendorf’s political economy and the intellectual inspiration of his thinking. Zinzendorf, a protégé of Kaunitz, was a sophisticated economic thinker in the mid eighteenth-century Habsburg monarchy who was part of the wider intellectual movement in Europe dedicated to …
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Orçamento público: metodologia alternativa para previsão de receitas municipais
Objetivo – O objetivo central dessa pesquisa é comparar a performance da previsão das receitas adotadas pelos 12 municípios com mais de 150 mil habitantes do estado do Rio Grande do Sul, no período de 2008-2018, colacionando o modelo apresentado no Manual Técnico de Orçamento, da Secretaria de …