Decentralization: A handicap in fighting the COVID‐19 pandemic? The response of the regional governments in Spain
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DOI: 10.1002/pad.1988
Abstract: Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic has provided an ultimate testing ground for evaluating the resilience and effectiveness of federal and decentralized systems. The article analyses how the Spanish asymmetrical system of decentralization has responded to the… read more here.
Keywords: fighting covid; handicap fighting; decentralization handicap; decentralization ... See more keywords
Lessons from Brazil's unsuccessful fiscal decentralization policy to fight COVID‐19
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DOI: 10.1002/pad.1990
Abstract: Abstract This manuscript investigates the unsuccessful case of the fiscal decentralization policy implemented by the Brazilian central government to help municipalities fight COVID‐19. Based on quantitative analyses of data available on governmental websites, we identified… read more here.
Keywords: decentralization policy; decentralization; fiscal decentralization; policy ... See more keywords
Environmental decentralization, environmental protection investment, and green technology innovation
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DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-09849-z
Abstract: The reform of environmental management systems is key to improving environmental pollution treatment and green technology innovation. Based on panel data on 30 provincial administrative regions in China for 2008 to 2016, this paper analyzes… read more here.
Keywords: decentralization; environmental decentralization; technology innovation; green technology ... See more keywords
The nonlinear impact of fiscal decentralization on carbon emissions: from the perspective of biased technological progress
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DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-12833-w
Abstract: The impact of Chinese-style fiscal decentralization (FD) on environmental pollution has been studied. Using data from 285 prefecture-level cities across the country from 2003 to 2018. A panel smooth transition regression (PSTR) model of fiscal… read more here.
Keywords: decentralization; carbon emissions; progress; biased technological ... See more keywords
Does administrative decentralization enhance economic growth? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2020.02.035
Abstract: Abstract This paper employs a quasi-natural experiment of “counties power expansion (CPE)” reform in China to investigate the effect of administrative decentralization on local economic growth. Administrative decentralization seeks to redistribute authority, responsibility and financial… read more here.
Keywords: decentralization; economic growth; quasi natural; administrative decentralization ... See more keywords
The soft path revisited: Policies that drive decentralization of electric power generation in the contiguous U.S.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112429
Abstract: Abstract New renewable energy generators such as solar photovoltaics and wind turbines have the ability to be sited in a more decentralized manner than conventional generators such as coal, nuclear, hydroelectric, or natural gas plants.… read more here.
Keywords: degree centralization; path revisited; generation; revisited policies ... See more keywords
Is there decentralization in North Korea? Evidence and lessons from the sloping land management program 2004–2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.11.020
Abstract: In the 1990s, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) suffered from severe food shortages and large-scale deforestation, which triggered a stage of rural conservation reform. Since 2004, with support from the Swiss Agency… read more here.
Keywords: decentralization; sloping land; land; north korea ... See more keywords
Democracy, decentralization, and district proliferation: The case of Ghana
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DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2017.02.011
Abstract: Abstract In many developing countries, a rhetorical commitment to decentralization often superficially manifests through the creation of new or smaller administrative units at the sub-national level. In democracies in particular, this raises the question of… read more here.
Keywords: decentralization; decentralization district; district; ghana ... See more keywords
Gendered Morality: Classical Islamic Ethics of the Self, Family and Society. Zahra Ayubi, (New York: Columbia University Press, 2019). Pp. 368. $35.00 paper. ISBN: 9780231191333
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DOI: 10.1017/s0020743820000471
Abstract: is far from obvious how this could be achieved. While generally very well written and easy to follow, the book has a few shortcomings. Key concepts such as “state,” “regime,” and “monarchy” are not sufficiently… read more here.
Keywords: morality classical; civil society; society; gendered morality ... See more keywords
China's fiscal decentralization and environmental quality: theory and an empirical study
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DOI: 10.1017/s1355770x19000263
Abstract: Abstract As a wide-reaching institutional reform, China's fiscal decentralization was launched in the early 1980s to encourage provincial economic growth by granting more financial autonomy to provincial governments. In this paper, the impact of fiscal… read more here.
Keywords: environmental quality; china fiscal; decentralization environmental; fiscal decentralization ... See more keywords
The Economics of Wastewater Treatment Decentralization: A Techno-economic Evaluation.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b01623
Abstract: The existing wastewater treatment infrastructure has not adequately established an efficient and sustainable use of energy, water, and nutrients. A proposed scheme based on source separation and water-efficient use is compared to the current wastewater… read more here.
Keywords: decentralization; techno economic; wastewater treatment; economics ... See more keywords