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Empowering local authorities for sustainable development : the Council of Europe's role in promoting human rights-based approaches

Mishyna, Natalia - 2026

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The local government project : a matchmaker or a troublemaker?

Hagebakken, Grete; Olsen, Trude Høgvold; Solstad, Elsa - 2025

Persistent link: https://ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015435507

Financial self-sufficiency of rural budgets as the basis of local self-government

Pupysheva, Tatyana; Zhetpisbayeva, Mukhtarima; … - 2025

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Pay incentives to run for local governments

Cerqua, Augusto; Nocito, Samuel; Pinto, Gabriele - 2026

Local governments in advanced democracies have increasingly struggled to attract political candidates, weakening electoral competition and accountability at the municipal level. While several factors may contribute to this trend, politicians' salaries represent one of the few policy levers that...

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Pay incentives to run for local governments

Cerqua, Augusto; Nocito, Samuel; Pinto, Gabriele - 2025 - This version: July 2025

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Does local government corruption inhibit entrepreneurship?

Wittberg, Emanuel; Erlingsson, Gissur Ó.; Wennberg, Karl - 2024

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Brandmauer - still alive! : empirical findings on support for the AfD by established parties in Eastern Germany (2019-2024)

Schroeder, Wolfgang; Ziblatt, Daniel; Bochert, Florian - 2025

For years, federal politicians from all established parties have categorically ruled out any cooperation with the Alternative for Germany (AfD), erecting a so-called "firewall" ("Brandmauer") against the party. Nevertheless, reports increasingly document instances where this firewall is eroding,...

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Beyond freeports : revitalising Britain with self-governing cities

Kichanova, Vera - 2025

The Freeports strategy announced by the previous government attempted to address today's challenges with yesterday's recipes, lacked the necessary deregulatory framework and failed to address key issues such as the housing crisis. This paper proposes an alternative: a new generation of 'Hong...

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Fraught with tension? : a machine-learning approach to termination traits of public corporations in English and German local governments

Rackwitz, Maike - 2024

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Determinants of local government debt in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Moćević, Amina; Lazovic-Pita, Lejla - 2024

The theory of fiscal federalism suggests that debt of subcentral levels of government is closely related to the internal organization of the country, defined through intergovernmental fiscal relations. Due to a great importance of subcentral levels of government in the theory and practice of...

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Baseline study on the state of participation in local government units : Participatory Governance Metrics for Local Development Councils

Medina-Guce, Czarina; Velasco, Lawrence G.; Rey, Anne … - 2025

The Local Development Councils (LDCs) feature a significant participatory governance function in local policy development, as local government units (LGUs) are mandated to constitute LDCs with members from civil society organizations (CSOs). While the Department of the Interior and Local...

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Towards a measure of local government performance in Ghana : conceptual framework, data, and results

Chachu, Daniel Ofoe; Danquah, Michael; Gisselquist, … - 2025

In recent decades, decentralization reforms have surged across the Global South, aiming to bring governance closer to citizens. Despite extensive debate on their effectiveness, systematic methods to assess local government performance remain underexplored, particularly in data-constrained...

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Electoral institutions and intraparty cohesion

Matakos, Konstantinos; Savolainen, Riikka; Troumpounis, … - 2024

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Empowering local government for development : "asymmetric localism" in India

Singh, Utsav Kumar - 2025

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The development of mass assessment and taxation of real estate as a basis for increasing the source income of the local self-government units of the Republic of Srpska

Gojković, Biljana Srdić; Stanković, Dragan - 2024

Municipal budgets represent the basis of the development of an area with a certain number of inhabitants. The quality of life of the population will depend on the size of the budget and the potential for the development of the municipality. The budget system of the Republic of Srpska includes...

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Does local government fragmentation reduce poverty? : evidence from Bangladesh

Ali, Amin Masud; Savoia, Antonio - 2026

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Does local government fragmentation reduce poverty? : evidence from Bangladesh

Ali, Amin Masud; Savoia, Antonio - 2025

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The European Charter of Local Self-Government as a tool for enhancing direct democracy : the case of western Balkans countries

Bedini, Belina - 2024

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The importance of revenues from spa fee in financing municipalities in Poland

Dziuba, Jarosław; Życzkowska, Elżbieta - 2024

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Decoding local public finance : the interplay of the legislature and the executive

Sovera, Alessandro - 2025

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Development and application of local SDG indicators : the case of local governments in Japan

Endo, Kei; Sato, Ichiro; Rimba, Andi Besse - 2025

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Aligning local governance with SDGs : a study of local government systems in Pakistan

Cheema, Abdur Rehman; Ahmad, Iftikhar; Mehmood, Abid - 2024

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Brandmauer - is still alive! : empirische Ergebnisse zur Unterstützung der AfD in den ostdeutschen Kommunen durch etablierte Parteien (2019-2024)

Schroeder, Wolfgang; Ziblatt, Daniel; Bochert, Florian - 2024

Seit Jahren wird von Bundespolitikerinnen und -politikern aller etablierten Parteien eine Kooperation mit der AfD strikt ausgeschlossen - eine sogenannte "Brandmauer" zur AfD errichtet. Zugleich wird vermehrt über Fälle berichtet, in denen diese Brandmauer bröckelt und etablierte Parteien mit...

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Relational leadership in local governance : the engagement of mayors with citizens, public managers and politicians

Sancino, Alessandro; Carli, Giacomo; Giacomini, Davide - 2023

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The state of women's representation in urban local self-government in India : a review

Kumar, Sunaina; Ghosh, Ambar Kumar - 2024

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Local governments as key agents in climate change adaptation : challenges and opportunities for institutional capacity-building in Mexico

Cid, Abril; Lerner, Amy M. - 2023

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Local government centralization and corporate ESG performance : evidence from China's county-to-district reform

Xue, Qihang; Wang, Huimin; Ji, Xiaole; Wei, Jian - 2023

As a city–county consolidation with Chinese characteristics, China’s county-to-district (CtD) reform transfers a county’s autonomy to a city, thereby strengthening the administrative, decision-making, fiscal and other powers of the prefecture-level municipal government, which effectively...

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Traditional tribal governance systems and formal Gram Panchayats of Madhya Pradesh in the context of the PESA Act, 1996

Philip, Prakash M - 2024

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An assessment of the local government units' functional assignments under a decentralized regime

Juco, Marianne N.; Maddawin, Ricxie B.; Manasan, Rosario G. - 2024

The Philippines embraced a devolution agenda in 1991, leading to the enactment of the Local Government Code (LGC). Despite over three decades of implementation, devolution has remained incomplete, giving rise to the blurred accountability between the national government and local governments...

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Regional governments in the rural space : the effectiveness of dual-tier regional councils

Shani, Ron; Reingewertz, Yaniv; Vigoda-Gadot, Eran - 2023

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Monitoring and evaluation as critical approach to enhance the performance of local government : South Africa

Mabizela, Hlengiwe; Zwane, Zwelithini - 2023

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The principles and practice of local government in the Australian three-tiered system of government : with special reference to the roles of state and local government in New South Wales

Abelson, Peter - 2023

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Does local autonomy increase local income? : evidence from Italy

Ferraresi, Massimiliano; Herrmann, Benedikt; Loiacono, Luisa - 2023

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Local context of local government participation in the innovation networks : evidence from Poland

Godlewska, Malgorzata; Mackiewicz, Marta - 2023

Innovation networks help to create innovation ecosystems by strengthen interactions between government, academia, business, and special institutions. The purpose of the article is to identify the relationship between the local context, i.e., the conditions and environment in which the Local...

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Ukrainian local government and council of Europe's standards : human rights protection and decentralisation at the times of militarisation

Barvinenko, Vitalii; Mishyna, Natalia; Qaracayev, Ceyhun - 2023

Persistent link: https://ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015141728

Unleashing capital

Vitali, James - 2023

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Decentralised governance : crafting effective democracies around the world

2023

For developing countries, decentralising power from central government to local authorities holds the promise of deepening democracy, empowering citizens, improving public services and boosting economic growth. But the evidence on when and how decentralisation can bring these benefits has been...

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Ukrainian local government, human rights protection and council of Europe standards : the principle of subsidiarity

Barvinenko, Vitalii; Hedulianov, Vadym; Mishyna, Natalia - 2023

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Availability and quality of school facilities as a determinant of local economic development : the Slovak experience

Papcunová, Viera; Dvořák, Marek; Vavrek, Roman; … - 2023

The availability and quality of school facilities has long been a hot topic, not only at the level of self-government, but also in respect of the whole public administration within the context of Slovakia. COVID-19 and the current military conflict in Ukraine are jointly putting increased...

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Mehr kommunale Finanzautonomie wagen

Scherf, Wolfgang - 2023

Die Handlungsmöglichkeiten der Gemeinden werden durch ihre Steuereinnahmen und den kommunalen Finanzausgleich bestimmt. Der Finanzausgleich steht in einem Spannungsverhältnis zur Eigenständigkeit und Selbstverantwortung der Gemeinden. Dieser Beitrag plädiert für eine stärkere Gewichtung...

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The socio-economic role of local governments in the field of guardianship and conservatorship of adults in Ukraine

Sotska, Alla; Tytykalo, Roman; Iemelianov, Volodymyr - 2023

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Understanding fiscal decentralization : theory, empirics and prospects

Neyaptı, Bilin - 2025

"This book provides a comprehensive overview of fiscal decentralization (FD), outlining how it interacts with domestic structures and institutions. It reviews both theoretical and empirical literature relating to macroprudential institutions and macroeconomic outcomes, arguing that the complex...

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Does persistent costinefficiency exist? : a municipal-level analysis of expenditure in Victorian local government

Tran, Carolyn-Dung T. T.; Dollery, Brian - 2025

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Kommunalpolitik verstehen : wie Kommunalpolitik in den deutschen Ländern funktioniert

2025 - 1. Auflage

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Co-production in local government : case studies in improving local livelihoods in Kuching, Sarawak

Ting, Siew King; Dollery, Brian; Lai, Tze Wee - 2025

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Decentralisation of Financing of Self-Government Units in the Republic of Croatia

Jerković, Emina - 2022

Since its independence the Republic of Croatia has commenced a thorough reconstruction of its taxation system according to the market economy taxation policy. Essential taxation reforms have brought the system closer to EU systems i.e. it has been being harmonized with taxation systems of...

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Does data disclosure improve local government performance? : evidence from Italian municipalities

Lockwood, Ben; Porcelli, Francesco; Redoano, Michela; … - 2022

We exploit the introduction of an open data online platform - part of a transparency program initiated by the Italian Government in late 2014 - as a natural experiment to analyse the effect of data disclosure on mayors' expenditure and public good provision. First, we analyse the effect of the...

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Does Data Disclosure Improve Local Government Performance? Evidence from Italian Municipalities

Lockwood, Ben; Porcelli, Francesco; Redoano, Michela; … - 2022

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Principle of financial adequacy of local self-government units vs. local self-government healthcare expenditures

Karczewska, Zofia M.; Mielech, Ewelina - 2022

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Governance and sustainability in local government

Armstrong, Anona; Yongqiang, Li - 2022

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Does highway access influence local employment? : evidence from German municipalities

Dörr, Luisa; Gäbler, Stefanie - 2022

We examine how highway accessibility influences local employment outcomes. We exploit the stagewise expansion of the "Baltic Sea highway", the largest contiguous highway construction project in Germany since 1945. Results from difference-indifferences estimations and an event study approach show...

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Transformation of the economic role of local self-government in low-urbanized territories in Ukraine : initial conditions and social perception

Hlynskyy, Nazar; Krykavskyy, Yevhen; Hirna, Olha; … - 2022

Newly formed territorial communities acquire a real subjectivity in the processes of the management of territorial development: they become responsible for a significant share of day-to-day economic activities within their sphere of responsibility, especially in territories with a predominantly...

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On the financial autonomy of European local governments : the case of municipal bonds in Italy

Eltrudis, Davide - 2022

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