Decentralization and Conflict: The Missing Link in State Capacity Literature

A Missing Link in Decentralization Reform in Japan:Trinity Reform Package

In June 2003, the Koizumi administration created the "Trinity Reform Package." In this context, "trinity" means the decentralization reform process that involves three factors: local tax, local allocation tax grant and national government disbursement. There is, however, a missing link in the reform. This is local bond, which is one of major revenue source for local governments. In particular, ...

domestication and foreignization in children literature translation

این پایان نامه به بررسی بومی سازی و بیگانه سازی در ادبیات کودکان مخصوصا زانر فانتزی می پردازد. در این پایان نامه ترجمه 14 کتاب داستان فانتزی برای سه گروه سنی کودکان بر اساس مدل ونوتی یعنی بومی سازی و بیگانه سازی مقاسه شدندکه در نتیجه برای سه گروه سنی از هر دو استراتزی توسط مترجمان در ترجمه کلمات فرهنگی استفاده شده است.

Accounting and the welfare - state : The missing link

In recent years, accounting regulation has been internationalized with the extensive use and adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) by nation-states, which points at least to a formal convergence between accounting regulatory systems. However, major differences between national accounting systems persist. In this paper, it is argued that a country’s accounting system is ...

Quantitative Functional Capacity Evaluation : The Missing Link To Outcomes Assessment

Practice aids and algorithms appear in Appendix A. O ASSESSMENT (OA) is a health care buzzword for the 1990’s. Quality assurance in health services delivery requires that certain guidelines be followed and that measurable outcomes be used to document the appropriateness of care. Most methods of OA have been “high-tech”, requiring substantial expenses of time and money. Due to the cost and the f...

Psychological Therapies: The Missing Link in Improving Treatment Adherence in Patients with β-thalassemia Major