Fiscal equalisation aims at enabling decentralized governments to supply similar services at similar tax rates. In order to equalize fiscal disparities, differences in both fiscal capacities and in fiscal needs have to be measured. This paper focuses on the measurement of fiscal capacity in a developing country. The current intergovernmental transfer system in Tanzania does not take differences...

Introduction The Montane Mainland of Southeast Asia (MMSEA) covers about half of the total area of six countries, viz., Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam (Figure 1) and is home to many ethnic minorities (Table 1). Ethnic minorities account for about 15% of total population of the region. Food security is a major concern of local communities as well as national governments. Sh...

This study aims to examine if and how national culture affects e-government diffusion. To explore the possible relationship, we analyse two sets of international-level indexes: (1) the indexes of five of the societal cultural practices of the GLOBE project [35], and (2) the egovernment development and participation indexes from the most recent United Nations’ egovernment survey [71]. As economi...

abstract government size plays a vital role in the economic development process. therefore, in this study, the existence of a non-linear relationship between government size and economic growth was investigated using the two-sector production function developed by ram (1986). the data, covering 44 years (1961-2005), were collected from the iranian economic information center. two classification...

in this research by applying the theoretical framework of socio-technical systems and literature review using the form of e-government has been identified as a core component. to realize the model results and the results indicated that each of the six components of e-government in 1404 particularly in the areas of communication and access to digital content. based on the results of the highest ...

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In the last decade, governments all around the globe have commissioned hundreds of wind farms automation projects, turning wind into a more powerful asset and promoting it as a clean and innovative source of energy. The current public interest and enthusiastic governments’ investments ensure that this emerging industry’s activities will only be increasing in the upcoming years and proves that t...