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- Delegation to Devolution
- Decentralisation has always figured on India's policy agenda in one form or other. Its fortunes, however, have fluctuated in response to several factors. Among them the attitude of the centre and the specific socio-political contexts in different states are particularly important. The latter explains, to a large extent, differences in...
- White papers 2006-05-20
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- Serbia presses for "decentralisation" in Kosovo after riots
- BELGRADE AFP ? The Serbian government is pursuing new strategies to protect ethnic Serbs from Albanian violence in Kosovo, five years after NATO intervention forced Belgrade to relinquish control of the province. Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica, in talks with top EU officials in Brussels this week, presented his...
- Research articles 2004-03-25
- 20,000 gather in Macedonia to protest decentralisation
- SKOPJE AFP ? Some 20,000 Macedonians gathered in Skopje to protest a decentralisation bill being debated in parliament that would give more power to ethnic Albanians. Security was tight in the Macedonian capital as lawmakers sat down to debate a plan to redraw municipal boundaries following bloody riots last...
- Research articles 2004-07-26
- Going public with power: Ramesh Adhikari, head of economics and governance at the Asian Development Bank in Hanoi, tracks the progress of public sector reform in Vietnam and finds fundamental problems, from the self-interest of local officials to the illi
- Decentralisation may take many forms. Political, administrative and market decentralisation has been the overriding theme of the reform processes in developing countries in recent years. Decentralisation may take many forms. Political, administrative and market decentralisation has been the overriding theme of the reform processes...
- Research articles 2004-06-14
- ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK PROMISES US$1 BLN LOAN TO PAKISTAN.
- KARACHI, Feb 28 Asia Pulse - The Asian Development Bank ADB will provide US$1 billion in loans to Pakistan to carry out capital market reforms and decentralisation proposals, an official said on Feb 26. "The bank in principle has agreed to provide ... KARACHI, Feb...
- Research articles 2002-02-28
- Local Government Decision-Making: Citizen Participation and Local Accountability
- Uganda has been a leading exponent of decentralisation. Over the past fifteen years, the system of local government has been radically reformed, major responsibilities have been delegated and substantial resources transferred to local councils. Although the reform process has sought to strengthen both citizen participation and local government accountability, there...
- White papers 2002-05-01
- Facilitation in the Workplace: Two Exploratory Case Studies
- The process of decentralisation of industrial relations in Australia has led to an increased focus on industrial relations negotiations and dispute resolution at individual workplaces and away from industrial tribunals. Since the advent of enterprise bargaining in 1991, agreements are increasingly negotiated at the workplace rather than head office level....
- White papers 2001-07-01
- Workplace Justice and the Design of Dispute Resolution Clauses
- Since decentralisation of bargaining occurred in the Australian industrial relations system, dispute resolution clauses have been installed as a mandatory inclusion in awards and agreements. This paper examines the development of workplace dispute resolution in Australia and argues that workplaces have an opportunity to develop dispute resolution clauses which specifically...
- White papers 2001-08-01
- Engaging Tensions of Knowledge Management Control
- Any proficient activity calls for balance, which normally entails striking the right median between extremes. Management needs to strike the right balance when it comes to deciding how best to control resources, processes, and assets under its purview. Managing knowledge management programmes is no different, and entails a judicious balance...
- White papers 2006-01-01
- Fiscal decentralisation and economic growth in high-income OECD countries
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- Research articles 2003-09-01
- Arafat should yield power to Qorei ahead of US poll: Jordan PM
- AMMAN AFP — Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat should yield more power to his prime minister to bolster the Palestinian position in the run-up to the US presidential election, Jordanian Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez said. Arafat "is the symbol of the Palestinian people but there must be wider powers in...
- Research articles 2004-09-20
- US pledges funds for Macedonia
- SKOPJE AFP — US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Marc Grossman said Washington would contribute 9.5 million dollars toward the implementation of a controversial law on decentralisation in the Balkan country. "We believe that this task should be completed for Macedonia to follow its vision for a multiethnic...
- Research articles 2004-10-01
- ADB OKAYS US$300 MLN FOR PAKISTAN'S DSP.
- ISLAMABAD, Nov 25 Asia Pulse - The Asian Development Bank ADB has approved US$350 million for the Decentralisation Support Programme DSP and the Sindh Rural Development Project SRDP - $300 million for the DSP and $50 million for the SRDP. The DSP will provide fiscal support to the...
- Research articles 2002-11-25
- PAKISTAN OFFERED US$200 MLN FOR PUBLIC/PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE.
- ISLAMABAD, May 5 Asia Pulse - The Asian Development Bank ADB has offered US$200 million for a Public-Private Infrastructure Facility and has released a tranche of US$100 million for the Financial Non-Bank Market and Governance Programme (totaling US$260 million). A sum of US$120 million for the Decentralisation Support...
- Research articles 2003-05-05
- FUTURE OF EUROPE : REGIONS KEEN TO DO THEIR BIT FOR PLAN D'
- Europe Information 06-20-2006 The European Commission's Plan D' for Democracy, Dialogue and Debate looks set to be joined by a fourth element, Decentralisation. That is the view expressed by the EU Committee of the Regions at its plenary session in Brussels on 14 and 15 June when it adopted...
- Research articles 2006-06-20
- Finance Ministry targets regional "nuisance taxes".
- Sep 03, 2003 (Tax Notes International - ABIX via COMTEX) The World Bank claims that Indonesia's "nuisance taxes" are damaging to business and investment. The taxes were introduced by the country's regional governments as part of the process of decentralisation. They are often strange,...
- Research articles 2003-09-03
- Revisiting Indonesia's regional tax laws.
- Aug 14, 2003 (Asia Today - ABIX via COMTEX) The move to decentralise power in Indonesia has not worked as efficiently as it should have. The taxation laws and other laws that were needed, when decentralisation was organised in 2001, were not set in...
- Research articles 2003-08-16
- Thai government reluctant to shift state revenues to local entities.
- By Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 9--By 2006, the government is legally required to shift 35 percent of state revenues to local administrations under a constitutional policy to support decentralisation and the empowerment of community governments....
- Research articles 2004-08-09
- Effective Development of Client Focused R&D Offers Greatest Potential for Protecting Future Revenues in the German Electric Drives Market.
- LONDON, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The German electric drives market is seeing growth in a variety of new, intelligent, multi-functional products, as end-users seem to be showing a preference for these units for space, cost saving and ease of installation reasons. Technology...
- Research articles 2006-06-01
- Ghana strengthens cities for greater decentralisation
- Cities in Ghana, which once boasted some of the most highly developed local governments in Africa, emerged from the economic crises of the last two decades with familiar urban headaches, the World Bank reports. The already-scant road, water and sanitation systems in these cities have been overwhelmed by growing urban...
- Research articles 1994-04-01
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