Browsing by Subject "decentralization"
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Essays in Public and Nonprofit Financial Management
(2015-12-15)There are three primary goals of financial management: to help a firm weather environmental turbulence, to allow a firm to grow, and to make safe revenue choices to keep a firm operational. What is often disregarded in ... -
Local Representation in the Context of Decentralization: Mayors, Citizens, and Local Governance in Latin America
(2014-06-06)Representation is a basic component of democracy and yet scientific understanding of how it works has been limited to the national level of government, especially in the developing world. This research develops and tests ... -
The Causes and Consequences of Women's Representation in Local Governments
(2017-05-08)Local governments are thought to be more conducive to women’s representation because they are closer to home, easier to access, and require less time and resources than positions in higher levels of government. However, ...