Seagrass meadows, ecosystem services, and sustainability

L Cullen-Unsworth, R Unsworth - Environment: Science and policy …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Seagrass meadows are soft-sediment marine habitats that are comprised of a group of
plants adapted to life in the sea. 1, 2 These meadows have been estimated to cover up to …

Voter involvement, fiscal autonomy and public sector efficiency: Evidence from German municipalities

B Geys, F Heinemann, A Kalb - European journal of political economy, 2010 - Elsevier
Social and/or political involvement within the population is often argued to enhance public
sector performance. The underlying idea is that engagement fosters political awareness and …

REDUCING COSTS IN TIMES OF CRISIS: DELIVERY FORMS IN SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS'WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES

JL ZAFRA‐GÓMEZ, D Prior, AMP Díaz… - Public …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The current economic crisis is increasingly affecting the public sector, requiring stricter
control of deficits, and local administrations are not exempt from these requirements …

Developing a model to measure financial condition in local government: Evaluating service quality and minimizing the effects of the socioeconomic environment: An …

JL Zafra-Gómez… - … American Review of …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Various studies have sought to obtain a measure of the financial health of local authorities,
via the concept of financial condition. However, in measuring this latter concept, two serious …

Developing an alert system for local governments in financial crisis

JL Zafra-Gómez, AM López-Hernández… - Public Money & …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
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Exploring sources of local government technical inefficiency: Evidence from Flemish municipalities

B Geys, W Moesen - Public finance and management, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
The present paper explores sources of technical (in) efficiency of Flemish municipalities in
their production of local public goods (in the year 2000). in assessing inefficiency derivation …

[PDF][PDF] Performance measurement and management in non-governmental organizations

MA Ramadan, E Borgonovi - IOSR Journal of Business and …, 2015 - papers.ssrn.com
Over many years ago, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been always stuck in
some concepts such as inputs, outputs, outcomes, impact and sustainability. Money raised …

Business incentive adoption in the recession

ME Warner, L Zheng - Economic Development Quarterly, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Business incentive use rose dramatically among US municipalities after the Great
Recession. This article seeks to explain that rise using national surveys of local government …

The impact of internal control on the performance of faith-based NGOs in Accra

M Oppong, A Owiredu, V Abedana… - Available at SSRN …, 2016 - papers.ssrn.com
The global financial crisis has caused a re-awakening of the donor community's desire to
monitor the activities of NGOs operating in various parts of the world. Recent operational …

Contracting out and social services: responses to the austerity machine, financial condition and political parties

AM Plata-Díaz, EJ de la Higuera-Molina… - Administration & …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The aim of this study was to conduct an analysis of the elements of public finances that favor
the contracting out of social services, together with political and socioeconomic issues. The …