This article examines the interaction between school accountability and local control over revenue raising and resource allocation. In particular, it asks whether accountability policies are more or less effective at improving student outcomes in states with stronger local control. Local control is operationalized with multiple measures, including the percentage of education funding from catego...

P ublic transportation and fixed route transit systems in particular play an important role in the movement of residents within an urban area. In the Halifax-Dartmouth (Nova Scotia, Canada) area (population 252,000), public transit is operated on a regional basis by the Metropolitan Transit Commission (MTC) under the direction of its board of directors and the Metropolitan Authority. Establishe...

This paper provides a comparative assessment of fiscal decentralization in China and India, including the standard components of expenditure and revenue assignments and institutions for intergovernmental transfers, as well as the nature of subnational authorities over general economic activity. In particular, the case of China, where town and village enterprises have been very active, is contra...

background the non-revenue water refers to a difference between the volume of water entering the system and billed authorized consumption. objectives the main purpose of this study is to determine the volume of non-revenue water in order to recognize the factors influencing water losses so that the information gathered can used in non-revenue water reduction management. materials and methods ka...

There are a number of administrative datasets that routinely record information on individuals in the UK. Such routine or ‘Big Data’ sources record specified data variables that are largely limited to those that enable the intended objectives of the data holder. Routine sources include clinical datasets such as Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD)...

A case of extragenital donovanosis in a patient with AIDS is reported from Zimbabwe. Despite the rarity of donovanosis in Zimbabwe it is important that health workers are familiar with this disease since donovanosis increases the risk of HIV transmission and appropriate treatment is often successful even in patients with severe immunodeficiency.

INTRODUCTION Despite the wide-spread availability of cervical cancer prevention and screening programs in developed countries, the morbidity and mortality rates of cervical cancer in Zimbabwe are still very high. Limited resources as well as the high HIV prevalence are contributors to the high burden of cervical cancer. This paper aims to analyse the policies, frameworks and current practices i...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the factors associated with attitudes towards wife beating among women in partnerships in Zimbabwe in order to assist public health practitioners in preventing intimate partner violence (IPV). METHODS A nationally representative survey of 5907 women of reproductive age (15-49 years) was conducted in Zimbabwe. Women were asked about their attitudes towards wife beating...

This study aimed to investigate the critical aspects of Indonesia’s local government budget structure. The impact on fiscal autonomy was also examined by separating sample provinces in Java Island and Bali versus Non-Java Bali. unbalanced panel data collected 34 Indonesian from 2013 2020. results showed that locally-generated revenue general allocation funds positively affect regional index. Th...