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Research ArticleOpen accessPhrase in the titleGovernment Expenditure and School Efficiency and Productivity Change: A Case of Public Primary Schools in KenyaMutinda Mutuku, Julius Korir, Dianah Ngui-MuchaiEducation management is a more labor intensive process previously measured by level of school enrolment and education quality with low or no concern on productivity and efficient resource utilization. Trends in increasing government allocation to education sector demonstrate a positive impact on enrolment, education quality and efficiency levels determined in the study. However, there was a gap on how government … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 15, Issue 1 · 17 Apr 2019 · 8,446 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsApplication of Theories of Complexity and Chaos to Economic MisgovernancePartha Gangopadhyay, Nasser Elkanj, Mustafa A. RahmanProblem statement: In this study we develop a comprehensive model involving local taxes, intergovernmental transfers and bureaucratic corruption to characterize a fiscal equilibrium in order to explain the provision of local (public) expenditure in developing nations. The main goal of the research is to explain economic misgovernance as an equilibrium phenomenon, which is therefore expected to persist over time despite … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 27 Jul 2011 · 7,375 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsInter Local Government Capital Budget Execution ComparismF. OlurankinseProblem statement: Unrealistic capital budgeting has long been the bane of social economic development in Nigeria and of course, at the local government level. Local governments are established with specific functions to assist the state and federal government to bring about effective rural development and good governance at the grassroots level. Approach: Both fiscal and physical evaluation of the performances … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 3, Issue 3 · 21 Oct 2011 · 7,362 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Role of Per Capita GDP in Intergenerational Mobility in Education: A Cross-Country StudyLida Fan, Meiying Zheng, Rong Luo, Alena AuchynnikavaThis study investigates the mechanism of how per capita GDP impacts intergenerational mobility in education. We propose an analytic framework in which per capita GDP affects educational mobility through government spending on education and other channels. Following this framework, this study conducts five-round estimations to examine the connections among per capita GDP, educational mobility, and government expenditure on education, using … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 21, Issue 1 · 4 Feb 2025 · 8,194 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractWillingness to Pay for Water Hyacinth Control in NepalUmesh Khatri, Resham Bahadur Thapa-Parajuli, Uttam PaudelWater Hyacinth (WH) has become a growing problem across Asia, specifically in Nepal. Infestations of this weed have reached critical proportions in freshwater bodies, causing environmental, economic, agricultural and social problems. These problems have corresponding monetary values. This study elicits the willingness of visitors and local people to control WH in the Phewa Lake in Nepal. Considering three scenarios encircling … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 5 · 14 Nov 2018 · 8,189 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractToward a Good Decision to Improve the Weight of Control of Expenditure for Local CommunitiesAanouar Riad Solh, Mourad El BelkacemiIn order to improve the weight control of local government spending, we have developed a technique to supervise the classification of local authorities according to their expense ratios. This aims to develop the repository of rules and decision-making skills of business leaders of local communities and enabling to detect frauds in expenditure ratios that cause weakness of the Current Flow … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 3 · 26 Mar 2016 · 6,992 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEvaluation of Biogas Plants by the Application of an Internal Rate of Return and Debt Service Coverage ApproachGiuseppe Bonazzi, Mattia IottiEnergy production using renewable energy has an effect on environmental sustainability and on public expenditure. In fact, this industry is heavily assisted by public support from the European Union and the Italian State. Developing and applying a method to evaluate the return on investment for companies operating in the field of renewable energy allows them to quantify their efficient use … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 1 · 6 Apr 2015 · 7,632 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractToward a Hierarchical Bayesian Framework for Modelling the Effect of Regional Diversity on Household ExpenditurePudji Ismartini, Nur Iriawan, Setiawan, Brodjol Sutijo Supri UlamaProblem statement: Household expenditure analysis was highly demanding for government in order to formulate its policy. Since household data was viewed as hierarchical structure with household nested in its regional residence which varies inter region, the contextual welfare analysis was needed. This study proposed to develop a hierarchical model for estimating household expenditure in an attempt to measure the effect … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 25 Jun 2012 · 7,304 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTo Investigation the Relationship between Monetary, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth in Iran: Autoregressive Distributed Lag Approach to CointegrationAnvar Khosravi, Mohammad Sharif KarimiProblem statement: It is important for policy makers to find affect of monetary and fiscal policy on economic growth and to know how those impacts on growth to present a effective policies. Approach: We apply the bounds testing (ARDL) approach and to cointegration which is more appropriate for estimation in small sample studies. The data span for the study is … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 31 Mar 2010 · 9,079 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAggregate Import Demand and Expenditure Components in GhanaOteng-Abayie Eric Fosu, Frimpong Joseph MagnusThe behaviour of Ghana’s imports during the period 1970-2002 was studied using disaggregated expenditure components of total national income. We used newly developed bounds testing approach to cointegration and estimated an error correction model to separate the short- and long-run elements of the import demand relationship. The study revealed inelastic import demand for all the expenditure components and relative price. … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2008 · 7,766 accessesView PDF Cite