The United States Senate is approaching a vote on the so-called “Social Security Fairness Act,” legislation that would eliminate adjustments to Social Security benefits for a select of public sector employees who are not covered by Social Security but instead participate in alternate government pens...
Local government in South Africa is not only facing challenges normally associated with a process of development or transformation, but needs to adjust its focus according to the new development paradigm unfolding in South Africa. Developmental local government has to accomplish this task according to ...
In contrast, the rest of the studies are fromAsia, with 16%, and Africa, with 13%. In Asia, China leads in biogas production because it is an important aspect of China's energy strategy. This increase in importance, as all over the world, comes from government policy. For example, the...
As part of the political restructuring process in South Africa, transport legislation was approved during 2000 allocating new transport functions to new independent transport authorities, thus providing local sphere of government with a new range of powers and responsibilities. This article focuses on som...
South Africa was democratized in 1994 and local government has subsequently undergone a fundamental socio-political transformation. "World class" local government legislation, with an entrenched constitutional development mandate, was introduced; however, the large numbers of public protests bear ample ...
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local government in Japan is structured along two-tier lines – prefectures (comparable to counties) and municipalities (comparable to cities and towns). While the prefectures and municipalities enjoy considerable levels of autonomy in the fields of administration, budgetary matters and local legislation...
Financial Performance of Local Government Organizations: The Case Of Municipalities of the South Aegean Region Financial ratios have been a key tool of financial analysis in the corporate world for a very long time. However, the adjustment of financial ratios to the... REISIAnastasia,G Dimitris ...
government and not to the local sphere by the Constitution (see Schedule 4A of the Constitution), municipal councils are entitled to pass legislation that deals with the conservation and protection of the "environment", at least in those circumstances where it forms a part of "municipal planning...
Further, policy and legislative developments necessitated a change, in accordance with overarching environmental legislation. The National Environment Management: Air Quality Act (AQA) heralded a new era, introducing international best practice, including the devolution of responsibility to local government ...