April 2011
New examples of territorial democracy: Participatory balance
The work is intended to illustrate the application of the participatory balance as a means by which democratic participation aims to overcome the mistrust between citizens and governors. Participatory balance can be defined as a decision-making procedure which entails opening public administration to citizens so that they participate actively and directly in the decisions made concerning the objectives and...
April 2011
Local self-government in Ukraine: Strategic priorities and problems of realization
This article is dedicated to the issues of the current state of some problems in Ukraine in the direction of development and reinforcement of the system of local self-government as a display of the most important element of local democracy. In the context of reformation, which now takes place in Ukraine, this topic and relevant problems are very topical as an example of formation of local democracy on...
April 2011
External reserve holdings in Nigeria: Implications for investment, inflation and exchange rate
The paper investigates the impact of change in external reserve positions of Nigeria on domestic investment, inflation and exchange rates. Using a combination of Ordinary Least Square (OLS) and Vector Error Correction (VEC) methods, it was observed that change in external reserves in the country only influences Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and exchange rates and no influence of it was found on domestic...
April 2011
An empirical analysis on the reformation of organization: Governance and relationship perspectives
This article is drawn from the governance and relationship perspectives. It discusses what factors will enhance the government’s administrative efficiency and effectiveness and how to improve organization performance. For the first question, this article founds some factors including: organizational structure, management mechanism, resources and ability, partnerships, and so on. As for the second issue...
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