... a Generalized Method of Moment model and data from 45 developing countries covering the period between 2005 and 2021. The estimation covers a wide range of specifications. Findings The study finds that uncertainty undermines gender equality. However, economic management policies, public sector management...

... The findings indicate that union wage effect in the public sector is positive and higher relative to that of the private sector. Practical implications The findings imply that strict enforcement of Section 82 of Labour Act 2003 (Act 651) will curb the political influence of public sector unions over...

... Publishing Limited 2012 South Africa Public sector Public services Public policy Public evaluation Public service delivery Citizen satisfaction Municipalities The municipalities are the basic units of government in South Africa. They provide basic services to the community...

... goods as non‐competitive and non‐excluded (e.g. Pindyck and Rubinfeld, 1989, ch. 17) Papava (1994, pp. 38‐40) shows that everything done by the public sector in order to regulate the market is nothing but public or quasi‐public goods. Besides national defense or public order etc., public goods include...

... payment for care. Makes recommendations about the financing of health care and the mixed health economy that are of relevance in developed and less‐developed countries alike. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Funding Health care Private sector Public sector Republic of the Philippines The Republic...

...Glyn Edwards Queensland’s first private prison became operational in January 1990 under contract to Corrections Corporation of Australia. The major reason for privatization was to attempt to reduce alleged public sector bureaucratic complexities and to increase the efficiency of the delivery...

... of considerable budgetary savings. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Employees Expatriates Kuwait Labour market Population Public sector International Journal of Social Economics 20,1 24 Foreign Workers and the Provision of Public Services: The Case of Kuwait Robert E. Looney Naval Postgraduate School...

...Robert E. Lucore The American public exhibits an exceptionally strong bias against public sector activity in the economy. Why this is so is investigated by applying the traditional literature on “American exceptionalism” and the comparative method. A defence of an active role for government...