Can Top Down Participatory Budgeting Work? The Case of Polish Community Fund by Dawid Sześciło, Bartosz Wilk

“…The purpose of this article is to determine when top down approach to PB might be welcomed, taking into account the characteristics of PB schemes all around the world that they emerged as local initiatives, instigated either by civil society groups or local governments. The analysis is based on the description of the PB example as introduced via country-wide legislation, exhaustively regulating PB procedure. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variations of Water Pollution-Intensive Enterprises and Influencing Factors in China’s “Two Control Zone” Policy Using Spatial Statistics and Spatial Autoregressive... by Fuqiang Dai, Xia Zhang, Qing Li, Hao Liu

“…Against this background, analyzing the spatial agglomeration characteristics and driving mechanisms of water pollution-intensive enterprises (WPIEs) can help local governments formulate regulations to better manage pollution by enterprises. …”
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Analysis of the Correlation between Emerging Industry Development and University Students’ Entrepreneurship Based on Big Data by Yufeng Pan, Hui Huang

“…With the strong support of local governments for strategic emerging industries such as high-end equipment manufacturing, new materials, and new energy, strategic emerging industries are playing an increasingly important role in the economy and society. …”
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Loosening of Access Threshold and Downturns in Listed Firms Performance: A Quasi-Natural Experiment from the “IPO Green Channel” for Poverty Alleviation by Yi Sun, Chunying Cui, Ya Gao, Chunyan Zhao

“…Finally, this paper suggests that regulators should cooperate with local governments actively to ensure the smooth implementation of the government’s poverty alleviation efforts while balancing market equity and efficiency. …”
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Assessment of rural satisfaction with local organizations services In ILAM province by Alireza darban astaneh

“…Today in democratic governments, accountability to people and obtain the consent of them form local services is important for people's participation in local governance and consequently it is important to organizational success. …”
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Logements sociaux à Chongqing et à Shanghai. Corollaires de l’« urbanisation » rurale et de la financiarisation foncière by Miguel Elosua, Françoise Ged, YANG Chen

“…Twenty years later, studies carried out by urban planners and sociologists from Tongji University are trying to identify and solve the problems of the large complex.The issues approached in different ways according to local governments show the interest of local studies to understand the complexity of a reform of national interest, with distinct temporalities and different regulatory approaches.…”
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Rising Value of Turkish Foreign Policy: Cultural Diplomacy by Fırat Purtaş

“…In this period, the parallel diplomacy practiced on a one-to-one basis by Turkish educational institutions, local governments and various NGOs through activities ranging from cultural events to humanitarian aid, has been the invisible power of Turkish foreign policy. …”
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Structure and content of administrative and legal status of the subjects counteracting offenses in the field of entrepreneurial activity by V. M. Vasyliev

“…The main ones have been highlighted: the President of Ukraine, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine; local governments; Ministry of Finance of Ukraine; Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine; State Fiscal Service and its structural units (except customs control at the border); State Inspectorate of Ukraine; National Bank of Ukraine; revenue and fees authorities of Ukraine. …”
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Research on the Negative Externalities Evaluation for the Development of Weathered Crust Elution-Deposited Rare Earth Ores by Xu Ligang, Xu Meijuan

“…Finally, based on the evaluation system, the data of the Longshe rare earth mining area in Jiading Town, Xinfeng County, was evaluated by the empirical study and it is obtained that the negative externality cost of the Longshe rare earth mining area in Xinfeng County is 102,900 RMB/t. National and local governments may refer to this model and data to strengthen the prevention and control of air, water, and soil pollution; scientifically control the ecological environment of weathered crust elution-deposited rare earth waste mines; and safeguard the livelihood and well-being of the residents of mining areas.…”
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Unleashing green technology innovation in agribusiness: traditional environmental regulations, carbon trading, or synergies? by Wei Wang, Yanan She, Yue Peng, Yunqiang Liu

“…It was found that: (1) Although both traditional environmental regulatory tools and carbon trading provide incentive effects, the former tends to exhibit more pronounced direct effects, making it more suitable for adoption by local governments, while the latter demonstrates stronger spatial spillover effects, making it more appropriate for application in a national market context. (2) Command-and-control environmental regulatory instruments and carbon trading are complementary policy mixes, and other environmental policy mixes are to be used as appropriate in the context of the actual situation. (3) The incentive effects of environmental policies are more significant in eastern regions, non-heavily polluting, and state-owned agribusinesses, but not in the basic agricultural sector. …”
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Risk Identification and Responses of Tunnel Construction Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Zhimin Wang, Zixiao Liu, Junyan Liu

“…The special circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic called for flexible project management and coordination skills to raise suitable and effective response strategies, while local governments make substantial contributions in solving the difficulties. …”
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Nouveaux modes de coordination des acteurs dans le développement local: cas des zones rurales au Bénin by Bernard G. Hounmenou

“…Through those experiences, various systems of local governance are taking place in rural areas. It’s the case of “village committees of monitoring or management’’, “village committee of development” system in Atlantic region, and the “territory project” system in Collines region. …”
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Tax potential of municipalities as the basis of regional budgets by N. Z. Zotikov

“…With the help of  taxes, the financial basis of   local governments is  formed and the socio-economic development of   municipalities is  ensured. …”
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China’s carbon labeling legal system and green supply chain management from the perspective of sustainability: status quo, implementation problems and legislative recommendations by Jiangang Qi, Zhaodi Yu

“…Employing a normative analysis method, the study comprehensively examines administrative regulatory documents, standardization documents, and industry self-regulation norms issued since 2010 by central and local governments, as well as industry self-regulatory associations. …”
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Law diversities for climate change: legal pluralism and climate governance in Indonesia by Muhammad Insan Tarigan, Raisha Hafandi

“…Therefore, the formulation of Indonesia's NDC policy documents, especially those related to the forest and land use (FOLU) sector, is recommended to increase the inclusiveness of local communities, local governments, and non-governmental organizations. …”
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The role of Airbnb creating a “new”-old city centre: facts, problems and controversies in Porto by Pedro Chamusca, José Rio Fernandes, Luís Carvalho, Thiago Mendes

“…All over Europe local governments have been facing unbridled growth of the so-called sharing economy and developed different regulatory approaches: full prohibition; laissez-faire; and different sorts of limitations. …”
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The spatiotemporal response of land-use carbon emissions to climate change by Shenjie Yang, Lanjiao Wen, Anlu Zhang

“…The findings suggests that climate variability can exacerbate both direct and indirect carbon emissions resulting from land use. Local governments should adopt appropriate land-use measures to cope with climate change in land-use systems.…”
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Optimizing the Location of Virtual Stations in Free-Floating Bike-Sharing Systems with the User Demand during Morning and Evening Rush Hours by Zhuo Sun, Yiming Li, Yi Zuo

“…To address this issue, the local governments stipulated that FFBSSs are required to deploy virtual stations near public transit stations and major establishments. …”
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Lessons from China’s 48-h COVID-19 testing regime during the dynamic zero COVID policy period by Ali Cheshmehzangi, Zhaohui Su, Tong Zou, Zaheer Allam, Tian Tang

“…In 2022, most Chinese cities of medium to large size had to conduct regular mass testing, leading to a sort of 48-h/48 h COVID-19 testing regime that financially affected many local governments. Aside from financial implications and challenges, cities also faced spatial, institutional, and operational challenges. …”
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The Enlightenment of Domestic and International Legal and Policies Related to the Sea Level Rise Adaptation by ZHANG Zefei, REN Shutong, XIA Dongdong, SHEN Xiaoying

“…By conducting an in-depth analysis from the perspectives of socialist rule of law and local legislation, we suggest that coastal local governments should strive to balance the conflicts between coastal development and environment protection under the backdrop of climate change by: a) strengthening research on local relative sea level rise prediction and its impact, b) applying research outcomes to coastal development management, c) raising public awareness about sea level rise, and d) progressively initiating the local legislative process.…”
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