Electronic Governance, Research & Innovation Foundation

13/06/2023

The literature on political power sharing of socio-cultural groups is dominated by the well-known model of consociational democracy, characterized by cooperation between the leaders of segmental parties representing specific constituencies, usually minorities (Lijphart, 1977). However, in many countries the political represen-tation and accommodation of diversity take place within rather than among parties. This important distinction has not been duly recognized in accounts of consociationalism in Canada (Liberal Party), Fiji (Alliance Party), India (Congress Party), Kenya (KANU), Malaysia (Alliance/National Front), South Africa (African National Congress), and the former Yugoslavia (League of Communists). So far, no framework exists that allows for the identification and analysis of such cases of intra-party representation and accommodation. The concept of the “consociational party” (Bogaards, 2005) intends to fill this gap and to open up a new line of research.

Keywords
Grand Coalition
Plural Society
Power Sharing
Party Organization
Congress Party

The literature on political power sharing of socio-cultural groups is dominated by the well-known model of consociational democracy, characterized by cooperation between the leaders of segmental parties representing specific constituencies, usually minorities...

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E-governance saves money and working hours

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Abstract

This paper presents the first empirical evidence in the history of banking on the question of whether banks can create money out of nothing. The banking crisis has revived interest in this issue, but it had remained unsettled. Three hypotheses are recognised in the literature. According to the financial intermediation theory of banking, banks are merely intermediaries like other non-bank financial institutions, collecting deposits that are then lent out. According to the fractional reserve theory of banking, individual banks are mere financial intermediaries that cannot create money, but collectively they end up creating money through systemic interaction. A third theory maintains that each individual bank has the power to create money ‘out of nothing’ and does so when it extends credit (the credit creation theory of banking). The question which of the theories is correct has far-reaching implications for research and policy. Surprisingly, despite the longstanding controversy, until now no empirical study has tested the theories. This is the contribution of the present paper. An empirical test is conducted, whereby money is borrowed from a cooperating bank, while its internal records are being monitored, to establish whether in the process of making the loan available to the borrower, the bank transfers these funds from other accounts within or outside the bank, or whether they are newly created. This study establishes for the first time empirically that banks individually create money out of nothing. The money supply is created as ‘fairy dust’ produced by the banks individually, "out of thin air".

This paper presents the first empirical evidence in the history of banking on the question of whether banks can create money out of nothing. The banki…

17/12/2020

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Contains data from the World Bank's data portal. There is also a consolidated country dataset on HDX.

Improving health is central to the Millennium Development Goals, and the public sector is the main provider of health care in developing countries. To reduce inequities, many countries have emphasized primary health care, including immunization, sanitation, access to safe drinking water, and safe motherhood initiatives. Data here cover health systems, disease prevention, reproductive health, nutrition, and population dynamics. Data are from the United Nations Population Division, World Health Organization, United Nations Children's Fund, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, and various other sources.

Improving health is central to the Millennium Development Goals, and the public sector is the main provider of health care in developing countries. To reduce inequities, many countries have emphasized primary health care, including immunization, sanitation, access to safe drinking water, and safe mo...

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04/12/2020

-> Blockchain Strategy
http://mof.gov.cy/.../blockchain_strategy_english_final.pdf

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Blockchain technology is often referred to as a groundbreaking innovation and the harbinger of a new economic era. Blockchain might engender a new type of economic system, the blockchain economy. In the blockchain economy, agreed- upon transactions would be enforced autonomously following rules defined by smart contracts. The blockchain economy would manifest itself in a new form of organizational design—decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO)—which are organizations with governance rules specified in the blockchain. We discuss the blockchain economy along dimensions defined in the IT governance literature: decision rights, accountability, and incentives. Our case study of a DAO illustrates that governance in the blockchain economy might radically depart from established notions of governance. Using the three governance dimensions, we propose a novel IT governance framework and a research agenda for governance in the blockchain economy. We challenge common assumptions in the blockchain discourse, and propose promising information systems research related to those assumptions.

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