INTRODUCTION Like any academic involved in global health—and especially as a journal
editor—I am frequently called on to make judgements on research papers. 2 Like anyone …

The discussion on “territorial governance” has gained traction in the last decade. The issue
of territorial governance is particularly important because it invites us to revisit certain …

Since the emergence of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there has been a
growing body of knowledge to support the application of the SDGs in local municipalities (a …

Fiscal federalism argues local governments compete to provide optimal tax-service bundles
as responsible public stewards. In contrast, Leviathan theories argue tax and expenditure …

A suite of 'place‐based'Commonwealth policy frameworks to address geographically
concentrated socio‐economic disadvantage foreground local knowledge and devolve some …

Purpose This study aims to understand client food preferences and how pantry offerings can
be optimized by those preferences. Design/methodology/approach This study develops and …

Background Freedom from noncommunicable diseases is a component of the human right
to health. The obligation to reduce the pandemic of civilisation diseases should result from …

Purpose: This paper analyzes the development of the concept of subsidiarity, its relationship
with management theories and the implementation of the principle of subsidiarity in the …

An important problem with decentralized government relates to its tendency to create
disparities between the various units with respect to their capability to provide public goods …

Setting out to determine what'local government'is and how it can be understood, I conducted
an analysis of the concept'local government'by identifying its institutional, behavioural and …