Many are those to consider that since the development of the curative medicine, the prevention occupied a secondary place in the French health care system. Major concern would have been up to that point to ensure an access to healthcare rather than to support a culture of prevention. Since a few yea...

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The structure of subnational governments as well as their level of fiscal and financial autonomy vary a lot among the four countries reviewed (Germany, Spain, United States, United Kingdom) both in terms of local powers and own resources of local governments. While local governments account for a la...

The Constitutional bylaw n° 2001-692 of 1st August, 2001 on budgets acts (LOLF) has deeply transformed the State’s budgetary and accounting structure. Through this legal device, France has begun a process of modernization of its public finances dedicating a new conception of the State’s budgetary an...

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The Italian founders of fiscal sociology consider that the distinction between the governing and the governed occupies a central position (Machiavelli’s tradition). Pareto deserves a separate place, he who, even though he taught in Lausanne, is linked to this Italian tradition. The Traité de sociolo...

International audience The dramatic situation of public finances in the majority of countries around the world is a real challenge for public services. It appears necessary to develop innovating strategies based on various levers: a better understanding of stakeholders needs, a higher service qualit...

Les retombées économiques potentielles des politiques de « quotas choisis » sont largement méconnues. Elles affectent les trois catégories d’acteurs concernées : les migrants, la population des pays d’origine et les natifs dans les pays d’accueil. À partir d’un modèle d’équilibre général avec agents...

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The French Cour des comptes is one of the numerous Supreme Audit Institutions which oversee proper use of public funds. This research project on the Cour des comptes is intended notably to establish how the Court has integrated the broad principles governing the function of supreme audit institution...

A la suite de la chute du PIB de 2008-2009, la croissance avait été très forte, permettant à l'Allemagne de retrouver début 2011 son PIB d'avant-crise. Après une année 2011 toujours dynamique, avec une croissance de 3,1 %, l'année 2012 s'est inscrite en net retrait (0,9 %). La croissance annuelle es...

Les préoccupations redistributives caractéristiques du modèle social français ont été remises en cause dans la période récente tant par la montée de l’idéologie libérale que par la mondialisation qui limite la capacité des Etats à prélever sur les plus riches. L’article présente et discute les princ...

The French Direction générale des finances publiques established an internal mediation system designed to help working teams to solve relational conflicts. Devised as a managerial tool, with due respect to the deontology of mediation, it helps easing tensions through a collective and plural action i...

Currently, over a third of children not in school live in countries considered being as fragile. These countries, which are mainly located in sub-Saharan Africa, will not reach the objectives of Education For All for 2015. This thesis covers approaches across comparative education, political science...