Third, the central government is borrowing far more than it contemplated just a few months ago.
Some in the central government believe piracy hurts Chinese economic growth, and they want to fight it.
About two-thirds of the money prefectures raise in taxes goes to the central government.
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The central government of Vietnam plans to build a dam nearby to generate electricity.
But the central government in Kabul has banned elaborate celebrations in Kandahar because of security fears.
Indeed, they pay the central government a slightly higher interest rate than savers receive.
Mr Mitra is trying to raise tax revenues, while seeking debt forgiveness from the central government.
In some ways the move toward trust lending works in the interests of the central government.
Most of the country has now found peace and the central government has slowly reasserted control.
The austerity path means cutting benefits and the central government picking winners and losers, Ryan said.
The management structure consists of the central government, the island governments, and the school boards.
The central government also contributes to financing education in the form of educational innovation projects.
The central government is trying to strengthen municipalities, but the pace of change is slow.
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Experts lament that neither the central government nor most states have agencies dedicated to disaster planning.
Ethiopian troops, who had supported the central government, began to withdraw from the country last month.
They are, after all these years, still acting as disbursing offices of the central government.
The new system could well make life easier for the central government in Beijing.
Sectarian strife also continues to plague the country, where Shiite Muslims dominate the central government.
Chinese fixed investment has plowed ahead despite the central government's greater steps to slow that activity.
If a state violates the limit, it can lose access to funds from the central government.
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One sensible reform would be for the central government to take charge of the pension system.
The programme requires contributions from peasants and provincial governments as well as the central government.
Regional governments administer healthcare, but the money comes from the central government in Madrid.
In 2006 a Catalan referendum backed by the central government gave the region greater autonomy.
The central government in Oslo wants profits from mining to go into its own coffers.
Indonesia's faltering economy and political scandals have also undermined the authority of the central government.
It could also destabilise the central government of President Asif Zardari, another PPP-led coalition.
She had arrived in Delhi on Tuesday to attend a series of meetings with the central government.
This year's budget for health spending by the central government (including reform-related expenditures) is only 118 billion.
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Under the old Articles of Confederation the central government could not collect taxes, only the states could.
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