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This book is based on a global public policies and programs workshop held in July 2000. The papers examine conceptual issues along with the practical implementation problems of global public policies and programs. Some of the topics covered in this book are global financial instability, the implications of intellectual property rights protection for developing countries, and the promotion of international agricultural research.
Modernisation of the public sector, reforming intergovernmental fiscal relations, enhancing the local capacity to implement local strategies, and developing the legislative and institutional framework for efficient delivery of public services are among the biggest challenges in transition economies. Hungary has been a pioneer in local government reform and the Hungary Subnational Development Program (SNDP) proves the value of an integrated approach.
424 pages including index, history of the county and the towns in it, businesses, churches, families and organizations, lots of b/w illustrations
This volume provides lessons on the design and functioning of such monitoring systems, based on the experience of twelve Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) countries. The focus is on the institutional arrangements of PRS monitoring systems - the rules and processes which bring the various actors and monitoring activities together in a coherent diagnostic tool, and a summary of the situation in twelve PRS countries.
Has the United States become more pluribus than unum? In terms of the nation's political beliefs, Robert Booth Fowler answers both yes and no. While his study affirms significant diversity among an elite cadre of public intellectuals, it vigorously denies it in a general public that collectively adheres to the same set of liberal core values. Enduring Liberalism pursues two objectives. One, it explores the political thought of public intellectuals and the general public since the 1960s. Two, it assesses contemporary and classic interpretations of American political thought in light of the study's findings. Fowler interprets the writings of public intellectuals like Robert Bellah, Jean Bethke...
What is a forest? What are forests for? Who should control them? These are familiar questions, but the Allegheny casts them in a new light. The national environmental movement has become less willing to compromise since its victories in the Pacific Northwest, and the Allegheny is its newest proving ground. This book explains what activists are after, how the struggle differs from more familiar environmental battles and what it means for the future of the American landscape.
Weiland highlights the master trends in the American experience by the master reporters of those trends. Intellectual Craftsmen covers the best writers in the social sciences from 1935 to 1991. Included are essays on John Dollard in social psychology; C. Wright Mills's version of historical sociology; David Riesman and the element of social criticism; Margaret Mead and the search for an anthropological method.
'World Development Indicators' (WDI) is the World Bank's annual compilation of data about development. This statistical work allows readers to consult over 800 indicators for more than 150 economies and 14 country groups in more than 90 tables. It provides a current overview of regional data and income group analysis in six thematic sections - World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links. This book presents current and accurate development data on both a national level and aggregated globally. It allows readers to monitor the progress made toward meeting the Millennium Development Goals endorsed by the United Nations and its member countries, the World Bank,...