Authors:J. Edgardo Campos, Sanjay Pradha,
Publisher: World Bank Publicatio
Keywords: sector, level, vulnerabilities, tracking, corruption, faces
Number of Pages: 447
Published: 2007-04-15
ISBN-10: 0821367250
ISBN-13: 9780821367254
Corruption... How can policymakers and practitioners better comprehend the many forms and shapes that this social pandemic takes? From the delivery of essential drugs, the reduction in teacher absenteeism, the containment of illegal logging, the construction of roads, the provision of water and electricity, the international trade in oil and gas, the conduct of public budgeting and procurement, and the management of public revenues, corruption shows its many faces. The Many Faces of Corruption attempts to bring greater clarity to the often murky manifestations of this virulent and debilitating
Authors:Errol P. Mendes, Sakunthala Srighantha,
Publisher: University of Ottawa Pre
Keywords: canadian, perspectives, chinese, china, discrimination, inequality, confronting
Number of Pages: 438
Published: 2009-04-18
ISBN-10: 077660709X
ISBN-13: 9780776607092
Confronting Discrimination and Inequality in Chinafocuses on the most challenging areas of discrimination and inequality in China, including discrimination faced by HIV/AIDS afflicted individuals, rural populations, migrant workers, women, people with disabilities, and ethnic minorities. The Canadian contributors offer rich regional, national, and international perspectives on how constitutions, laws, policies, and practices, both in Canada and in other parts of the world, battle discrimination and the conflicts that rise out of it. The Chinese contributors include some of the most independent
Author: Andre Kraak
Publisher: Human Sciences Research Council
Keywords: alignment, policy, need, skills, sectors
Number of Pages: 380
Published: 2010-01-01
ISBN-10: 0796922659
ISBN-13: 9780796922656
Following a large-scale study of skill demands, this survey presents the results of five economic clusters in South Africa. Covering all vital elements, this report provides an overview of the high-tech sector, the resource-based sector, the labor-intensive sector, the services sector, and public infrastructure. Drawing on the skills of scholars and expert consultants throughout South Africa, these findings point to highly differentiated socioeconomic conditions and divergent prospects for future growth in each area. Demonstrating that each sector requires customized skills-development strateg
Authors:Christopher Paul, Colin P. Clarke, Beth Grill,
Publisher: RAND Corporatio
Keywords: success, counterinsurgency, sources, fathers, thousand, victory
Number of Pages: 188
Published: 2010-09-16
ISBN-10: 0833049615
ISBN-13: 9780833049612
Insurgency is the most prevalent form of armed conflict and the subject of countless studies, yet the U.S. military has only recently begun to review doctrine and training in this area. An examination of approaches to counterinsurgency from 30 recent resolved campaigns reveals, for example, that good COIN practices tend to ’run in packs’ and that the balance of selected good and bad practices perfectly predicts the outcome of a conflict. From the PublisherInsurgency has been the most prevalent form of armed conflict since at least 1949, as well as the subject of countless historic
Author: Guy S. Goodwin-Gill
Publisher: Inter-Parliamentary Unio
Keywords: elections, fair, free
Number of Pages: 214
Published: 2006-01-01
ISBN-10: 9291422770
ISBN-13: 9789291422777
ContentsDEVELOPMENTS IN LAW AND PRACTICE 52 A PRESENT AND FUTURE AGENDA 71 INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES 93 FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS 113 INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS 160 CONCLUSION 167 USEFUL WEBSITES 200
Author: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Publisher: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Keywords: system, management, incident, national
Number of Pages: 180
Published: 2009-12-31
eBookDB-ID: EBDBNY0010
PREFACEOn February 28, 2003, the President issued Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD–5), “Management of Domestic Incidents,” which directed the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and administer a National Incident Management System (NIMS). This system provides a consistent nationwide template to enable Federal, State, tribal, and local governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and the private sector to work together to prevent, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of incidents, regardless of cause, size, location, o
Author: R. J. May
Publisher: The Australian National University
Keywords: studies, state, society, pacific, guinea, papua, making, implementation, policy, new
Number of Pages: 399
Published: 2010-07-20
ISBN-10: 1921536683
ISBN-13: 9781921536687
There is a vast literature on the principles of public administration and good governance, and no shortage of theoreticians, practitioners and donors eager to push for public sector reform, especially in less-developed countries. Papua New Guinea has had its share of public sector reforms, frequently under the influence of multinational agencies and aid donors. Yet there seems to be a general consensus, both within and outside Papua New Guinea, that policy making and implementation have fallen short of expectations, that there has been a failure to achieve ’good governance’. This v
