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Homeownership Built to Last
Balancing Access, Affordability, and Risk after the Housing Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2014
The ups and downs in housing markets over the past two decades are without precedent, and the costs-financial, psychological, and social-have been enormous. Yet Americans overwhelmingly still aspire to homeownership, and many still view access to homeownership as an important ingredient for building...
by Vaine Iriano Wichman
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
A 2001 report by the Australian Agency for International Development and the New Zealand Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade marked the beginning of efforts by both governments to increase their emphasis on aid harmonization in the Pacific. This was followed by a decision to pilot a cofunded program...
Transforming Masculine Rule
Agriculture and Rural Development in the European Union
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2011
"The premise of mainstreaming gender is to bring equality concerns into every aspect of policy-making, and this brave book offers a close look at how feminists have taken up the challenge to transform the hidden dynamics of male domination in agricultural policy in Europe. In contrast to the...
I racconti delle Comunità Ospitali
...gente che ama ospitare...
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 22, 2015
Le "Comunità Ospitali" ci mettono la faccia: 36 racconti per scoprire i borghi dove le persone sono i veri monumenti e l’ospite diventa un “cittadino temporaneo”.
Questo libro raccoglie la storia di 36 “Comunità Ospitali”, che fanno parte della rete dei Borghi Autentici...
by Gregory C Chow
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
This book discusses important economic and social problems of China. It is based on the author's latest findings from his scholarly research on China's economy, his involvement with China's economic reform and development, and his personal contacts with Chinese academics, entrepreneurs, government...
Financial Access of the Urban Poor in India
A Story of Exclusion
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
This book focuses on the issue of financial exclusion with particular reference to the urban informal sector in India. Continuing the work of its predecessor, the current Government of India is also placing considerable importance on driving policy initiatives for financial inclusion. However, financial...
Theory and Practice in Policy Analysis
Including Applications in Science and Technology
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Many books instruct readers on how to use the tools of policy analysis. This book is different. Its primary focus is on helping readers to look critically at the strengths, limitations, and the underlying assumptions analysts make when they use standard tools or problem framings. Using examples, many...
Leading Change from the Middle
A Practical Guide to Building Extraordinary Capabilities
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Bookshelves abound with theoretical analyses, how-to guides, and personal success stories by famous corporate leaders, public officials, even athletic coaches, expounding on how to lead from the top. But what about those in the middle who are increasingly tasked with trying to reshape, reorient, or...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
This comprehensive volume provides uniquely diverse insights into various aspects of decentralization and development from both developed and developing countries, with special reference to Sri Lanka. For a quarter century, Sri Lanka was battered by its prolonged civil war, which ended in 2009, but...
by Hyun-jung Je
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2018
In an ever more globalized and pluralized world, more attention is paid to engaging private parties in the process of trade policy-making, as non-state actors are often directly affected by trade policy shaped by governments. However, despite growing interest in this issue, there has been a relative...
by James Giermanski
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
In this timely work, James Giermanski describes the advent and development of security operations in the global supply chain, outlining the respective contributions of governmental and nongovernmental stakeholders to this worldwide concern. Global Supply Chain Security explores the potential impact...
The Governance of Urban Green Spaces in the EU
Social innovation and civil society
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Across European cities the use of urban space is controversial and subject to diverging interests. On the one hand citizens are increasingly aware of the necessity for self-organising to reclaim green spaces. On the other hand local authorities have started to involve citizens in the governance of...
by Capitol Reader
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2013
This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Laurence Lessig in his book “Republic Lost, How money Corrupts Congress –and a Plan to Stop It”. This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work does...
Managing the Fiscal Metropolis
The Financial Policies, Practices, and Health of Suburban Municipalities
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2011
Managing the Fiscal Metropolis: The Financial Policies, Practices, and Health of Suburban Municipalities is an important book. This first comprehensive analysis of the financial condition, management, and policy making of local governments in a metropolitan region offers local governments currently dealing...