Public Affairs category: 1291 books
by United States Government US Army
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2013
This publication provides joint doctrine for homeland defense across the range of military operations. It provides information on planning, command and control, interorganizational coordination, and operations required to defeat external threats to, and aggression against, the homeland, or against...
Reconsidering Religion, Law, and Democracy
New Challenges for Society and Research
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
How are Western, mostly secular, societies handling religion in its increasingly pluralistic and complex forms? What different forms of interactions between and negotiations of religion and religious beliefs can we see in contemporary society? What are the primary contenders in these interactions...
Tackling Wicked Government Problems
A Practical Guide for Developing Enterprise Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
How can government leaders build, sustain, and leverage the cross-organizational collaborative networks needed to tackle the complex interagency and intergovernmental challenges they increasingly face? Tackling Wicked Government Problems: A Practical Guide for Developing Enterprise Leaders draws on...
by Lynn Bosetti, Dianne Gereluk
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
Understanding School Choice in Canada provides a nuanced and theoretical overview of the formation and rise of school choice policies in Canada. Drawing on twenty years of work, Lynn Bosetti and Dianne Gereluk analyze the philosophical, historical, political, and social principles that underpin the...
Obamacare Simplified
Your Go-To Guide for Understanding Obamacare
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
ObamaCare, otherwise known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), has become law in the United States and has lead to a major reform of the healthcare industry. Although the law has received wide media coverage, the majority of our citizens still do not understand the basic tenets of the law.
This...
Reconstructing a Fragile State
Institutional Strengthening of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development in Solomon Islands
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
Emerging from the ethnic tensions that tore the Solomon Islands apart from 1998 to 2003, the country's Ministry of Infrastructure Development faced a number of serious challenges. Given the vast needs in the Solomon Islands, the Ministry of Infrastructure Development was called upon to take a leading...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Using a growth accounting framework, this paper estimates the key inputs required by the Timor-Leste economy to narrow its income gap with the upper middle- income economies by 2030. This paper also presents estimates of the required accumulation of human and physical capital and improvements in productivity....
by Julio Camino
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
If you think that you know what happen with the economic political chaos of the Century 21th, this new book of Julio Camino is certainly not for you. But if, on the contrary, you have doubts, questions and concerns, rather than elaborated opinions, or if you are not very sure about them, this book is...
Fiscal Decentralization in Asia
Challenges and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
This publication discusses the decentralization issues faced by countries of Asia and the Pacific. It includes practical suggestions on how to proceed in this area to achieve economic growth, macroeconomic stability, poverty and income distribution, services delivery improvements, and political accountability....
Taking Control of Oil
Managing Dependence on Petroleum Fuels in the Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
This publication provides a comprehensive assessment of recent global oil price trends, the exposure of Pacific developing member countries to oil price increases and its implications for social and economic development in the region. It also offers a number of policy options for managing risks associated...
Third Sector Management
The Art of Managing Nonprofit Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2001
Trying to do good deeds does not guarantee that a nonprofit organization will succeed. The organization must do good deeds well. This textbook offers a blueprint for nonprofit success, adopting a strategic perspective that assumes vision, mission, strategy, and execution as the pillars upon which success...
by Muhammad Abd al-Hameed
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
Earlier, the local institutions and offices had a system of inspections, audits, inquiries, etc., to improve efficiency and facilities. It seldom worked. Now the people’s representatives provide an effective external check through the monitoring system to improve the situation.
The monitoring...
by Sal da Costa
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
In the hot South of Italy, the owner of a bar explains to the young new mayor how to prepare the best coffee in the world and how to run the city.
E-Government Success Factors and Measures
Theories, Concepts, and Methodologies
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
As governments around the world seek new and more effective methods of organizing their administrations, electronic government plays an increasingly more important role in governmental success. However, due to hindrances in financial and communication resources, these advantages are often overlooked....