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Co-Production and Co-Creation
Engaging Citizens in Public Services
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Co-production and co-creation occur when citizens participate actively in delivering and designing the services they receive. It has come increasingly onto the agenda of policymakers, as interest in citizen participation has more generally soared. Expectations are high and it is regarded as a possible...
by United States Government US Army
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
DA PAM 25-1-1, Army Information Technology Implementation Instructions, is a major revision with the changes being listed in the summary of change section. This pamphlet provides the procedures for acquiring and managing information technology support and services and applies to information technology...
Soulful Corporations
A Values-Based Perspective on Corporate Social Responsibility
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
In the light of multiple corporate debacles, financial crises and environmental disasters across the globe, the need for corporate goals to transition from simply maximising shareholder wealth to optimising stakeholder welfare is being echoed in various quarters. This book makes a distinct contribution...
How Growth Really Happens
The Making of Economic Miracles through Production, Governance, and Skills
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
A groundbreaking study that shows how countries can create innovative, production-based economies for the twenty-first century
Achieving economic growth is one of today's key challenges. In this groundbreaking book, Michael Best argues that to understand how successful growth happens we need...
Key Facts on Argentina
Essential Information on Argentina
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
The Key Facts on Argentina provides readers with essential facts on business, demographics, and travel in Argentina. This book includes information on:
Background of Argentina
Geography of Argentina
People & Society of Argentina
Government of Argentina
Economy of Argentina...
Private Sector Assessment for Palau
Policies for Sustainable Growth Revisited
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Palau's economy expanded strongly, with real gross domestic product (GDP) rising 5.3% in 2014 and 8.2% in 2015. Per capita GDP also increased; at the end of fiscal year 2015 it was in excess of $16,000---the highest among Asian Development Bank developing members in the Pacific. This strong performance,...
Finding Balance 2014
Benchmarking the Performance of State-Owned Enterprises in Island Countries
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) continue to constrain Pacific economies. They absorb scarce capital, suffer low productivity, and often provide high cost and low quality services. SOE reform is vital to create private investment opportunities, reduce the costs of doing business, and improve service...
Exploding the Myth?
The Peace Dividend, Regions and Market Adjustment
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
From a cold war peak of some $1000 billion per annum, world military expenditure has declined by about 40% since 1990, reaching its lowest level for thirty years. With such significant decline in global public expenditure committments to the defence sector, a substantial and lasting peace dividend...
Pay-to-Play Politics: How Money Defines the American Democracy
How Money Defines the American Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2016
Everyone from Hillary Clinton to Bernie Sanders to Ted Cruz complains about the corrupting role of money and politics, but money is the lifeblood of their political survival. The public, too, deplores big money politics, despite regularly reelecting the richest candidates for office. The purpose of...
Doomsday Book
Economic, social and political stories from 2012, a year of austerity in Britain
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2015
The 2008 financial crash continues to ravage Britain’s economy and push millions into austerity while many more faced a cost of living crisis. These were only some of the events that started a new year in Britain and as the bad news continued into the year, the demise of the retail sector; thousands...
The Politics of Happiness
What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
During the past forty years, thousands of studies have been carried out on the subject of happiness. Some have explored the levels of happiness or dissatisfaction associated with typical daily activities, such as working, seeing friends, or doing household chores. Others have tried to determine the...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
During the past twenty years, the field of nonprofit management has grown significantly in terms of the number of nonprofit organizations, number of people employed, and amount of funds raised. A key activity in nonprofit management has been organizing events, which are generally defined as "purposive...
by Chi-Jen Yang
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
Energy policy has always been an important part of China’s national policy agenda. Although the overall Chinese economy has become largely market-driven, its energy sectors are still subject to varying degrees of government control. Authoritarian governance allows China to move very quickly in some...
Act of Congress
How America's Essential Institution Works, and How It Doesn't
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
A Washington Post Notable Book
An eye-opening account of how Congress today really works—and how it doesn’t— Act of Congress focuses on two of the major players behind the sweeping financial reform bill enacted in response to the Great Crash of 2008: colorful, wisecracking congressman...