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Decentralization for Satisfying Basic Needs - 2nd Edition

Author : J. Michael McGuire
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1607524120
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Decentralization for Satisfying Basic Needs - 2nd Edition written by J. Michael McGuire and published by IAP. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than one in every five Latin Americans lives on less than $2 a day, and Latin America is the most unequal region in the world. The book tackles the problem of poverty and inequality in Latin America through the novel approach of using the decentralization of government functions to satisfy the basic needs of the poor. Decentralization can bring government closer to the people and strengthen the voice of the voiceless. Satisfying basic needs for services such as education and health care enhances productivity and imparts an indispensable opportunity to earn an income sufficient to emerge from poverty and to live a full life. Part 1 describes the poverty and inequality of Latin America and the Basic Needs Approach to Development. Part 2 introduces a model of decentralization as a step-by-step process, and it shows the policymaker how to implement decentralization in stages through matching its various degrees with real-world circumstances. Part 3 enriches the understanding of policymakers by analyzing real-world cases of decentralization in light of the decentralization model. The second edition includes two new chapters that cover the important but often neglected topic of taxation for inclusive development. Chapter 8 analyzes the influential tax advice of the World Bank in terms of its effect on decentralization and the satisfaction of basic needs. Appendix B of Chapter 8 presents an empirical analysis in support of the chapter’s argument that the Bank’s policy is in need of revision. Chapter 9 analyzes the effects of the World Bank’s tax advice on El Salvador’s tax reform and development process. Two other chapters have been extensively updated: Chapter 6 records and analyzes the rapid evolution of Mexico’s Oportunidades program for health, education and nutrition, and Chapter 10 evaluates the progress of the United States’ innovative program for foreign aid, The Millennium Challenge Account. Throughout the book, tables and references have been updated.

The Seen, the Unseen, and the Unrealized

Author : Per L. Bylund
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739194585
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Seen, the Unseen, and the Unrealized written by Per L. Bylund and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2016-08-03 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book illuminates the real effects of regulations on people’s everyday lives. It traces the effects of regulations on an economy by working through the ripple effects of changes. In so doing, the book provides a fundamental understanding for the economy as an organism rather than a machine, and enlightens the reader by offering a model for understanding the economy and market. Regulations, which are restrictions placed on the working of the economy, have consequences, both intended and unintended, direct and indirect. While the direct effects are well understood, the indirect effects are often overlooked because they don’t fit with the machine understanding of an economy. More to the point, this book emphasizes the real effects of regulation and market change on individual actors, thereby stressing how the economy works to provide an individual with the options that exist in choice situations. We draft a new definition of prosperity and well-being which focuses on the individual’s access to valuable alternatives. From this point of view, the real implications of regulation are traced step by step, following the logic of exchange and the effects on individual actors rather than the economy as a whole.

Decentralized Multilevel Planning

Author : K. V. Sundaram
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9788170225805
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Decentralized Multilevel Planning written by K. V. Sundaram and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Decentralizing Governance

Author : G. Shabbir Cheema
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815713908
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book Decentralizing Governance written by G. Shabbir Cheema and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Brookings Institution Press and Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation publication The trend toward greater decentralization of governance activities, now accepted as commonplace in the West, has become a worldwide movement. This international development—largely a product of globalization and democratization—is clearly one of the key factors reshaping economic, political, and social conditions throughout the world. Rather than the top-down, centralized decisionmaking that characterized communist economies and Third World dictatorships in the twentieth century, today's world demands flexibility, adaptability, and the autonomy to bring those qualities to bear. In this thought-provoking book, the first in a new series on Innovations in Governance, experts in government and public management trace the evolution and performance of decentralization concepts, from the transfer of authority within government to the sharing of power, authority, and responsibilities among broader governance institutions. This movement is not limited to national government—it also affects subnational governments, NGOs, private corporations, and even civil associations. The contributors assess the emerging concepts of decentralization (e.g., devolution, empowerment, capacity building, and democratic governance). They detail the factors driving the movement, including political changes such as the fall of the Iron Curtain and the ascendance of democracy; economic factors such as globalization and outsourcing; and technological advances (e.g. increased information technology and electronic commerce). Their analysis covers many different contexts and regions. For example, William Ascher of Claremont McKenna College chronicles how decentralization concepts are playing out in natural resources policy, while Kadmeil Wekwete (United Nations) outlines the specific challenges to decentralizing governance in sub-Saharan Africa. In each case, contributors explore the objectives of a decentralizing strategy as well as the benefits and difficulties that will likely result.

Volume 2: Housing and Home

Author : Brian Doucet
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1529218985
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (292 download)

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Download or read book Volume 2: Housing and Home written by Brian Doucet and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2021-07-22 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The COVID-19 pandemic was not a great ‘equaliser’, but rather an event whose impact intersected with pre-existing inequalities affecting different people, places, and geographic scales. Nowhere is this more apparent than in housing. Written by an international group of experts, this book casts light on how the virus has impacted the experience of home and housing through the lens of wider urban processes around transportation, land use, planning policy, racism, and inequality. Case studies from around the world examine issues around gentrification, housing processes, design, systems, finance and policy. Offering crucial insights for reforming cities to be more resilient to future crises, this is an invaluable resource for scholars and policy makers alike.

A.I.D. Research and Development Abstracts

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Dilemmas of China's Growth in the Twenty-first Century

Author : Ligang Song
Publisher : ANU E Press
ISBN 13 : 1922144592
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (221 download)

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Download or read book Dilemmas of China's Growth in the Twenty-first Century written by Ligang Song and published by ANU E Press. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since economic reforms began in 1978, China has been a focal point for observing the effects of market liberalisation. China has not only truly become one of the ‘emerging giants’ in the world economy but also provided a successful example for transition from a centrally-planned to a market economy. Thus, there is a keen interest about what lies ahead for such a significant economic player. Dilemmas of China’s Growth in the Twenty-First Century is a comprehensive treatment of China’s economic achievements to date and prospects for the twenty-first century. Covering topics as diverse as economic stability and growth sustainability, WTO membership and its implications, income disparity, agricultural policy, trade and investment prospects, Dilemmas of China’s Growth in the Twenty-First Century is a powerful work and essential guide to the latest trends and prospects for the Chinese economy. This work, originally published by Asia Pacific Press, is reproduced here in the interests of maintaining open access to high-quality academic works no longer in print.

New Models of Inclusive Innovation for Development

Author : Richard Heeks
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317376277
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book New Models of Inclusive Innovation for Development written by Richard Heeks and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inequality and innovation are both rising issues on the international development agenda. Their intersection is inclusive innovation; defined as the inclusion within some aspect of innovation of groups who are currently marginalised. This is a topic of increasing interest and activity. Large firms have been working to deliver innovative goods and services for base-of-the-pyramid consumers: the c.3 billion who live on less than US$2 per day. Within poor communities, an influx of new technology, finance and capabilities has spurred more localised innovation. A variety of different models have been identified by which this activity is organised and implemented, such as inclusive innovation clusters, grassroots innovation, frugal innovation, innovation platforms, and inclusive user-producer interactions. This book explores the operation, conceptualisation and impact of these models, and analyses the nature of inclusive innovation practice and research. It will be of interest to researchers, policy-makers, strategists and other practitioners associated with these new forms of innovation. This book was originally published as a special issue of Innovation and Development.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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Total Pages : 64 pages
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Download or read book Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists written by and published by . This book was released on 1978-06 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is the premier public resource on scientific and technological developments that impact global security. Founded by Manhattan Project Scientists, the Bulletin's iconic "Doomsday Clock" stimulates solutions for a safer world.

Decentralised Planning and Panchayati Raj Institutions

Author : S. N. Mishra
Publisher : Mittal Publications
ISBN 13 : 9788170997726
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (977 download)

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Download or read book Decentralised Planning and Panchayati Raj Institutions written by S. N. Mishra and published by Mittal Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Global Transformations and World Futures - Volume I

Author : Sohail Tahir Inayatullah
Publisher : EOLSS Publications
ISBN 13 : 1848262167
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (482 download)

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Download or read book Global Transformations and World Futures - Volume I written by Sohail Tahir Inayatullah and published by EOLSS Publications. This book was released on 2009-10-20 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Transformations and World Futures is a component of Encyclopedia of Development and Economic Sciences in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. The Theme on Global Transformations and World Futures, in two volumes, deals with the diversity of points of view on this complex subject. The chapters in these volumes are organized into three groups. The first starts with chapters introducing the Global transformations in Knowledge: Social and Cultural issues. Issues such as the nature of global science, the challenge of building real communities in a virtual world, and the transition from an information economy to a communicative economy are explored. The second presents the Global Economy. The final group discusses the World Futures. These two volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and decision makers and NGOs.

Globalization and Education

Author : Nelly P. Stromquist
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780847699193
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (991 download)

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Download or read book Globalization and Education written by Nelly P. Stromquist and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With increased opportunites for interaction and learning, education around the world is becoming transformed. These essays strive to provide a thorough examination of the impact these changes are having on how education is defined, whom it serves, and how it is assessed around the world. Topics incl: -- Conceptual issues: Globalization and internationalism; educational reform; curriculum inquiry. -- Globalization impact in educational sectors: European & South African Universities; community colleges; labor markets, gender, schooling & work; Adult education. -- Case Studies of Globalization Impacts: Commonwealth Caribbean; Japan; Lesoto; Mexico; South Africa; Malaysia; Australia.

Waterpower '79

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 888 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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Total Pages : 64 pages
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Capital and Ideology

Author : Thomas Piketty
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674245083
Total Pages : 1105 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book Capital and Ideology written by Thomas Piketty and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 1105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller An NPR Best Book of the Year The epic successor to one of the most important books of the century: at once a retelling of global history, a scathing critique of contemporary politics, and a bold proposal for a new and fairer economic system. Thomas Piketty’s bestselling Capital in the Twenty-First Century galvanized global debate about inequality. In this audacious follow-up, Piketty challenges us to revolutionize how we think about politics, ideology, and history. He exposes the ideas that have sustained inequality for the past millennium, reveals why the shallow politics of right and left are failing us today, and outlines the structure of a fairer economic system. Our economy, Piketty observes, is not a natural fact. Markets, profits, and capital are all historical constructs that depend on choices. Piketty explores the material and ideological interactions of conflicting social groups that have given us slavery, serfdom, colonialism, communism, and hypercapitalism, shaping the lives of billions. He concludes that the great driver of human progress over the centuries has been the struggle for equality and education and not, as often argued, the assertion of property rights or the pursuit of stability. The new era of extreme inequality that has derailed that progress since the 1980s, he shows, is partly a reaction against communism, but it is also the fruit of ignorance, intellectual specialization, and our drift toward the dead-end politics of identity. Once we understand this, we can begin to envision a more balanced approach to economics and politics. Piketty argues for a new “participatory” socialism, a system founded on an ideology of equality, social property, education, and the sharing of knowledge and power. Capital and Ideology is destined to be one of the indispensable books of our time, a work that will not only help us understand the world, but that will change it.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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Total Pages : 64 pages
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Theatres of Accumulation

Author : Warwick Armstrong
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135667713
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Theatres of Accumulation written by Warwick Armstrong and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the great cities of Latin America and Asia, international business and local firms meet and, in particular, influence teh development strategies of Third World countries. The authors of Theatres of Accumulation argue that these cities play a crucial role in the process of capital accumulation and of unequal exchange and dependency. They examine the twin patterns of convergence and divergence in lifestyles and economic activities, and show how the flow of capital through the urban system beings net losses to the rural regions and further exacerbates income inequalities between regions and classes. Theatres of accumulation provides an overview of urbanization in the Third World, as well as specific case studies. It deals with theoretical issues and projects the likely developments in urbanization in the future. Armstrong and McGee's work is essential reading for social science and planning professionals and students, in the developed world and the Third World, who are concerned with urban processes. This book was first published in 1985.