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NATO's Air War for Kosovo

Author : Benjamin S. Lambeth
Publisher : Rand Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0833032372
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book NATO's Air War for Kosovo written by Benjamin S. Lambeth and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2001-11-16 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a thorough appraisal of Operation Allied Force, NATO's 78-day air war to compel the president of Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milosevic, to end his campaign of ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. The author sheds light both on the operation's strengths and on its most salient weaknesses. He outlines the key highlights of the air war and examines the various factors that interacted to induce Milosevic to capitulate when he did. He then explores air power's most critical accomplishments in Operation Allied Force as well as the problems that hindered the operation both in its planning and in its execution. Finally, he assesses Operation Allied Force from a political and strategic perspective, calling attention to those issues that are likely to have the greatest bearing on future military policymaking. The book concludes that the air war, although by no means the only factor responsible for the allies' victory, certainly set the stage for Milosevic's surrender by making it clear that he had little to gain by holding out. It concludes that in the end, Operation Allied Force's most noteworthy distinction may lie in the fact that the allies prevailed despite the myriad impediments they faced.

The Kosovo Memory Book

Author : Nataša Kandić
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788679320391
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Kosovo Memory Book written by Nataša Kandić and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Kosovo Report

Author : Independent International Commission on Kosovo
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199243093
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book The Kosovo Report written by Independent International Commission on Kosovo and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-10-19 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The war in Kosovo was a turning point: NATO deployed its armed forces in war for the first time, and placed the controversial doctrine of 'humanitarian intervention' squarely in the world's eye. It was an armed intervention for the purpose of implementing Security Council resolutions-but without Security Council authorization.This report tries to answer a number of burning questions, such as why the international community was unable to act earlier and prevent the escalation of the conflict, as well as focusing on the capacity of the United Nations to act as global peacekeeper.The Commission recommends a new status for Kosovo, 'conditional independence', with the goal of lasting peace and security for Kosovo-and for the Balkan region in general. But many of the conslusions may be beneficially applied to conflicts the world-over.

OECD Development Pathways Multi-dimensional Review of the Western Balkans Assessing Opportunities and Constraints

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264861769
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book OECD Development Pathways Multi-dimensional Review of the Western Balkans Assessing Opportunities and Constraints written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Western Balkans region has come a long way over the last two decades in achieving economic and social progress. With a population of 17.6 million, the region today boasts a combined gross domestic product (GDP) of close to EUR 100 billion, an average GDP per capita of about EUR 5 400 and a comprehensive process of integration with the European Union.

SME Policy Index: Western Balkans and Turkey 2019 Assessing the Implementation of the Small Business Act for Europe

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264312951
Total Pages : 980 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (643 download)

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Book Synopsis SME Policy Index: Western Balkans and Turkey 2019 Assessing the Implementation of the Small Business Act for Europe by : OECD

Download or read book SME Policy Index: Western Balkans and Turkey 2019 Assessing the Implementation of the Small Business Act for Europe written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-06 with total page 980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robust SME sectors are critical to the prosperity of the six Western Balkan economies and Turkey, accounting for over 70% of those employed in the business sector and generating 65% of value added in these seven economies. Yet their potential remains untapped, as SMEs across the region grapple ...

Challenges and Barriers to the European Union Expansion to the Balkan Region

Author : Costa, Bruno Ferreira
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799890570
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (998 download)

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Book Synopsis Challenges and Barriers to the European Union Expansion to the Balkan Region by : Costa, Bruno Ferreira

Download or read book Challenges and Barriers to the European Union Expansion to the Balkan Region written by Costa, Bruno Ferreira and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2022-01-21 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite all efforts to create a political union capable of improving European citizens’ quality of life, there are several barriers to the European Union’s (EU) expansion to the Balkan Region. The EU enlargement and expansion to the Balkan Region is one of the Union’s greatest challenges and political objectives in recent years. In the turmoil of economic, social, and sanitarian crises, where is the space to debate the enlargement of the EU? Challenges and Barriers to the European Union Expansion to the Balkan Region presents the EU’s structure, the process of enlargement, and the challenges related to the Balkan region. This book addresses critical issues and challenges in the EU and the emerging trends for the EU’s future. Covering topics such as enlargement policy, integration, NATO, and political challenges, this book is a valuable resource for post-grad students of political science and international affairs, faculty of higher education, researchers, academicians, politicians, world leaders, and policymakers.

Doing Business 2020

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464814414
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book Doing Business 2020 written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 190 economies, Doing Business 2020 measures aspects of regulation affecting 10 areas of everyday business activity.

Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources In Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Author : David Jensen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135918805
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources In Post-Conflict Peacebuilding written by David Jensen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a country emerges from violent conflict, the management of the environment and natural resources has important implications for short-term peacebuilding and long-term stability, particularly if natural resources were a factor in the conflict, play a major role in the national economy, or broadly support livelihoods. Only recently, however, have the assessment, harnessing, and restoration of the natural resource base become essential components of postconflict peacebuilding. This book, by thirty-five authors, examines the experiences of more than twenty countries and territories in assessing post-conflict environmental damage and natural resource degradation and their implications for human health, livelihoods, and security. The book also illustrates how an understanding of both the risks and opportunities associated with natural resources can help decision makers manage natural resources in ways that create jobs, sustain livelihoods, and contribute to economic recovery and reconciliation, without creating new grievances or significant environmental degradation. Finally, the book offers lessons from the remediation of environmental hot spots, restoration of damaged ecosystems, and reconstruction of the environmental services and infrastructure necessary for a sustainable peace. Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding is part of a global initiative to identify and analyze lessons in post-conflict peacebuilding and natural resource management. The project has generated six books of case studies and analyses, with contributions by practitioners, policy makers, and researchers. Other books address highvalue resources, land, water, livelihoods, and governance.

SME Policy Index: Western Balkans and Turkey 2022 Assessing the Implementation of the Small Business Act for Europe

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264894802
Total Pages : 1064 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book SME Policy Index: Western Balkans and Turkey 2022 Assessing the Implementation of the Small Business Act for Europe written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2022-07-08 with total page 1064 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are essential drivers of sustainable economic growth in the Western Balkans and Turkey, where they make up 99% of all firms, generate 65% value added and account for 75% of employment. Nevertheless, SMEs across the region continue to face obstacles such as difficulties accessing financing, low levels of digital uptake, regulatory barriers and relatively low participation in international trade.

SME Policy Index: Western Balkans and Turkey 2016 Assessing the Implementation of the Small Business Act for Europe

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264254471
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (642 download)

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Download or read book SME Policy Index: Western Balkans and Turkey 2016 Assessing the Implementation of the Small Business Act for Europe written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-28 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The SME Policy Index is a benchmarking tool designed for emerging economies to assess SME policy frameworks and monitor progress in policy implementation over time.

Republic of Kosovo

Author : International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1484377982
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (843 download)

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Download or read book Republic of Kosovo written by International Monetary Fund. European Dept. and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2013-07-23 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This staff report on the Republic of Kosovo’s 2013 Article IV Consultation focuses on economic and financial developments. Kosovo’s economy is excessively dependent on inflows from the diaspora. It is found that while these inflows support incomes, they finance primarily consumption and investments in nontradables, such as real estate or services, and contribute little to the build-up of productive capacity. Goods exports are less than 10 percent of GDP and concentrated in sectors with a low-value added component, notably metals. A coherent strategy is needed to improve competitiveness, foster the development of a tradable sector, and lay the basis for self-sustained growth.

Kosovo

Author : Julie Mertus
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520218655
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Kosovo written by Julie Mertus and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999-08-09 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the foundations of conflict in Kosovo, charging that the international community's failure to support the Albanians in their initial passive resistance to Serbian repression led to violence.

Peacebuilding and Post-War Transitions

Author : Lisa Gross
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1315455765
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Peacebuilding and Post-War Transitions written by Lisa Gross and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book asks how, and under what conditions, external-domestic interactions impact on peacebuilding outcomes during transitions to peace and democracy. Why do so many peacebuilding interventions in post-war states result in stalled transitions despite heavy international support? This book suggests a new interaction-based explanation for this puzzle and proposes an ‘analytical framework of peacebuilding interactions’. Based on eight cases of peacebuilding interactions, it demonstrates that the limited rationality of the actors involved in external-domestic interactions influenced the post-war transition results in Kosovo. Drawing on interviews and focus groups, the insights build on the process tracing of peacebuilding reforms in the area of Local Governance and Police Reform, with a specific focus at the local level. Through an in-depth analysis of peacebuilding negotiations, this book shows how peacebuilders’ use of ad hoc interaction tactics – intended as heuristics to simplify decision-making in overly complex post-war environments – have the unintended effect of offering domestic actors additional leeway to prioritise their domestic agenda, often at the expense of achieving full democratisation. The resulting consequences of these actions mean that, even in highly resourced interventions, such as those implemented in Kosovo, stalled transitions become one of the most likely outcome of the peacebuilding process. This book will be of much interest to students of peacebuilding, war and conflict studies, European politics, security studies and IR in general.

Kosovo: A Precedent?

Author : James Summers
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9004175997
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Kosovo: A Precedent? written by James Summers and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2011-08-25 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together leading scholars to consider the legal impact of the precedent set by Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence and its consequences for statehood, self-determination and minority rights.

The Law and Politics of the Kosovo Advisory Opinion

Author : Marko Milanovic
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191027022
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Law and Politics of the Kosovo Advisory Opinion written by Marko Milanovic and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-03-19 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is an edited collection of essays on various aspects of the 2010 Kosovo Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice. The main theme of the book is the interplay between law and politics regarding Kosovo's independence generally and the advisory opinion specifically. How and why did the Court become the battleground in which Kosovo's independence was to be fought out (or not)? How and why did political arguments in favour of Kosovo's independence (e.g. that Kosovo was a unique, sui generis case which set no precedent for other secessionist territories) change in the formal, legal setting of advisory proceedings before the Court? How and why did states supporting either Kosovo or Serbia choose to frame their arguments? How did the Court perceive them? What did the Court want to achieve, and did it succeed in doing so? And how was the opinion received, and what broader implications did it have so far? These are the questions that the book hopes to shed some light on. To do so, the editors assembled a stellar cast of contributors, many of whom acted as counsel or advisors in the case, as well a number of eminent scholars of politics and international relations whose pieces further enrich the book and give it an interdisciplinary angle. The book thus tells the story of the case, places it within its broader political context, and so attempts to advance our understanding of how such cases are initiated, litigated and decided, and what broader purposes they may or may not serve.

Civic and Uncivic Values in Kosovo

Author : Sabrina P. Ramet
Publisher : Central European University Press
ISBN 13 : 9633860741
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (338 download)

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Download or read book Civic and Uncivic Values in Kosovo written by Sabrina P. Ramet and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is driven by the conviction that the key to the establishment of stable liberal democracy anywhere in the world and, in this case, in Kosovo lies in the completion of three interrelated tasks: first, the creation of effective political institutions, based on the principle of the separation of powers (including the independence of the judiciary); second, the promotion of the rule of law; and, third, the promotion of civic values, including tolerance or ethnic/religious/sexual minorities, trust, and respect for the harm principle. In fact, there are problems across all three measures, including with judicial independence, with the rule of law, and with civic values. On the last of these, research findings show that the citizens of Kosovo rank extremely low on trust of other citizens, low on engagement in social organizations, and tolerance of gays, lesbians, and atheists, but high on trust in the political institutions of their country and in pride of their newly independent state.

Impact Evaluation in Practice, Second Edition

Author : Paul J. Gertler
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464807809
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book Impact Evaluation in Practice, Second Edition written by Paul J. Gertler and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of the Impact Evaluation in Practice handbook is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to impact evaluation for policy makers and development practitioners. First published in 2011, it has been used widely across the development and academic communities. The book incorporates real-world examples to present practical guidelines for designing and implementing impact evaluations. Readers will gain an understanding of impact evaluations and the best ways to use them to design evidence-based policies and programs. The updated version covers the newest techniques for evaluating programs and includes state-of-the-art implementation advice, as well as an expanded set of examples and case studies that draw on recent development challenges. It also includes new material on research ethics and partnerships to conduct impact evaluation. The handbook is divided into four sections: Part One discusses what to evaluate and why; Part Two presents the main impact evaluation methods; Part Three addresses how to manage impact evaluations; Part Four reviews impact evaluation sampling and data collection. Case studies illustrate different applications of impact evaluations. The book links to complementary instructional material available online, including an applied case as well as questions and answers. The updated second edition will be a valuable resource for the international development community, universities, and policy makers looking to build better evidence around what works in development.