Engaging Countries
Author: Edith Brown Weiss
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 644
ISBN-13: 9780262731324
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study systematically examines how states implement and comply with international environmental accords.
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Engaging Diasporas as Development Partners for Home and Destination Countries
Author: Dina Ionescu
Publisher: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis publication explores different challenges posed to home and host country governments engaging with their diasporas for development purposes. Topics covered include: defining and gathering data on diasporas; incorporating diaspora contributions into development strategies; partnering with relevant diasporas; home country programmes and incentives conducive to diaspora contributions; identifying resources available within diasporas and how their impact on development can be maximised.
Developing a Road Map for Engaging Diasporas in Development
Author: Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias
Publisher:
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKState governments recognize the value diaspora populations bring to development efforts worldwide. Since 2007, the Global Forum on Migration and Development has examined ways to highlight policies and programs that can magnify the resources, both human and financial, that emigrants and their descendants contribute to development. This handbook continues that effort on the basis of earlier investigations by the book's collaborating institutions, the academic and policy literature, consultations and in-depth interviews with government officials and nongovernmental actors, and input by 62 national governments. The handbook is divided into three major parts. Each part gives concrete examples of policies and programs that have been effective, and pulls out both useful lessons and common challenges associated with the topics at hand. The pivotal question now facing many policymakers is not so much if diasporas can benefit their countries of origin but how they do so and what kinds of government policies and programs can foster these relationships.
Engaging Neighbors and Nations
Author: Tim Silberman
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2024-03-27
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 1532697708
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEvangelical churches are widely known for their commitment to mission locally and to the ends of the earth. However, in the last century, there have been profound theological and sociological changes that have impacted mission practice. Church and mission leaders have encouraged Christians to respond to the need for mission locally, especially as church decline accelerates in much of the Western world. Yet others are concerned that global mission involvement is being neglected in many local churches. This study explores the factors influencing local church participation in mission both locally and around the world. Through an in-depth analysis of the practices and perspectives among evangelical churches in Australia, the author identifies a range of theological, missiological, and organizational influences on mission practice. Though beliefs about the church, the world, and mission are important, understanding organizational principles, social capital, and the power of relational networks provides invaluable insights into church-mission practice. This book is for those who long to see local churches committed to engaging both their neighbors and the nations in mission, growing our understanding of how to encourage helpful church practices for the sake of Christ.
Making Politics Work for Development
Author: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2016-07-14
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 1464807744
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGovernments fail to provide the public goods needed for development when its leaders knowingly and deliberately ignore sound technical advice or are unable to follow it, despite the best of intentions, because of political constraints. This report focuses on two forces—citizen engagement and transparency—that hold the key to solving government failures by shaping how political markets function. Citizens are not only queueing at voting booths, but are also taking to the streets and using diverse media to pressure, sanction and select the leaders who wield power within government, including by entering as contenders for leadership. This political engagement can function in highly nuanced ways within the same formal institutional context and across the political spectrum, from autocracies to democracies. Unhealthy political engagement, when leaders are selected and sanctioned on the basis of their provision of private benefits rather than public goods, gives rise to government failures. The solutions to these failures lie in fostering healthy political engagement within any institutional context, and not in circumventing or suppressing it. Transparency, which is citizen access to publicly available information about the actions of those in government, and the consequences of these actions, can play a crucial role by nourishing political engagement.
Societal Dynamics and Fragility
Author: Alexandre Marc
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2012-10-12
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 0821396560
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSocietal Dynamics and Fragility aims to address the social dimensions of fragility. Prepared as a complement to the 2011 World Development Report, this book frames fragility as a problem not only of state capacity, but also of relationships in society. Drawing on analytical work in Liberia, Central African Republic, Yemen, Indonesia (Aceh) and Haiti, it recommends placing social cohesion at the center of development efforts in fragile environments by cultivating an in-depth understanding of the societal dynamics at play in each context and adapting programs to address the sources of division that hinder state building. Specifically, the book advocates a focus on perceptions of injustice at least as much as measurable inequalities, and for creating space to facilitate constructive connections between institutions, especially between customary and state structures as well as often-nascent civil society institutions.
Government at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2024
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2024-03-13
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 926466775X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 2024 edition of Government at a Glance Latin America and the Caribbean provides the latest available evidence on public administrations and their performance in the LAC region and compares it to OECD countries.
Power of Bonding and Non-Western Emerging Great Powers Engagement
Author: Nazmul Islam
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2023-10-30
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 1666921009
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book has been developed that uses Joseph S. Nye's Soft Power theory and developing a new idea of “Power of Bonding” based on non-Western perspectives to examine India and China's soft power strategy in Pakistan.
Human Rights and the Universal Periodic Review
Author: Hilary Charlesworth
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 315
ISBN-13: 1107086302
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA sustained analysis of the Universal Periodic Review of human rights, focusing on its rituals and potential ritualism.
Human Geopolitics
Author: Alan John Gamlen
Publisher:
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 0198833490
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume charts the rapid rise of various forms of diaspora institutions, across distinct historical phases and geographical regions, explaining the way that evolving models and best practices of international migration management have increasingly changed the way states see their diasporas and reconfigured the rules of international politics.
