Forging Linkages-- an Assessment of Progress, 2004
Author: James Workman
Publisher: IUCN
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 78
ISBN-13: 9782831708829
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International Organizations under Pressure
Author: Klaus Dingwerth
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2019-03-21
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 0192574922
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInternational organizations like the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, or the European Union are a defining feature of contemporary world politics. In recent years, many of them have also become heavily politicized. In this book, we examine how the norms and values that underpin the evaluations of international organizations have changed over the past 50 years. Looking at five organizations in depth, we observe two major trends. Taken together, both trends make the legitimation of international organizations more challenging today. First, people-based legitimacy standards are on the rise: international organizations are increasingly asked to demonstrate not only what they do for their member states, but also for the people living in these states. Second, procedural legitimacy standards gain ground: international organizations are increasingly evaluated not only based on what they accomplish, but also based on how they arrive at decisions, manage themselves, or coordinate with other organizations in the field. In sum, the study thus documents how the list of expectations international organizations need to fulfil to count as 'legitimate' has expanded over time. The sources of this expansion are manifold. Among others, they include the politicization of expanded international authority and the rise of non-state actors as new audiences from which international organizations seek legitimacy.
Operational guidelines for private sector engagement
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Publisher: IUCN
Published:
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13: 2831709865
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEnergy for Development
Author: Rangaswamy Vedavalli
Publisher: Anthem Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 510
ISBN-13: 1843312239
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA pioneering study on energy sector reform and liberalization in developing countries.
Underserved and Socially Disadvantaged Groups and Linkages with Health and Health Care Differentials
Author: Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Published: 2019-08-30
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1838670548
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLooking specifically at the factors impacting on health and health care differentials, this book examines the health and health care issues of both patients and providers of care in the United States and around the globe. Chapters focus on linkages to policy, population concerns and patients and providers of care as ways to meet health care needs.
New Research Paradigms in Tourism Geography
Author: Alan A. Lew
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-10-02
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 1317556089
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of papers from Tourism Geographies emphasizes new and emerging research paradigms in the geographic study of tourism. The papers included in this collection follow one of two threads: explicitly supporting specific research frameworks, or implicitly presenting new and emerging theoretical perspectives through empirical research on the geographical topics. These begin with three overview papers from themes that emerged from recent annual meetings of the Association of American Geographers, including evolutionary economic geography (EEG), political ecology and community resilience. Each of these theoretical and conceptual frameworks is leading to new explorations and insights in a wide variety of geographical and social science research, including tourism studies. These are followed by a series of papers that extend our knowledge and thinking on a range of key geographical topics, including development and underdevelopment (by Saarinen & Rogerson), sustainable tourism planning (by Torres-Delgado & Saarinen), encounters with the natural environment (by Hill), and the geography of place names (by Light), as well as economic geography and new technologies and their applications to spatial behavior research. The papers in this special issue are especially relevant to tourism scholars, and very much represent the types of perspectives that Tourism Geographies seek to promote. This book was published as a special issue of Tourism Geographies.
The CGIAR at 31
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Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780821356456
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) was established in 1971 to support the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations in funding four international agricultural research centres in Colombia, Mexico, Nigeria and the Philippines. As the first global programme to receive grants from the World Banks net income, the CGIAR now consists of 16 autonomous international centres, with a membership of 62 countries, including 24 developing and transition economies. This report evaluates the work of CGIAR and makes several recommendations to address the future challenges it faces in promoting agricultural research.
From Oil to Gas and Beyond
Author: Trevor M. Boopsingh
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2014-08-01
Total Pages: 497
ISBN-13: 076186329X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom Oil to Gas and Beyond chronicles the history of the petroleum industry in Trinidad and Tobago and appraises major policy decisions impacting its economy. The book details the macroeconomic, commercial, and technical challenges faced by Trinidad and Tobago in the monetization of its oil and gas resources over the past one hundred years. The contributors cover several topics including local content, national participation, sustainability, communication, leadership, energy diplomacy, environmental law and macroeconomic policy.
Educational Management
Author: Harry Tomlinson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 474
ISBN-13: 9780415276559
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection explores historical and present-day issues in education management, the training and development of leaders, and their roles in leading people and managing resources, and provides a focus on the major management issues which are current throughout the education world.The articles reprinted here include the management of applied individual psychology; organizational psychology; individual, interpersonal and group interaction; personality theory; leadership theory and organization theory.
Ten Steps to a Results-based Monitoring and Evaluation System
Author: Jody Zall Kusek
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2004-06-15
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 0821382896
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn effective state is essential to achieving socio-economic and sustainable development. With the advent of globalization, there are growing pressures on governments and organizations around the world to be more responsive to the demands of internal and external stakeholders for good governance, accountability and transparency, greater development effectiveness, and delivery of tangible results. Governments, parliaments, citizens, the private sector, NGOs, civil society, international organizations and donors are among the stakeholders interested in better performance. As demands for greater accountability and real results have increased, there is an attendant need for enhanced results-based monitoring and evaluation of policies, programs, and projects. This Handbook provides a comprehensive ten-step model that will help guide development practitioners through the process of designing and building a results-based monitoring and evaluation system. These steps begin with a OC Readiness AssessmentOCO and take the practitioner through the design, management, and importantly, the sustainability of such systems. The Handbook describes each step in detail, the tasks needed to complete each one, and the tools available to help along the way."
