My Past Public Performances in Benin
Author: H. Omo Uwaifo
Publisher:
Published: 1955
Total Pages: 16
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Benin
Author: International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 2018-01-05
Total Pages: 104
ISBN-13: 1484336534
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that Benin has shown mixed macroeconomic performance in 2016, with the economy weathering negative spillover stemming from a difficult external environment. Growth was about 4 percent, but a recovery is expected in 2017–18, owing to strong agricultural production, an increase in public investment, and a buoyant tertiary sector. Economic growth is accelerating and inflation remained negative in 2016 and through end-August 2017 but is forecasted to average 0.6 percent in 2017. The medium-term outlook continues to show favorable signs, with high economic growth and low inflation. Cuts in recurrent spending have contributed to a smaller than programmed budget deficit of 6.0 percent of GDP in 2016 from 8.0 percent in 2015.
The Presented Past
Author: B. L. Molyneaux
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003-09-02
Total Pages: 552
ISBN-13: 1134865104
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Presented Past is concerned with the differences between the comparatively static, well-understood way in which the past is presented in schools, museums and at historic sites compared to the approaches currently being explored in contemporary archaeology. It challenges the all-too-frequent representation of the past as something finished, understood and objective, rather than something that is `constructed' and therefore open to co-existing interpretations and constant re-interpretation. Central to the book is the belief that the presentation of the past in school curricula and in museum and site interpretations will benefit from a greater use of non-documentary sources derived from archaeological study and oral histories. The book suggests that a view of the past incorporating a larger body of evidence and a wider variety of understanding will help to invigorate the way history is taught. The Presented Past will be of interest to teachers, archaeologists, cultural resource managers, in fact anyone who is concerned with how the past is presented.
Historical Dictionary of Benin
Author: Mathurin C. Houngnikpo
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2024-03-06
Total Pages: 563
ISBN-13: 153818656X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHistorical Dictionary of Benin, Fifth Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 1,000 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture.
The Benin Plaques
Author: Kathryn Wysocki Gunsch
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-12-15
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 1351254596
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 16th century bronze plaques from the kingdom of Benin are among the most recognized masterpieces of African art, and yet many details of their commission and installation in the palace in Benin City, Nigeria, are little understood. The Benin Plaques, A 16th Century Imperial Monument is a detailed analysis of a corpus of nearly 850 bronze plaques that were installed in the court of the Benin kingdom at the moment of its greatest political power and geographic reach. By examining European accounts, Benin oral histories, and the physical evidence of the extant plaques, Gunsch is the first to propose an installation pattern for the series.
Benin
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 2010-07-08
Total Pages: 94
ISBN-13: 1455203238
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe goal of the last ECF arrangement (2005–09) was to support Benin’s strategy to achieve higher sustainable growth and reduce poverty while preserving macroeconomic stability and reducing vulnerabilities to external shocks. The program achieved most of its objectives. The main macroeconomic challenge ahead is to mitigate the impact of the crisis in the short term, while reaching higher sustainable growth over the medium term. The government’s economic program is geared properly to pursue these objectives. The structural reform agenda is appropriately ambitious.
Nigerian Political Parties
Author: Richard L. Sklar
Publisher: Africa World Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 618
ISBN-13: 9781592212095
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis important work, originally published in 1963, examines the social bases, strategies and structures of Nigerian political parties during the final phase of British colonial rule. As Professor Sklar explains in a new introduction for this edition, the defining characteristics of political parties today have been shaped by the intellectual origins of the independence era parties. This seminal volume is an essential tool for understanding the political and social reality of contemporary Nigeria.
The Politics of Public Sector Performance
Author: Michael Roll
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-01-10
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 1317934547
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt is widely believed that the state in developing countries is weak. The public sector, in particular, is often regarded as corrupt and dysfunctional. This book provides an urgently needed corrective to such overgeneralized notions of bad governance in the developing world. It examines the variation in state capacity by looking at a particularly paradoxical and frequently overlooked phenomenon: effective public organizations or ‘pockets of effectiveness’ in developing countries. Why do these pockets exist? How do they emerge and survive in hostile environments? And do they have the potential to trigger more comprehensive reforms and state-building? This book provides surprising answers to these questions, based on detailed case studies of exceptional public organizations and state-owned enterprises in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America and the Middle East. The case studies are guided by a common analytical framework that is process-oriented and sensitive to the role of politics. The concluding comparative analysis develops a novel explanation for why some public organizations in the developing world beat the odds and turn into pockets of public sector performance and service delivery while most do not. This book will be of strong interest to students and scholars of political science, sociology, development, organizations, public administration, public policy and management.
Performance Budgeting
Author: M. Robinson
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2007-08-30
Total Pages: 544
ISBN-13: 1137001526
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the theory and practice of performance budgeting, which aims make government more effective by linking the funding of government agencies to the results they deliver. Combining thematic studies and case studies, it clearly presents the diverse range of contemporary performance budgeting models and examines their effectiveness.
