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Government versus markets the changing economic role of the state / by Tanzi, Vito

Table of Contents: “…Theoretical and Analytical Issues: 7. Theories of public sector behavior: taxonomy of government types; 8. …”
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The politics of vaccination : A global history /

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Vaccination and national identity -- The uneasy politics of epidemic aid: the CDC's mission to Cold War East Pakistan, 1958 -- Fallacy, sacrilege, betrayal and conspiracy: the cultural construction of opposition to immunisation in India -- Vaccination and the communist state: polio in Eastern Europe -- 'A vaccine for the nation': South Korea's development of a hepatitis B vaccine and national prevention strategy focused on newborns -- Part II: Nationality, vaccine production and the end of sovereign manufacture -- Vaccine production, national security anxieties and the unstable state in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Mexico -- The erosion of public sector vaccine production: the case of the Netherlands -- Yellow fever vaccine in Brazil: fighting a tropical scourge, modernising the nation -- A distinctive nation: vaccine policy and production in Japan -- Part III: Vaccination, the individual and society -- The MMR debate in the United Kingdom: vaccine scares, statesmanship and the media -- Pandemic flus and vaccination policies in Sweden -- Polio vaccination, political authority and the Nigerian state -- The power of individuals and the dependency of nations in global eradication and immunisation campaigns.…”
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Unlocking the power of networks keys to high-performance government /

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Paediatrics : a core text on child health / by Waterston, Tony, Helms, Peter, Ward-Platt, Martin

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Public management organizations, governance, and performance / by O'Toole, Laurence J., 1948-

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Two decades of market reform in India : some dissenting views /

Table of Contents: “…D'Costa -- The world trade organization and its impact on India / Parthapratim Pal -- Changing employment scenario during market reform and feminization of distress in India / Sudipta Bhattacharyya and Uma Basak -- Privatization and deregulation / Ashok Rudra -- Macroeconomic impact of public sector enterprises : some further evidence / R. …”
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Entrepreneurship in Africa : context and perspectives / by Sriram, Ven, Lingelbach, David, 1961-, Mersha, Tigineh, 1946-, Manu, Franklyn, 1956-

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Transforming public leadership for the 21st century

Table of Contents: “…Blandin -- Transformational stewardship: leading public sector change / James Edwin Kee, Kathryn E. Newcomer, and S. …”
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Opening doors gender equality and development in the Middle East and North Africa /

Table of Contents: “…-- Religion is too simplistic an explanation -- Oil endowments alone cannot explain the paradox either -- Social norms and the legal framework limit women's agency -- Social and cultural norms constrain women's roles outside the home -- Evolving norms and the invisible hand of marriage -- Equality under the law and its enforcement is critical for women's agency -- Legal systems differ widely and derive from multiple sources -- Legal constraints to women's agency in MENA -- Economic incentives dampen participation in the workforce -- A social contract underpinned by a generous but costly welfare state -- Extensive public sector employment with generous compensation -- Generous subsidies encourage women to stay at home -- State regulation and intervention in the market -- Heavy investment in education, but not the kind that businesses want -- Unequal access to entrepreneurship opportunities -- The time for reform is now -- Aspirations are changing -- As education levels increase, female labor force participation will likely increase -- A demographic gift? …”
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Public finance lessons from the past and effects on the future /

Table of Contents: “…Ruiz-Fuensanta and Vicent Soler i Marco -- The official development assistance (oda) and fiscal instruments to reduce poverty : an EU perspective / José Manuel Saiz-Álvarez -- Fiscal policy in the Spanish economic thought of xviii century / José Antonio Negrín de la Peña -- Fiscal options in a descentralised public sector / Alfredo Iglesias Suárez and Ma Gabriela Lagos Rodríguez.…”
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Early Start : Preschool Politics in the United States / by Karch, Andrew

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Educating for values-driven leadership : giving voice to values across the curriculum / by Gentile, Mary C.

Table of Contents: “…Giving voice to values for the public sector: an exploratory approach / Kenneth Wiltshire and Stephen Jones -- 7. …”
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In Search of Social Democracy : Responses to Crisis and Modernisation /

Table of Contents: “…/ Hartwig Pautz -- The meaning of modernisation : New Labour and public sector reform / Eric Shaw -- Reformism in a 'conservative' system : the European Union and social democratic identity / Gerassimos Moschonas -- part III. …”
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Integrity in government through records management : essays in honour of Anne Thurston / by Wamukoya, Justus

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : public records and good governance / James Lowry and Justus Wamukoya -- Anne thurston and record-keeping reform in commonwealth africa / Nathan Mnjama -- Developing training resources for records and archives management : balancing global needs with regional realities / Laura Millar -- Vital records : the importance of national archives and records administrations to governance and civil society in sierra leone / Sarah Demb -- The sierra leone teachers' records management improvement programme / Andrew Griffin and Muniru Kawa -- Record-keeping for good governance and accountability in the colonial office : an historical sketch / Mandy Banton -- The influence of the one party regime on archives in malawi, 1964 to 1994 / Paul Lihoma -- The impact of organisational culture on public sector records management reform / Peter Mazikana -- Preserving and accessing the south african truth and reconciliation commission records : challenges for the national archives / Lekoko Kenosi -- Audit and accountability in the government of ghana : a records management perspective / Pino Akotia -- Protection of rights and entitlements : the case of land records management in uganda / David Luyombya -- The importance of records in the right to information / Kelvin Smith -- Opening government : open data and access to information / James Lowry -- Digital records management and preservation -- Records management and governance in africa in the digital age / Justus Wamukoya -- The prerequisites for electronic records management in the developing world : lessons from yemen and kenya / Olav Hagen Sataslåtten -- Trusted digital repositories and developing nations / Anthea Seles -- Trust in records and data online / Luciana Duranti and Corinne Rogers -- Education in records and archives management : a view from london / Geoffrey Yeo, Elizabeth Shepherd and Andrew Flinn -- Acarm's position in the ever changing world of archives / Charles Farrugia -- Enhancing record-keeping capacity in developing countries : building the bridges / John McDonald.…”
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Rethinking workplace regulation : beyond the standard contract of employment /

Table of Contents: “…/ Thomas Bredgaard -- The regulation of private sector and public sector supply chains : an australian contribution to cross-national legal learning / Michael Rawling & John Howe -- Organizing non-standard workers in Japan : the role of old players and new players / Keisuke Nakamura & Michio Nitta -- Safety nets and transition assistance : continuity and change in a "liberal" welfare state / Anthony O'Donnell -- Flexible work, flexible pensions : labor market change and the evolution of retirement savings / Kendra Strauss -- New approaches to work-family balance and gender equality : pension reform and antidiscrimination law / Julie C. …”
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Changing structure of Mexico political, social, and economic prospects /

Table of Contents: “…. -- Changing constraints of monetary policy: distortions and resolution in Mexico's financial system / Eugenia Correa. -- Mexico's public sector debt and debt management / Graciana del Castillo. -- Changing patterns in Mexican science and technology policy (1990-2003): still far from economic development / Jordy Micheli Thirión and Rubén Oliver Espinoza. -- The reshaping of agricultural policy in Mexico / Antonio Yúnez-Naude and Fernando Barceinas Paredes. -- Mexican oil, gas, electricity generation, and energy consumption / Juan Quintanilla Martínez and Mariano Bauer E…”
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Facilitating trade through competitive, low-carbon transport : the case for Vietnam's inland and coastal waterways / by Blancas, Luis C.

Table of Contents: “…Context -- Objectives of the report -- Scope and methodology -- Key data sources -- Structure of the report -- Demand for waterborne and multimodal transport -- Size and historical growth patterns of IWT and coastal shipping -- Growth projections for IWT and coastal shipping -- Commodity tonnage and tonnage distribution by mode -- Inland and coastal shipping lengths of haul -- Main freight flows -- Regional routes and modal competition -- Primary intra- and interregional corridors -- Red River delta region -- Mekong delta -- Coastal shipping -- Corridor 1: Hanoi, Haiphong, Quang Ninh -- Corridor 2: Quang Ninh, Ninh Binh -- Corridor 3: Hanoi, Ninh Binh -- Corridor 1: HCMC northwest -- Corridor 3: HCMC southwest --Container transport in the Mekong delta -- IWT market structure -- Shipping companies -- Coastal shipping -- Shipping volumes -- Container flows -- Containerized cargo (domestic cargo) -- Ccontainerized cargo (feeder cargo) -- Sea-river transport -- Market structure for coastal shipping -- Vinalines -- Competitive position of IWT and coastal shipping -- Competitive position of IWT -- Competitive position of coastal shipping -- Supply chains and logistics costs in Vietnam -- Conclusions on demand -- Supply-side considerations: waterways, ports, and fleet -- Institutional framework for the waterway and port sectors -- Waterway infrastructure -- Northern waterways -- Southern waterways -- Central region waterways -- Technical classification of the waterways -- Planned investments in waterways -- The IWT master plan for 2020 -- Major channel projects -- Ports -- River ports -- Planned investments in river ports -- Seaports -- Fleet -- Fleet of river-going vessels -- Fleet of sea-going vessels -- Fleet of sea-river vessels -- Modernization of IWT fleet -- Conclusions on waterways, ports, and fleet -- Modal differences in fuel efficiency and GHG emissions -- Relative carbon intensity among transport modes -- Main challenges and recommendations -- Planning -- Institutional/regulatory environment -- Phsical bottlenecks -- Lack of IWT hinders market development -- Financing -- Strategy and action plan -- Estimated impact of public sector interventions in IWT and coastal shipping -- Translating the IWT/coastal shipping strategy into tangible interventions -- Methodology: translating interventions into impacts -- Modal shift and emissions impact of the proposed interventions -- CBA results -- References -- Appendix A: list of stakeholders interviewed -- Appendix B: major waterway routes in the north and south -- Appendix C: general considerations on DWT capacity increases in the national IWT fleet -- Appendix D: cargo data and modal split model -- Cargo flows for northern provinces: road transport in tons per day -- Cargo flows for northern provinces: iwt in tons per day -- Cargo flows for southern provinces: road transport in tons per day -- Cargo flows for southern provinces: IWT in tons per day -- Appendix E: detailed description of proposed interventions -- Appendix F: detailed impacts of proposed interventions.…”
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