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Practical applications of engineering economics / by Sharma, Kal Renganathan

Table of Contents: “…Benefit-to-cost ratio and public sector initiatives -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Marshall Plan -- 3.1.2 Taj Mahal -- 3.1.3 Great Wall of China -- 3.1.4 Pyramid of Giza -- 3.1.5 Eiffel Tower -- 3.1.6 Suez Canal -- 3.1.7 Hoover Dam -- 3.1.8 Apollo Program -- 3.1.9 NASA Mars science laboratory mission -- 3.1.10 Interstate highways -- 3.2 B-C-D method. …”
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A Decision-Makers Guide to Public Private Partnerships in Airports by Ricover, Andy

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Glossary; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Mythbusters; "PPP is free money"; "Don't bother with bidding, just select a good operator and go; it is much faster and cheaper"; "The private sector is always more efficient than the public sector"; "PPP is all about getting more financing"; "PPP financing is cheaper"; "Airport PPP is only for rich countries"; "PPP is only for big airports"; "In time of need, sell the family jewels"; "The myth of the hospital pass"…”
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Aid paradoxes in Afghanistan : building and undermining the state / by Bizhan, Nematullah

Table of Contents: “…-- Tax states -- Aid-dependent states -- The effects of oil revenue -- Distinction between aid and oil-revenue rentier effects -- Conclusion -- Reliance on external revenue : Afghanistan from 1747 to 2000 -- The society : an inheritance of history -- Relying on tribute for state building : the importance of external revenue to the Durrani empire (1747-1824) -- The Durrani empire ineffective tax system -- Subsidies and state building : the loss of tribute and search for alternative revenue (1824-1879) -- Institution building -- Consolidation of a modern buffer state (1880-1919) : the significance of subsidies and external military support -- And military administration -- State-society relations -- Amanullah Khan's reforms : the loss of subsidies, budget surplus and fiscal decline (1919-1929) -- Foreign aid and state building : reshaping the state building process (1929-1978) -- The rise of a weak aid-based rentier state -- Decline in foreign aid -- The state and the Mujahidin Tanzims (organizations) and sources of revenue : conflict in state-society relations (1978-2000) -- The Mujahidin government financial crises and Pakistani aid to the Taliban -- Conclusion -- Rebuilding an aid-based rentier state -- Establishing a new political order -- Building the state institutions -- Responding to the flow of aid -- Chaotic aid coordination : a challenge for state building -- Access to foreign aid : a prime focus -- Improving fiscal management -- Aid modality : undermining institution building -- Government preoccupation with foreign donors -- Relations at the administration level -- Relations in regard to senior appointments -- Conclusion -- Reforms and setbacks : rebuilding the revenue system -- State revenue sources -- Aiding the revenue reforms -- Reforming revenue policy and laws -- Reforming revenue administration -- Improving revenue infrastructure -- Confrontation and consultation -- Failing to enforce tax compliance -- Failing to prevent illegal taxation and extortion -- Ambiguity to end aid-dependency -- Fragmenting the tax system -- Conclusion -- Budget spending : fiscal fragmentation and patronage -- Some improvements in government budget transparency -- The citizen's role -- Underreported on-budget items -- Poor off-budget transparency -- Secret cash payments -- Conclusion -- Interactions between the state and society -- Reinforcing the state-society inherited gap -- Commanders -- Traditional actors -- Urban intelligentsia -- Reshaping the state-society relations -- Building and undermining the state -- Conclusion -- Conclusion : findings and implications -- Path dependency : Afghan state reliance on external revenue -- Building and undermining the state : Afghanistan after 9/11 -- Upward accountability to donors -- Creating a parallel public sector -- Paradoxical tax outcomes -- Divergence in state-society fiscal relations -- The future -- Implications fo externally aided state building.…”
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The encyclopedia of strikes in American history

Table of Contents: “…Lloyd -- World War I era strikes / Cecelia Bucki -- The rise and fall of the sit-down strike / Rachel Meyer -- The 1945-1946 strike wave / Jack Metzgar -- Strikes in the United States since World War II / Nicola Pizzolato -- Public sector strikes -- Introduction / by Immanuel Ness -- Labor and the Boston police strike of 1919 / Joseph Slater -- Teachers' strikes / John P. …”
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Managing risk and performance : a guide for government leaders /

Table of Contents: “…Conclusion References Chapter 4 Risk Management and Challenges of Managing in the Public Sector (Paul L. Posner and Thomas H. Stanton) I. …”
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Kotler on competitive marketing : New directions in segmenting and targeting /

Restoring fiscal sanity 2007 the health spending challenge /

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Social entrepreneurship and sustainable development /

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Fit sigma a lean approach to building sustainable quality beyond Six Sigma / by Basu, Ron

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Promoting Active Citizenship Markets and Choice in Scandinavian Welfare /

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Detector dogs and the science of scent : a handler's guide to environments and procedures / by Osterkamp, Tom

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Las mujeres en la pobreza /

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