This paper investigates via a survey methodology, project critical success factors (CSFs) of a UN organization as perceived by computer and information technology trained and certified professionals. James Wan and Raafat Saade adopt their CSFs from three seminal studies done at different times....

Using panel data for 143 countries over the period 1973 - 2002, this paper empirically analyzes the influence of US aid on voting patterns in the UN General Assembly. We use disaggregated aid data to account for the fact that various forms of aid may differ in their ability to induce political...

"This paper investigates the extent to which strategic objectives of the U.S. government influenced news coverage during the Cold War. We establish two relationships: 1) strategic objectives of the U.S. government cause the State Department to under-report human rights violations of strategic...

Auf der UN-Klimakonferenz in Cancun im Dezember 2010 haben sich die teilnehmenden Staaten auf ein Maßnahmenpaket geeinigt, das auch einen globalen Grünen Klimafonds enthält. Der "Design-Prozess" dieses Fonds steht jetzt auf der politischen Agenda. Eine verbesserte Koordinierung der...