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Making Services Work for Poor People : The Role of Participatory Public Expenditure Management (PPEM)

World Bank - 2012

infrastructure, absenteeism of service providers like teachers and doctors, poor quality of services, corruption, non-transparency … outcomes reflects more serious deficiencies of 'voice' and 'accountability' for citizens in general, and the poor in particular …

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Enabling Environments for Civic Engagement in PRSP Countries

World Bank - 2012

potential in alleviating poverty and promoting social accountability, and what types of laws, regulations, governance and …

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Uruguay : Strengthening Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation of Social Policy

World Bank - 2013

The Uruguay Non-lending Technical Assistance (UY NLTA) for Uruguay was undertaken at the request of the Government of Uruguay's Ministry of Social Development (MIDES). Following a devastating financial and macroeconomic crisis in 2002, MIDES was established with a view to coordinating social...

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Globalization, growth, and poverty : building an inclusive world economy

Dollar, David (contributor); Collier, Paul (contributor) - 2002

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Globalization, growth, and poverty : building an inclusive world economy

Collier, Paul (contributor); Dollar, David (contributor) - 2002

Globalisation is already a powerful force for poverty reduction as societies and economies around the world are becoming more integrated. Although this international integration presents considerable opportunities for developing countries, it also contains significant risks. Associated with...

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Globalization, Growth, and Poverty : Building an Inclusive World Economy

World Bank - 2013

Societies and economies around the world are becoming more integrated. Integration is the result of reduced costs of transport, lower trade barriers, faster communication of ideas, rising capital flows, and intensifying pressures for mitigation. Integration--or "globalization"--has generated...

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Innovation, entrepreneurship and culture : the interaction between technology, progress and economic growth

Brown, Terrence E. (contributor); Ulijn, J. M. (contributor) - 2004

1. Innovation, entrepreneurship and culture, a matter of interaction between technology, progress and economic growth …? : an introduction -- 2. Conceptualizing innovation management and culture in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region …. Culture's role in entrepreneurship : self-employment out of dissatisfaction -- 9. Towards cooperation between European start …

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Handbook of creative cities

Mellander, Chorlotta (contributor); … - 2011

With the publication of The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida in 2002, the "creative city" became the new hot topic among urban policymakers, planners and economists. Florida has developed one of three path-breaking theories about the relationship between creative individuals and...

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Cultural mythology and global leadership

Wong-MingJi, Diana J. (contributor); … - 2009

This ground-breaking book explains how deep-seated cultural mythologies shape contemporary global leaders and provides insights into navigating the dynamics and complexities in today's era of globalization. The authors use myths to uncover core characteristics and values from 20 different...

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Globalization and culture

Steger, Manfred B. - 2012

of use to anyone with an interest in the subject of globalization and culture …-36 [Translated by Yung-chao Liao] -- Peter Marcuse (2007), 'The Production of Regime Culture and Instrumentalized Art in a …. Smith (1990), 'Towards a Global Culture?', Theory, Culture and Society, 7 (2), June, 171-91 -- Ulf Hannerz (1990 …

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