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A Corporate Governance Model : Building Responsible Boards and Sustainable Businesses

World Bank - 2012

communicating to stakeholders any decisions of the board. In this context, transparency demands that the communications consist of …

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Does More Power for Shareholders Undermine Board Stewardship?

World Bank - 2012

The level of shareholders' expertise and experience needs to be questioned as they wield greater clout and become more deeply involved in strategic issues that should be the board's purview. This misdirected involvement distracts shareholders from their principal and most important role:...

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Address to the Board of Gobernors

Conable, Barber B. - 1986

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Reform Realism and the Boardroom

World Bank - 2012

steps in improving the sustainability of companies. One principle is that a board can delegate, but it cannot abdicate its …

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Where Were the Directors?

World Bank - 2012

The credit crisis has caused a cataclysm in corporate governance circles. Distinguished professors, leaders of industry, regulators, legislators and blue ribbon panels around the world are examining everything from bank regulation to how individuals relate to society. There are more "big ideas"...

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Delhi Jal Board : Wastewater Management PPP Options Study

World Bank - 2013

Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is exploring options for public private partnerships (PPP) in the wastewater services as part of a strategy to expand sewerage access and to meet its environmental obligations. The purpose of this report is to identify those models of partnership which are most relevant to...

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Leadership Training Toolkit for State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) : Boards and Owners

International Finance Corporation; World Bank - 2021

The Leadership Training Toolkit for State-Owned Enterprises ('SOE Leadership Toolkit') was developed jointly by the World Bank and IFC (World Bank Group) to support countries' efforts to build capacity of State ownership entities, SOE boards, and SOE senior management. It addresses the growing...

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Banking on politics

Braun, Matías - 2009

"This paper presents new data from 150 countries showing that former cabinet members, central bank governors, and financial regulators are many orders of magnitude more likely than other citizens to become board members of banks. Countries where the politician-banker phenomenon is more prevalent...

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Special issues relating to corporate governance and family control

Morck, Randall - 2004

"Control of corporate assets by wealthy families in economies lacking institutional integrity is common. It has negative implications on corporate governance and adverse macroeconomic effects when it extends across a sufficiently large part of the country's corporate sector. Morck and Yeung...

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Stakeholder Assessment of Opportunities and Constraints to Sustainable Land Management in Ethiopia

World Bank - 2012

Stakeholders' perceptions of opportunities and constraints to sustainable land management in Ethiopia was assessed … through interviews and a review of secondary data. Stakeholders included farmers as well as representatives of development …. Stakeholders generally perceive that the numerous, well-intentioned but piecemeal interventions undertaken over the last few …

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