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Transition economies, such as the countries in Southeast Europe, face an expeditious institutional transition from a centrally planned to a market economy. The state withdraws from its monitoring function, which results in institutional voids that affect the economy in general and small and...
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This study analyzes trade specialization patterns in the enlarged European Union with a special focus on the new EU member states and the cohesion countries. Empirical findings on revealed comparative advantage and a broader picture of competitiveness on the single market are presented from a...
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This book tells the story of the euro crisis in Cyprus from the inside. Written by the former Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus, Panicos Demetriades, who was in office during this turbulent period, this book shows how the crisis unravelled through a series of key events that occurred during...
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society and ICT sector found in Albania. It measures the information society being created, and compares it to other countries …
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in the successor states of former Yugoslavia and Albania during their transition and EU integration years, from 1990 …: Kosovo: Can Decentralisation Resolve Ethnic Conflict? -- Part IV: Albania: Struggling with the Legacy of Extreme … Centralisation -- Chapter 9: Albania: Aligning Territorial and Fiscal Decentralisation -- Part V: Conclusions -- Chapter 10 …
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Der Begriff „agil“ erobert seit einigen Jahren ganz unterschiedliche Bereiche - von der Softwareentwicklung über das Unternehmensmanagement bis zur öffentlichen Verwaltung. Für öffentliche Institutionen und deren Verwaltungen sind sie ein Weg, sich neuen Anforderungen und ungewohnten...
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Batley and Larbi examine how governments of developing countries are organized to deliver public services. The book is based on comparative international studies of four service sectors: Health care, urban water, business promotion and agricultural marketing. Governments everywhere are being...
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Although many industrialized countries have had to face the same political and economic pressures in reforming their public sectors there have been different reactions and a diversity of solutions to the emerging problems. This book examines the most significant initiatives targeted towards the...
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Globalisation-driven demands to increase efficiency and effectiveness require nearly all OECD member states to strategically modernise their management of state and administration. In this book, internationally renowned scholars and practitioners elaborate on political as well as managerial...
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This book analyzes issues related to economic challenges for Japan’s regional revitalization. Japan’s responses to such challenges and to the problem of an aging population are of deep interest to the nations outside of Japan. This book brings together 19 articles contributed by Japan’s...
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