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A suggested method for the measurement of world leading research: (illustrated with data on economics)
Oswald, Andrew J. - 2009
well spent. Is there an objective way to assess the quality of a nation's world-leading science? I attempt to suggest a … method, and illustrate it with modern data on economics. Of 450 genuinely world-leading journal articles, the UK produced 10 …
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Introducing global integral constitutionalism
Tully, James; Dunoff, Jeffrey L.; Lang, Anthony F.; … - In: Global constitutionalism 5 (2016) 1, pp. 1–15
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Der grüne Klimafonds im Verhandlungsprozess der Vereinten Nationen
Altemeyer-Bartscher, Martin; Mislin, Alexander - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 91 (2011) 2, pp. 133-136
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...
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Principal-Agent-Probleme in internationalen Organisationen
Vaubel, Roland - 2003
Der Aufsatz zeigt anhand zahlreicher Beispiele und quantitativer Analysen, dass internationale Organisationen – mehr als alle anderen staatlichen Institutionen – ein extremes Kontrolldefizit aufweisen. Umfragen belegen, dass sie andere Interessen als die Bürger haben. Sie können diese...
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Civil society participation in international governance: the UN and the WTO compared
Steffek, Jens; Kissling, Claudia - 2006
international governance. Many organizations, prominently among them the World Trade Organization (WTO), have come under …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298153
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International organizations and world society: studying global policy development in public policy
Jakobi, Anja P. - 2009
This article develops a theoretical framework to analyze the rise and spread of global public policy. After an introduction to the background of sociological institutionalism, it first elaborates on the role and functions of international organizations, identifying instruments by which these can...
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The costs of favoritism: Is politically-driven aid less effective?
Dreher, Axel; Klasen, Stephan; Raymond, James; Werker, Eric - 2010
World Bank projects and generally find that projects that are potentially politically motivated - such as those granted to … governments holding a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council or an Executive Directorship at the World Bank … Council members with higher short-term debt, however, a negative quality rating is more likely. So we find evidence that World …
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Does membership on the UN security council influence IMF conditionality?
Dreher, Axel; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Vreeland, James Raymond - 2010
We investigate whether elected members of the United Nations Security Council receive favorable treatment from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), analyzing panel data on the level of conditionality attached to (a maximum of) 314 IMF arrangements with 101 countries over the period of 1992 to...
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Institutional reform of international environmental policy: advancing the debate on a world environment organization
Biermann, Frank; Simonis, Udo E. - 2000
elaborates the need for a »World Environment and Development Organization« within the United Nations system, and outlines the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010306311
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Global environmental problems - searching for adequate solutions
Simonis, Udo E. - 1998
The interest in global environmental problems has - in particular in the wake of the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio in 1992 - increased substantially, in both the theoretical and the practical sense. This may be bound up with the growing pressure stemming from still unsolved...
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