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The world's urban population doubled between 1970 and 2008, growing from 1.5 billion to 3 billion people. Future world population growth will be concentrated in developing countries-the majority in medium-size and smaller cities and towns. International institutions and governments alike face...
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The Handbook of Local and Regional Development provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for local and regional development. The scope of this handbook's coverage and contributions engages with and reflects upon the politics and policy of how we think about and practice local and...
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A multi‐component design of a “concurrent team” is described here for a concurrent engineering organization. This concurrent “team design” is composed of four essential teaming components: a logical component, a virtual component, a technological component and a personnel (work‐group...
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Describes IKEA’s self‐managed learning programme. The company has a decentralized approach and its trading arm operates at national levels. Their self‐managed learning programme was developed by the UK‐based Roffey Park Management Institute. Roffey Park have also developed a...
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their History from a Gandhian perspective -- The evolution of devolution -- Part 2. Dimensions of Decentralization …. Political decentralization : Role of political parties from colonial times -- Rural local governance and administrative … decentralization : An institutional analysis -- Fiscal decentralization in India : Status and raising issues -- State sub-state level …
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This book examines how and why local communities have been neglected in development initiatives in South Asia, focusing on Sri Lanka, and assesses the significant support from NGOs in increasing the capacity of local government and in promoting local development. Based on research in the...
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