Presents basic practice standards for the project management process, covering such topics as organizing a project, developing a schedule, establishing a budget, setting up a performance measure baseline, and analyzing project performance

Based on the experience of budget management reforms that have been introduced over the last two decades in a large number of member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) it is not uncommon to find emerging market economies moving toward performance-based...

This technical note describes measuring performance in tax administration. Performance measurement is an ongoing process of ascertaining how well, or how poorly, an organization is achieving its goals and objectives. It involves the continuous collection of data on progress made in this regard....

Sustainability has gained considerable prominence in recent decades as the inevitability of change becomes increasingly apparent. Family businesses constitute a significant and influential part of the global economy. Therefore, they are pivotal in addressing the world’s sustainability...

We examine student, teacher, and peer perceptions of effort, ability, performance, and self-confidence in Romania's highly tracked schools. We find that: (1) students just above a cutoff--tracked into high-achieving classes--have less favorable self-perceptions than those just below...