Making it happen : selected case studies of institutional reforms in South Africa / / Asad Alam, Renosi Mokate, and Kathrin A. Plangemann, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910466549503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank Group, , [2016]; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-4648-0769-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Collana: Directions in development. Public sector governance
• Disciplina: 351.68
• Soggetti: Electronic books.; South Africa Politics and government 21st century Case studies; South Africa Government policy Case studies
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; South Africa's Lessons in Progress; The Landscape in 1994; Economic and Social Transformation, 1994-2014; Building Inclusive Public Sector Institutions and Implementing Institutional Reforms; Cross-Cutting Lessons and Challenges Ahead; Notes; References; Chapter 1 Developing an Intergovernmental Fiscal Framework; Introduction; The Policy Challenge; Addressing the Challenge; Results Achieved; Conclusions: Success Factors, Challenges, and Lessons Learned; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Increasing Budget TransparencyIntroduction; The Policy Challenge: The Institutional Restructuring of the Budget; Addressing the Policy Challenge; Results Achieved; Conclusions: Success Factors, Challenges, and Lessons Learned; Note; References; Chapter 3 Raising Tax Revenue; Introduction; The Policy Challenge; Addressing the Policy Challenge; Results Achieved; Conclusions: Success Factors, Challenges, and Lessons Learned; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Strengthening Performance Monitoring and Evaluation; Introduction; The Policy Challenge; Addressing the Policy Challenge; Results AchievedConclusions: Success Factors, Challenges, and Lessons Learned; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Creating an Inclusive and ; Credible Statistical System; Introduction; The Policy Challenge; Addressing the Policy Challenge; Results Achieved; Conclusions: Success Factors, Challenges, and Lessons Learned; References; Chapter 6 Expanding HIV/AIDS Treatment; Introduction; The Policy Challenge; Addressing the Policy Challenge; Results Achieved; Conclusions: Success Factors, Challenges, and Lessons Learned; Notes; References; Chapter 7 Reforming the Social Assistance System; Introduction; The Policy ChallengeAddressing the Policy Challenge; Results Achieved; Conclusions: Success Factors, Challenges, and Lessons Learned; Note; References; Chapter 8 Improving the Delivery of Identification Documents to Facilitate Access to Services; Introduction; The Policy Challenge; Addressing the Policy Challenge; Results Achieved; Conclusions: Success Factors, Challenges, and Lessons Learned; Notes; References; Chapter 9 Protecting Biodiversity, Rehabilitating Ecosystems, and Promoting Conservation for Development; Introduction; The Policy Challenge; Addressing the Policy Challenge; Results AchievedConclusions: Success Factors, Challenges, and Lessons Learned; Notes; References; Chapter 10 Improving the Management of the National Road Network; Introduction; The Policy Challenge; Addressing the Policy Challenge; Results Achieved; Conclusions: Success Factors, Challenges, and Lessons Learned; References; Chapter 11 Developing Renewable Energy through an Independent Power Producer Procurement Program; Introduction; The Policy Challenge; Addressing the Policy Challenge; Results Achieved; Conclusions: Success Factors, Challenges, and Lessons Learned; Notes; References; Chapter 12 The Making of the 1996 Constitution

Computational challenges in the geosciences / / Clint Dawson, Margot Gerritsen, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910741199603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Springer, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-4614-7434-5
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2013.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 167 pages) : illustrations (some color)
• Collana: The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, , 0940-6573 ; ; 156
• Disciplina: 550.113
• Soggetti: Earth sciences - Mathematical models; Earth sciences - Computer simulation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "This volume is based on the workshop 'Societally Relevant Computing' held at the Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA) at the University of Minnesota, April 11-15, 2010"--P. v.; "ISSN: 0940-6573."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Physical and Computational Issues in the Numerical Modeling of Ocean Circulation, R.L. Higdon -- Modeling Hazardous, Free-Surface Geophysical Flows with Depth-Averaged Hyperbolic Systems and Adaptive Numerical Methods, D.L. George -- Real-Time Forecasting and Visualization of Hurricane Waves and Storm Surge using SWAN+ADCIRC and FigureGen, J.C. Dietrich, C.N. Dawson, J.M. Proft, M.T. Howard, G. Wells, J.G. Fleming, R.A. Luettich, Jr., J.J. Westerink, Z. Cobell, M. Vitse, H. Lander, B.O. Blanton, C.M. Szpilka, J.H. Atkinson -- Methane in Surbsurface: Mathematical Modeling and Computational Challenges, M. Peszynska -- Fast Algorithms for Bayesian Inversion, S. Ambikasaran, A. K. Saibaba, E.F. Darve and P.K. Kitanidis -- Modeling Spatial and Structural Uncertainty in the Subsurface , M. Gerritsen and J. Caers.
• Sommario/riassunto: Computational Challenges in the Geosciences addresses a cross-section of grand challenge problems arising in geoscience applications, including groundwater and petroleum reservoir simulation, hurricane storm surge, oceanography, volcanic eruptions and landslides, and tsunamis. Each of these applications gives rise to complex physical and mathematical models spanning multiple space-time scales, which ; can only be studied through computer simulation. The data required by the models is often highly uncertain, and the numerical solution of the models requires sophisticated algorithms which are mathematically accurate, computationally efficient and yet must preserve basic physical properties of the models. This volume summarizes current methodologies and future research challenges in this broad and important field. .