| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910783587703321 |
|
|
Titolo |
Budget support as more effective aid? : : recent experiences and emerging lessons / / edited by Stefan Koeberle, Zoran Stavreski, Jan Walliser |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
1-280-41374-3 |
9786610413744 |
0-8213-6464-2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
xxv, 508 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Altri autori (Persone) |
|
KoeberleStefan <1965-> |
WalliserJan |
StavreskiZoran |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Economic assistance - Developing countries |
Budget - Developing countries |
Economic development - Finance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Contributions discussed at the Practioners' Forum on Budget Support in May 2005 in Cape Town, South Africa, along with conclusions from a May 2005 workshop conducted by the Budget Support Working Group of the Strategic Partnership with Africa (SPA). |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Contents; FOREWORD; EDITORS' PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS AND DISCUSSANTS; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; PART I: INTRODUCTION; BOXES; FIGURES; TABLES; PART II: RECENT EVALUATIONS OF BUDGET SUPPORT; PART III: ALIGNING BUDGET SUPPORT WITH COUNTRY PROGRAMS; PART IV: PREDICTABILITY OF BUDGET SUPPORT; PART V: BUDGET SUPPORT COORDINATION AND CONDITIONALITY; PART VI: COUNTRY EXPERIENCES; PART VII: DONOR PERSPECTIVES ON BUDGET SUPPORT; PART VIII: PRACTIONERS' FORUM ON BUDGET SUPPORT: DISCUSSION AND CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
Budget support has become an increasingly important instrument in the context of a partnership-based approach to development assistance. Compared to traditional modes of aid delivery, it promises |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
greater country ownership, reduced transaction costs, better donor coordination, scaling up of poverty reduction and potentially greater development effectiveness. This book presents a timely and valuable review of key concepts, issues, experiences and emerging lessons relevant to budget support. It provides an overview of principal characteristics, expectations and concerns related to budget support, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910779527603321 |
|
|
Titolo |
The presidential leadership dilemma [[electronic resource] ] : between the Constitution and a political party / / edited by, Julia R. Azari, Lara M. Brown, and Zim G. Nwokora |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Albany, : State University of New York Press, 2013 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (261 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collana |
|
SUNY series in American constitutionalism |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Altri autori (Persone) |
|
AzariJulia R. <1979-> |
BrownLara M |
NwokoraZim G. <1983-> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Presidents - United States - History - 20th century |
Presidents - United States - History - 21st century |
Political leadership - United States - History - 20th century |
Political leadership - United States - History - 21st century |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Description based upon print version of record. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Introduction: a rock and a hard place: between a party and the people -- Pathways to the nomination: an analytic framework -- Presidential mandates and the leadership dilemma: William J. Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama -- Playing for history: the reelection leadership choices of presidents -- William J. Clinton and George W. Bush -- Presidents, leverage, and significant public policy -- The base realignment and closing commission: difficult choices, electoral considerations, and the future of national leadership in a partisan age -- The paradoxes of presidential leadership in pursuing policy goals -- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Taking credit and avoiding blame: the politics of rhetorical signing statements under unified and divided government -- President Obama and counterterrorism policy: when campaign promises meet governing imperatives -- Conclusion: the right choice at the right time. |
|
|
|
|
|
| |