1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784584203321

Titolo

Dollarization : lessons from Europe and the Americas / / edited by Louis-Philippe Rochon and Mario Seccareccia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-42606-2

0-429-24225-5

1-280-10740-5

0-203-98774-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Routledge international studies in money and banking ; ; 22

Classificazione

83.44

Altri autori (Persone)

RochonLouis-Philippe

SeccarecciaMario

Disciplina

332.4/94

Soggetti

Monetary policy - European Union countries

Monetary policy - America

Dollar, American

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 The decline of the euro in its first two years: is there a satisfactory explanation?; 3 The European Monetary Union: a preliminary assessment; 4 The theory and practice of European monetary integration: lessons for North America; 5 Common currency lessons from Europe; 6 Monetary policy in a non-optimal currency union; 7 The "balanced budget multiplier" for the small open economy in a currency union or for a province in a federal state; 8 Electronic payments and exchange rate regimes

9 Financial openness and dollarization: a skeptical view10 Dollarization as a tight rein on the fiscal stance; 11 Why Ecuador was ripe for dollarization, but Canada is not; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The use of the US dollar for domestic monetary transactions outside the USA has gone on for many years now - Panama in 1904 being the earliest example. Since the advent of the Euro, the debate over the benefits of monetary integration has warmed up - particularly for NAFTA countries.This collection, with contributions from experts such as Philip Arestis, Malcolm Sawyer and Stephanie Bell, examines the



various problems and benefits involved in monetary integration and covers the causes of Euro instability, monetary policy in non-optimal currency unions, financial openness and dollarization

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996411334303316

Titolo

Assessment of General Practitioners' Performance in Daily Practice : The EURACT Performance Agenda of General Practice/Family Medicine / / Stefan Wilm

Pubbl/distr/stampa

De Gruyter, 2014

Düsseldorf : , : düsseldorf university press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

3-11-072010-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (104 pages)

Soggetti

MEDICAL / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- About EURACT -- Contents -- 1 Executive summary: Introduction to the EURACT Performance Agenda -- 2 Overview of the six core competencies -- 3 The relation of performance assessment to quality management -- 4 The psychometrics and edumetrics of performance assessment -- 5 Primary care management -- 6 Person-centred care -- 7 Specific problem solving skills -- 8 Comprehensive approach -- 9 Community orientation -- 10 Holistic approach -- 11 Glossary of terms and key assessment methods -- 12 References

Sommario/riassunto

The EURACT Performance Agenda (EUPA) of the European Academy of Teachers in General Practice/Family Medicine (EURACT) is the third paper in a row following the European Definition of General Practice/Family Medicine (WONCA Europe) in 2002 which identified 6 core competencies and 11 abilities every general practitioner (GP) should master, and the EURACT Educational Agenda in 2005 which provided a framework to teach the core competencies by setting learning aims and monitoring their achievement. Performance (in



contrast to competence) is understood as the level of actual performance in clinical care and communication with patients in daily practice. Small groups of EURACT Council members from 40 European countries have discussed and developed EUPA since 2007. EUPA is a general, uniform and basic agenda of performance elements every GP masters in daily practice, applicable and adaptable to different countries with different systems. It deals with the process and result of actual work in daily practice, not with a teaching/learning situation. EUPA discusses in depth the psychometrics and edumetrics of performance assessment. Case vignettes of abilities in GPs' daily practice illustrate performance and its assessment in every chapter. Examples of common assessment tools are workplace-based assessment by a peer, feedback from patients or staff and audit of medical records. EUPA can help to shape various performance assessment activities held locally in general practice/family medicine, e. g. in continuing professional development cycles, re-certification/re-accreditation/licensing procedures, peer hospitation programmes and practice audit programmes in quality management. It can give orientation for self-assessment for reflective practitioners in their continuing professional development. The EURACT Performance Agenda (EUPA) encourages general practitioners to initialize performance agendas adapted to their national health system to further strengthen the role of general practice/family medicine in their country.