06958oam 22015974 450 991096476100332120250426110741.0978147551181914755118179781475511802147551180997814755118261475511825(CKB)2550000001138434(EBL)1587790(SSID)ssj0001160643(PQKBManifestationID)11652151(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001160643(PQKBWorkID)11121528(PQKB)11091990(MiAaPQ)EBC1587790(Au-PeEL)EBL1587790(CaPaEBR)ebr10790026(CaONFJC)MIL538135(OCoLC)867927927(IMF)IEIFEA(Perlego)1667337IEIFEA(EXLCZ)99255000000113843420020129d2012 uf 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIndependent Evaluation at the IMF : The First Decade /Ruben Lamdany, Hali Edison1st ed.Washington, D.C. :International Monetary Fund,2012.1 online resource (269 p.)Independent Evaluation Office ReportsDescription based upon print version of record.9781475531268 1475531265 9781306068840 1306068843 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Contents; Foreword; Remarks by IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde; Abbreviations; 1 Ten Years of Independent Evaluation at the IMF: What Does It Add Up To?; PART I: THE VISION OF IEO DIRECTORS; 2 IEO: Achievements and a Vision for the Future; 3 IEO: The Initial Vision and a Vision for the Future; 4 IEO: Reminiscences of the Early Years; PART II: STUDIES OF INDEPENDENT EVALUATION AT THE IMF; 5 The Logic of Evaluation Independence and Its Relevance to International Financial Institutions; 6 A Brief History of the IEO7 Independent Evaluation at the IMF: Understanding the Evaluation Cycle8 IEO Retrospective: Ten Years of Independent Evaluation at the IMF; 9 IEO Recommendations: A Review of Implementation; 10 Academic and Think Tank Assessment of the IEO and Its Evaluations; PART III: VIEWS ON THE IEO; 11 Views on the IEO from Current and Former Executive Directors; 12 Views on the IEO from Current and Former Management and Senior Staff; 13 Views on the IEO from External Stakeholders; PART IV: BACKGROUND MATERIAL AND CONTRIBUTORS; IEO Terms of Reference; IEO Evaluations, 2002-11Summaries of IEO Evaluations, 2002-11External Evaluation of the IEO, Terms of Reference, September 14, 2005; IMF Executive Board Discussion of External Evaluation of the Independent Evaluation Office; About the ContributorsThis volume examines how independent evaluation contributes to the legitimacy and effectiveness of the IMF. It describes the evolution and impact of the Independent Evaluation Office ten years after its creation as well as the challenges it has faced. It also incorporates feedback from a wide range of internal and external actors and offers useful insights for international organizations, academics, and other global stakeholders.Independent Evaluation Office Reports; Independent Evaluation Office ReportsIndependent evaluation at the International Monetary FundFinancial institutions, InternationalEvaluationExports and ImportsimfFinance: GeneralimfFinancial Risk ManagementimfForeign ExchangeimfMacroeconomicsimfSocial Services and WelfareimfLabor Economics: GeneralimfCurrent Account AdjustmentimfShort-term Capital MovementsimfDevelopment Planning and Policy: Trade PolicyimfFactor MovementimfForeign Exchange PolicyimfGeneral Financial Markets: Government Policy and RegulationimfTrade PolicyimfInternational Trade OrganizationsimfFinancial CrisesimfLabourimfincome economicsimfInternational economicsimfCurrencyimfForeign exchangeimfFinanceimfEconomic & financial crises & disastersimfCivil service & public sectorimfLaborimfExchange rate policyimfTrade policyimfFinancial Sector Assessment ProgramimfCapital account liberalizationimfInternational tradeimfBalance of paymentsimfFinancial sector policy and analysisimfFinancial crisesimfLabor economicsimfFinancial services industryimfCommercial policyimfIncome economicsimfArgentinaimfFinancial institutions, InternationalEvaluation.Exports and ImportsFinance: GeneralFinancial Risk ManagementForeign ExchangeMacroeconomicsSocial Services and WelfareLabor Economics: GeneralCurrent Account AdjustmentShort-term Capital MovementsDevelopment Planning and Policy: Trade PolicyFactor MovementForeign Exchange PolicyGeneral Financial Markets: Government Policy and RegulationTrade PolicyInternational Trade OrganizationsFinancial CrisesLabourincome economicsInternational economicsCurrencyForeign exchangeFinanceEconomic & financial crises & disastersCivil service & public sectorLaborExchange rate policyTrade policyFinancial Sector Assessment ProgramCapital account liberalizationInternational tradeBalance of paymentsFinancial sector policy and analysisFinancial crisesLabor economicsFinancial services industryCommercial policyIncome economicsLamdany Ruben1811405Edison Hali126887DcWaIMFBOOK9910964761003321Independent Evaluation at the IMF4363263UNINA02702oam 2200625 c 450 991095622710332120260302090207.03-657-76028-89783657760282(CKB)4100000011946681(MiAaPQ)EBC6631763(Au-PeEL)EBL6631763(OCoLC)1255222145(Brill | Schöningh)9783657760282(Brill | Schöningh)9783657760282(EXLCZ)99410000001194668120260302d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Reluctant ExilesLatvians in the West after World War IIAndrejs Plakans1st ed.PaderbornBrill | Schöningh20211 online resource (741 pages)On the Boundary of Two Worlds453-506-76028-9 The book is a group biography of the 175,000+ Latvians who fled their homeland during the final year of World War II (1944–45), lived until 1951 as refugees in Sweden and Germany, and then dispersed to other countries throughout the world.The post-1945 history of these Latvians includes a description of their lives in ‘displaced person’ camps in post-war Germany, dispersion in the 1949–1951 years, resettlement in new host countries in Europe and overseas, strategies of adaptation to the new circumstances, organizational efforts, acculturation and assimilation, measures of cultural and linguistic preservation, renewal of contacts with the old homeland, generational change and disagreements, political mobilization, changes in personal and group identity, and, after 1991, the inclusion by the Latvian government of the descendants of this post-war population into a formally designated ‘Latvian diaspora’ (Diaspora Law, 2019).On the boundary of two worlds ;Volume 45.DiasporaEmigrationAssimilationCultural PreservationBilingualismNational IdentityBaltic RegionLanguage MaintenanceDiasporaEmigrationAssimilationCultural PreservationBilingualismNational IdentityBaltic RegionLanguage Maintenance920.0475Plakans Andrejsaut1308746MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910956227103321The Reluctant Exiles4382505UNINA