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Public-Private Co-operation for Gas Provision in Poor Neighbourhoods of Buenos AiresThis study examines the programme Redes Solidarias, a public-private initiative that connected to natural pipelined gas 4,000 households in the Great Buenos Aires Area during 2005. The main features of the institutional framework are described and...
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Industrial Policy in PracticeRecent writing on industrial policy stresses the need for coordination between the public and private sectors. This paper examines the performance of one such coordination mechanism, Presidential Investors’ Advisory Councils, in Ethiopia, Senegal...
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A Natural Experiment of Industrial PolicyEthiopia represents an excellent case study of recent industrial policy experimentation in Africa. The country is well known for its successful promotion of the cut-flower industry through business-government co-ordination. What is less known is that...
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A Review of Social Policy Implementation in Nigeria with Emphasis on EducationThis paper presents a brief history of social services provision in Nigeria with special reference to education. It argues that the problems of implementation of social policies are due to state monopolies; the negative effects of structural...
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The Role of Civic Organizations in the Provision of Social ServicesIn recent years churches, NGOs and community associations, commonly referred to as civic organizations, have been playing an increasing role in the provision of social services in response to fiscal stress, state inefficiency and an ideological...
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The Evolutionary Dynamics of China's Small- and Medium- Sized enterprises in the 1990sSince 1992 a series of radical and successful reforms of their ownership and governance structures have been conducted by China's small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Innovative arrangements such as 'joint-stock co-operatives', 'joint-stock...
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Regulation of Social Services in the Least Developed CountriesThe privatization trend affecting the state involvement in productive sectors is also challenging the role of the state in the provision of social services. And, as private participation in social sectors increases, a regulatory framework is needed...
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Issues to Consider in Assessing International Support for Realizing Children’s RightsThe paper reflects on the potential of the OECD-DAC creditor reporting system to systematically capture flows of official development assistance (ODA) in support of realizing children’s rights. The growth in modalities for delivering aid, including...
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Political Economy SynthesisThe food price crisis revealed contradictions in creating food policy. Much of the common policy response can be explained by a benevolent, unitary government. To understand the variance between countries, however, requires understanding fractured...
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A Political Economy Synthesis of Food Price Policy in 14 CountriesPart of Book Food Price Policy in an Era of Market Instability
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Public-Private Co-operation for Gas Provision in Poor Neighbourhoods of Buenos AiresPart of Book Latin American Urban Development into the 21st Century
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New Aid Modalities and Reporting Support for Child RightsPart of Book Foreign Aid for Development
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Korea’s evolving business–government relationshipSouth Korea has gained economic development despite the obstacles it faced as a war-torn country with little natural resources and capital. Poverty, lack of democracy, as well as war and conflict were challenges the country faced in the early 1960s...
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Ghana’s experiments with business–government co-ordinationThe article explores the various co-ordination mechanisms between the state and the business community in Ghana, and the implications for economic growth in the country. We focus on three periods in the economic history of state–business relations...
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The Role of Civic Organizations in the Provision of Social ServicesPart of Book Social Provision in Low-Income Countries
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