http://www.netvouz.com/ipfwgweb/tag/publication?feed=rss&pg=1 ipfwgweb's bookmarks tagged "publication" on Netvouz http://www.dundee.ac.uk/cepmlp/car/html/car7_article5.pdf by D.M. Auty. CEPMLP. 2002 Chad commenced its oil production in 2002 and will be exporting vast quantities of oil by 2004. This generated an influx of capital. Other countries in Chad's position have frequently suffered what has become known as "resource Curse". Rather then stimulating growth, a mineral resource has potential to imbalance countries' economies and inducing stagnation or retarding economic growth. The purpose of this paper is to examine what actions Chad is taking in order to counter act any ill effects from the mineral exploitation and associated wealth generation. The paper concludes that although Chad has spent a great deal of time and effort in acting to avoid resource curse it is by no means clear that it will be able to do so. xAnnotated papers-ALL > Annotated papers-Combating the Resource Curse ipfwgweb Mon, 09 Oct 2006 19:44:15 GMT http://nourl On the basis of the observation that political change in Russia has coincided with worsening physical security for many citizens, Weiler asks why Western observers have generally spoken of human rights abuses there only in relation to atrocities committed by soldiers in Chechnya and very occasional persecution of environmentalists and scientists for allegedly sharing classified information. He looks specifically at the conditions of prisoners, both those in overcrowded pre-trial detention and those already in labor camps, at attitudes toward domestic violence, and at treatment of draftees and others at the mercy of faltering state institutions. x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Elena Klitsounova ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:34:15 GMT http://pdc.ceu.hu/archive/00001829/01/Djuric.pdf In transition countries, up until now researchers focused more on the area of industrial relations and social dialogue in the countries - candidates for the accession to the European Union, among other things because social dialogue in them is more developed. The main social partners participating in social dialogue became clearly defined, while tripartite bodies have been institutionalized with the main role to contribute through active dialogue between the social partners and the government to reducing the cost of transition changes and to the creation of social consensus in the implementation of the necessary economic and social reforms. x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Beáta Huszka ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:29:41 GMT http://nourl The role of the Russo-Chechen conflict in shaping the European Union's relations with Russia is of interest to analysts and policy makers. An analysis of the EU's rhetorical and substantive responses to human rights abuses in Chechnya will reveal the limitations of human rights as a central organizing principle within the CFSP when it is applied to its external relations. Article argues that over the last decade, the EU has sacrificed a coherent and systematic advancement of its normative agenda in favor of strengthening its relations with the Russian Federation, a key strategic partner x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Elena Klitsounova ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:38:28 GMT http://pdc.ceu.hu/archive/00001146/01/The_union_of_S+M.pdf The paper is a proposal for the constitutional reconstruction ofSerbiaandMontenegro. It starts with overview of the present constitution, claiming its invalidity, and defines Basic principles of the state union ofSerbiaandMontenegrowith overview of fundamental rights and freedoms, distribution of authority between the federal units and the federation, economic system and state institutions x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Beáta Huszka ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:30:33 GMT http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance/pdf/contribution.pdf By the World Bank. Along with the increasing understanding in the world of the horrific impact of corruption on economic development and social stability, there has also been a radical increase in the demand for practical strategies for elimination of corruption. This report uncovers various types of corruption, identifies this problem and compares its expressions in the various transition period countries. That is followed by conclusions regarding the development of various anti-corruption strategies that would take into account the differences in the region thereby ensuring the effectiveness of reforms x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Vesna Pesic ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:34:32 GMT http://www.worldbank.org/mdf/mdf4/papers/fergany.pdf#search=%22labor%20migration%20in%20Gulf%20countries%22 By Nader Fergany, Almishkat Center for Research. Migration has become internalized as a structural feature of the political economy of many Arab countries. As a result, the loss of information on the phenomenon is unfortunate and needs to be corrected. The center of attention of the paper is migration shifts to countries of destination outside the Arab region, especially Europe, which are, with some exceptions that intensify the brain drain out of the region1, apprehensive of additional migration inflows. x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Islam > Nazila Ghanea-Hercock ipfwgweb Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:51:04 GMT http://www.carnegieendowment.org/ The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States. Through research, publishing, convening, and on occasion, creating new institutions and international networks, Endowment associates shape fresh policy approaches. Their interests span geographic regions and the relations among governments, business, international organizations and civil society, focusing on the economic, political, and technological forces driving global change WG links-ALL > WG Organizational Related Links - OSThreats ipfwgweb Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:41:59 GMT http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521839505&ss=exc By Kathleen Collins. This book is a study of regime transition, transformation, and state building in Central Asia, from Soviet colonization to decolonization; in particular, the book explores the informal politics that shapes these processes, the political systems that emerge, and the durability of these systems. Creating a democratic regime and creating a durable one are two issues that should be linked, yet most scholars and practitioners of the "third wave" of democracy have focused on building democratic regimes while neglecting the fundamental issue of regime stability x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - OSThreats > Azamat Temirkulov ipfwgweb Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:49:52 GMT http://pdc.ceu.hu/archive/00001402/01/Coalition_Building.pdf By the Center for the Study of Democracy. Once an "exotic" issue in the diplomatic exchanges, corruption became a constant part of the agenda of the international community in the early and mid-1990s. In recent years, corruption has evolved into one of the priority problems of transition societies. At the same time different approaches have been elaborated both to counter corruption and to take its dimensions, survey the background factors, and the multitude of meanings it has been attributed with by public opinion. In this respect the work of Coalition 2000, which combines civil society pro-active anticorruption measures and monitoring instruments, has emerged as a unique advocacy and research tool leading to practical results x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Vesna Pesic ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:22:27 GMT