http://www.netvouz.com/ipfwgweb/tag/publication?feed=rss&pg=3 ipfwgweb's bookmarks tagged "publication" on Netvouz http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/cgsd/events/documents/auty.DOC This paper examines two potential solutions. First, rapid economic reform may be facilitated by a growth collapse if the ratio of oil reserves to population is low, so that the principal option open to governments to resolve political tensions is by nurturing wealth creation.Second, where oil reserves promise to sustain rents for at least a decade, a more gradual dual track reform may prove viable. This strategy eases the political risk of economic reform by allowing gainers to compensate losers by creating a dynamic market sector in geographical enclaves that offer both domestic and foreign investors immediate access to post-reform conditions of infrastructure, institutions and incentives. xAnnotated papers-ALL > Annotated papers-Combating the Resource Curse ipfwgweb Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:08:31 GMT http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/cgsd/events/documents/auty.DOC The paper examines two potential solutions. First, rapid economic reform may be facilitated by a growth collapse if the ratio of oil reserves to population is low, so that the principal option open to governments to resolve political tensions is by nurturing wealth creation.Second, where oil reserves promise to sustain rents for at least a decade, a more gradual dual track reform may prove viable. This strategy eases the political risk of economic reform by allowing gainers to compensate losers by creating a dynamic market sector in geographical enclaves that offer both domestic and foreign investors immediate access to post-reform conditions of infrastructure, institutions and incentives. xAnnotated papers-ALL > Annotated papers-Combating the Resource Curse ipfwgweb Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:25:31 GMT http://ssrn.com/abstract=846824 Economists have done most to innovate scholarly publishing and communication by switching to Open Access (OA). In cultural studies, history, law, political science and sociology, OA publishing is still an innovation at the margins. Yet, OA is demonstrably the superior publishing model in the WWW Galaxy. Research networks, scholarly communities and academic tribes would do well to consider how to switch their communication and publishing to OA. The penalty for failing to do this will be decreased visibility and diminished impact, followed ultimately by a decline in public and philanthropic funding. The study outlines the compelling reasons to switch to OA. xAnnotated papers-ALL > Annotated papers Open Information Policy ipfwgweb Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:51:07 GMT http://nourl Why have Western donors' efforts to encourage development of Russian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) varied dramatically in two different NGO sectors, despite similar levels of assistance? Where foreign assistance is employed to promote norms that are universally embraced, it is highly likely to lead to a successful NGO movement. In contrast, when foreign assistance pursues norms that are specific to other societal contexts, it will fail to develop an NGO movement, regardless of the amount of funding foreign donors devote. x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Elena Klitsounova ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:39:44 GMT http://freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=22&year=2005&country=6770 By Freedom House. The study represents an overview of the democratization processes within Kyrgyzstan. It measures the levels of democracy, accountability of domestic authorities to their electorate, levels of freedom of speech and expressions, as well as general political freedoms. x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - OSThreats > Azamat Temirkulov ipfwgweb Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:53:19 GMT http://no url By Nasra M. Shah, Feminist Review, Volume 77, Number 1, 2004, pp. 183-185(3) x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Islam > Nazila Ghanea-Hercock ipfwgweb Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:47:33 GMT http://pdc.ceu.hu/archive/00001386/01/mcarthur.pdf By Irakli Mchedlishvili. The article analyses formation of political orientations in the Caucasus, features attempts to shape the Caucasian regional and national security systems, stresses the great importance of co-operation between the Caucasian nations and the role of Russia, Turkey and Iran in the regional security system, and suggests principles of relations between the Caucasus and non-regional countries x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Fariz Ismailzade ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:05:53 GMT http://www.cds.edu/download_files/326.pdf By C. Zachariah, B.A. Prakash, S. Irudaya Rajan. The paper documents changes in the labor demand for different categories of emigrant workers, enumerates the emigration policies, examines employment and working conditions, wage levels and related problems of the Kerala emigrants, understands the education and training requirements of future emigrants to UAE. This paper contributes to understanding of Kerala migration to the Gulf countries. It gives the most authentic estimate of the annual remittances to Kerala from the Gulf countries and from other parts of the world. http://ideas.repec.org/p/ind/cdswpp/326.html x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Islam > Nazila Ghanea-Hercock ipfwgweb Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:49:55 GMT http://www.grbi.gov.pk/Documents/grp_prsp.pdf By Debbie Budlender. The author discusses the role of gender budgeting in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper of Pakistan. In particular, the author argues that it improving governance by making it clearer to government officials, legislators and the public what government is doing and why and by increasing participation in the policy and budget processes. Gender-responsive budgeting is valuable investing in human capital, by promoting the utilisation of all the potential human resources in the country, without gender bias; and it targets the poor and vulnerable, by focusing on those who most need government assistance and are least able to provide for themselves, whether because of gender, location, poverty or other characteristics x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Islam > Haroon Rafique ipfwgweb Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:30:47 GMT http://isp-aysps.gsu.edu/papers/ispwp0214.pdf Natural resources constitute a great source of wealth in many developing economies. This essay examines the connection between the share of mining in GDP and selected fiscal variables. The author ask two questions. Do countries that relay more heavily on natural resource production show a greater ratio of tax revenue to GDP? Do countries that rely more heavily on natural resources choose more or less decentralized fiscal structures? xAnnotated papers-ALL > Annotated papers-Combating the Resource Curse ipfwgweb Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:20:31 GMT