The interaction of failed states, terrorism and the need for 'nation building' is at the top of the international agenda, with particular focus on Afghanistan and Iraq. This path breaking collection brings together top analysts to examine the goals and challenges facing efforts to reconstruct states that have collapsed into anarchy or have been defeated in war. Drawing on lessons from 50 years of past experience with post-conflict reconstruction and development around the world, the authors provide historical context, identify difficulties that can impede progress and recognize the realistic...
The interaction of failed states, terrorism and the need for 'nation building' is at the top of the international agenda, with particular focus on Afg...
Scholars of public policy and regional and international studies describe large-scale policy changes of Asian and Pacific countries. Among them are land reform and export-led growth in Taiwan, Japanese educational innovations, China's study-abroad policy in 1978-93, rural development in Thailand, an
Scholars of public policy and regional and international studies describe large-scale policy changes of Asian and Pacific countries. Among them are la...
This work describes 11 strategic innovations designed to deal with problems that transcend the normal boundaries of government action. Examples range from the Marshall Plan in the United States to the exploration of community natural resource management in Latin America.
This work describes 11 strategic innovations designed to deal with problems that transcend the normal boundaries of government action. Examples range ...
As international agencies' assistance strategies become more complex, their methods of planning and administration become less effective. Neither the rationalistic techniques of planning and management they adopted during the 1960s and 1970s to control development activities nor the structural adjustment models they used during the 1980s and 1990s to reform economic policies, encouraged the flexibility, experimentation and social learning that are crucial to implementing successfully complex and uncertain development activities. Urgent reorientation of development programmes and continuous...
As international agencies' assistance strategies become more complex, their methods of planning and administration become less effective. Neither the ...
The trend toward greater decentralization of governance activities, now accepted as commonplace in the West, has become a worldwide movement. This international development--largely a product of globalization and democratization--is clearly one of the key factors reshaping economic, political, and social conditions throughout the world. Rather than the top-down, centralized decisionmaking that characterized communist economies and Third World dictatorships in the twentieth century, today's world demands flexibility, adaptability, and the autonomy to bring those qualities to bear. In this...
The trend toward greater decentralization of governance activities, now accepted as commonplace in the West, has become a worldwide movement. This ...
A fundamental characteristic of the global economy during the 1990s is the reinvigoration of the private sector as the driving force for economic growth and social progress. This book surveys Central Europe during the early period of transition from late 1989 to early 1993, when governments were experimenting with privatization and economic reform, and assesses how privatization and economic reform policies have changed the business climate there. Rondinelli and his contributors provide an overview of economic reforms in Central European countries, offer a framework by which to compare...
A fundamental characteristic of the global economy during the 1990s is the reinvigoration of the private sector as the driving force for economic g...
The interaction of failed states, terrorism and the need for 'nation building' is at the top of the international agenda, with particular focus on Afghanistan and Iraq. This path breaking collection brings together top analysts to examine the goals and challenges facing efforts to reconstruct states that have collapsed into anarchy or have been defeated in war. Drawing on lessons from 50 years of past experience with post-conflict reconstruction and development around the world, the authors provide historical context, identify difficulties that can impede progress and recognize the realistic...
The interaction of failed states, terrorism and the need for 'nation building' is at the top of the international agenda, with particular focus on Afg...
In this up-to-date, authoritative overview of where economic and social reform now stand in Vietnam, the contributors discuss the progress the country has made toward establishing a market-oriented economy. By focusing on the institutions needed to transform a centrally-planned economy into one oriented toward world markets and trade, the book gives business-people an insight into the potential rewards and risks they may find in their efforts to do business in, and with, Vietnam. It brings together the perspectives of economists, sociologists, political scientists, fiscal and financial...
In this up-to-date, authoritative overview of where economic and social reform now stand in Vietnam, the contributors discuss the progress the coun...
This collection of original essays highlights the implications of China's economic transition since 1978 for Sino-American business and trade. Each chapter assesses the implications of China's economic and trade reforms from a different perspective, but the thread running through all of them is a conviction that the government of China and Chinese enterprises will have to strengthen their capacity to compete more effectively in the global economy if they are to be successful in expanding trade and business with the United States. Government and business leaders in both countries will face...
This collection of original essays highlights the implications of China's economic transition since 1978 for Sino-American business and trade. Each...
