Download or read book Decentralization and Infrastructure in the Global Economy written by Jonas Frank and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subnational dimension of infrastructure has emerged as one of the greatest challenges in contemporary public finance policy and management. Ensuring the efficient provision of infrastructure represents a challenge for all countries irrespective of their level of centralization or decentralization. This book proposes an innovative approach for the strengthening of decentralized public investment and infrastructure management. Decentralization and Infrastructure in the Global Economy: From Gaps to Solutions covers the most important aspects of infrastructure investment in a decentralized setting. It discusses infrastructure gaps and the quality of subnational spending; how functional responsibilities, financing and equalization can be designed; sector-specific arrangements in high expenditure areas, such as health, education and roads; key steps of the public investment cycle and management; and analyses the political economy and corruption challenges that typically accompany decentralized infrastructure projects. This book challenges some of the well-accepted principles of intergovernmental fiscal relations and will be useful to researchers and practitioners of public finance policy and management.

Download or read book The Shifting Global Economic Architecture written by Jonathan Luckhurst and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the shifting global economic architecture, indicating the decentralizing authority in global economic governance since the Cold War and, especially, following the 2008-09 global financial crisis. The author examines recent adjustments to the organizational framework, contestation of policy principles, norms, and practices, and destabilizing actor hierarchies, particularly in global macroeconomic, trade, and development governance. The study's ‘analytical eclecticism’ includes a core constructivist IR approach, but also incorporates insights from several international relations theories as well as political and economic theory. The book develops a unique ‘analytical matrix’, which analyzes effects of strategic, political, and cognitive authority in the organizational, policy, and actor contexts of the global economic architecture. It concludes that, despite concerns about potential fragmentation, decentralizing authority has increased the integration of leading developing states and new actors in contemporary global economic governance.

Download or read book Decentralized Globalization U S Foundations Civic and Civil Society and the Rise of NPPOS written by Olga Lazin and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-11 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in Spring 2007, this book is about the History of Globalization Since 1942. A classic Doctoral Dissertation at UCLA"Decentralized Globalization" provides a fresh, multi-dimensional viewpoint on Fast Track globalization, and the 13 pronged criteria for evaluation. Enmeshed with Blockchain technology, with its digital security implements, fits in perfectly with its multiple benefits. One of these benefits are in protecting political refugees coming into the U.S. And the European Union.Decentralized data storage is imperative also in storing land titles in the U.S. and Latin American countries. I admire Fernando de Soto, in his "The Mystery of Capitalism," where having a house, one can use as a collateral for other enterprises, can save the middle class in countries like Mexico, Peru, or any Latin American developed country. In this it is unlike other globalization literature, which tends to be written either in favor or against globalization, or highlight cross-border issues such as economic dislocation, the spread of pandemic disease, cultural assimilation, rapid decrease in transportation times, immigration, or the growth of drug-trafficking and crime cartels. A new approach by Lazin proves that civil society should act as a check on executive powers in all countries, to counteract nationalistic representatives authorized to do so. The rise of civic engagement of citizenry, and civil society is fervently analyzed in countries with reemerging democracies, like Romania, Hungary, and Mexico.Lazin acknowledges that readers have become more knowledgeable and can now shake off the narrow views on globalization by better studying the statistical data enclosed and the facts. Her book then aids them in further understanding by explaining the anti-globalization movement. It is based on the premise that globalization is more than trade and economics."Decentralized Globalization" cites analysis and data proving the effectiveness of all Free Trade Agreements, especially within NAFTA. It has done a world of good as the Californian economy, and civil society is perfectly intertwined with the Mexican economy; the balance struck being a perfect model for the rest of the World. The race for Free Trade agreements and elimination of tariff has started long time ago with the creation of the EU, and it works.Managed trade has attracted countries like Mexico, China, and Chile into great ever expanding markets that foster development and propulsate wealth creation.Decentralized data terminals of Blockchain technology can prove that by keeping GDP info, manufacturing, and services on NAFTA countries.Dr. Olga Magdalena Lazin is a UCLA graduate in history. She is a published author and history lecturer at UCLA. You can access and download her books at http://www.olgalazin.com. She has been teaching history at UCLA, Cal State University-Dominguez Hills, and Cal State University-Long Beach, as well as University of Guadalajara (UDG) and University of Quintana Roo in Mexico for over 26 years. Her specialty is history of food, nutrition and health, macronutrients, overeating, globalization of technology, the American Constitution and Internet history. As a hobby, she is practicing permaculture. Her radio show is accessible 24 hours a day at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/dr_olga_lazin. Dr Lazin brings a new perspective on George Soros' Experience with Blockchain In Hungary, and how to use Blockchain technology in helping political and economic refugees in Eastern Europe, and the United States. Refugees deserve protection too..

Download or read book Decentralization and Infrastructure in the Global Economy written by Jonas Frank and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subnational dimension of infrastructure has emerged as one of the greatest challenges in contemporary public finance policy and management. Ensuring the efficient provision of infrastructure represents a challenge for all countries irrespective of their level of centralization or decentralization. This book proposes an innovative approach for the strengthening of decentralized public investment and infrastructure management. Decentralization and Infrastructure in the Global Economy: From Gaps to Solutions covers the most important aspects of infrastructure investment in a decentralized setting. It discusses infrastructure gaps and the quality of subnational spending; how functional responsibilities, financing and equalization can be designed; sector-specific arrangements in high expenditure areas, such as health, education and roads; key steps of the public investment cycle and management; and analyses the political economy and corruption challenges that typically accompany decentralized infrastructure projects. This book challenges some of the well-accepted principles of intergovernmental fiscal relations and will be useful to researchers and practitioners of public finance policy and management.

Download or read book Globalization and Decentralised Development written by Gyana Chandra Kar and published by Deep and Deep Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers presented at the 85th Conference of the Indian Economic Association, held at Thiruvananthapuram in 2002.

Download or read book Global Stability through Decentralization written by Peter A. Wilderer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-03-30 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors of this book, who represent a broad range of scientific disciplines, discuss the issue of centralized versus decentralized control and regulation in the context of sustainable development. The stability and resilience of complex technical, economic, societal and political systems are commonly assumed to be highly dependent on the effectiveness of sophisticated, mainly centralized regulation and control systems and governance structures, respectively. In nature, however, life is mainly self-regulated by widespread, mainly DNA-encoded control mechanisms. The fact that life has endured for more than 2.4 billion years suggests that, for man-made systems, decentralized control concepts are superior to centralized ones. The authors discuss benefits and drawbacks of both approaches to achieving sustainability, providing valuable information for students and professional decision makers alike.

Download or read book Decentralizing Governance written by G. Shabbir Cheema and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 thought-provoking book, the first in a new series on Innovations in Governance, experts in government and public management trace the evolution and performance of decentralization concepts, from the transfer of authority within government to the sharing of power, authority, and responsibilities among broader governance institutions. This movement is not limited to national government—it also affects subnational governments, NGOs, private corporations, and even civil associations. The contributors assess the emerging concepts of decentralization (e.g., devolution, empowerment, capacity building, and democratic governance). They detail the factors driving the movement, including political changes such as the fall of the Iron Curtain and the ascendance of democracy; economic factors such as globalization and outsourcing; and technological advances (e.g. increased information technology and electronic commerce). Their analysis covers many different contexts and regions. For example, William Ascher of Claremont McKenna College chronicles how decentralization concepts are playing out in natural resources policy, while Kadmeil Wekwete (United Nations) outlines the specific challenges to decentralizing governance in sub-Saharan Africa. In each case, contributors explore the objectives of a decentralizing strategy as well as the benefits and difficulties that will likely result.

Download or read book Social Sector in a Decentralised Economy written by Pinaki Chakraborty and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-11 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Locus of decision-making: Understanding a decentralized flagship programme on health in India

Download or read book Globalization and Decentralization written by Jong S. Jun and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twenty contributors and the editors provide new insights into the domestic consequences of global interdependence by examining emerging strategies for dealing with environmental concerns, urban problems, infrastructure investments, financial policies, and human services issues.

Download or read book School Decentralization in the Context of Globalizing Governance written by Holger Daun and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-11-23 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a review of worldwide economic, political, cultural and educational changes since the beginning of the 1980s, examining new trends in educational governance. It describes the processes of globalization and shows how national education systems have responded. The book explains how world education models have emerged in international agencies and traces the ways these models are borrowed, imitated, imposed and adapted as different countries reform primary and secondary education.

Download or read book Local Dynamics in an Era of Globalization written by Shahid Yusuf and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These papers discuss some of the major aspects of decentralization and urban change in the context of globalization.

Download or read book Decentralisation School Based Management and Quality written by Joseph Zajda and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-08-21 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, which is the eighth volume in the 12-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, presents scholarly research on major discourses in decentralisation, school-based management (SBM) and quality in education globally. This book, which focuses on decentralisation and SBM as a governance strategy in education, presents theoretical aspects of the phenomenon of decentralisation/privatisation and contextualises them within the education research literature. It provides an easily accessible, practical yet scholarly source of information concerning the dynamics of decentralisation and SBM that normally take place when reforms are instituted to decentralize authority and power. Above all, the authors offering the latest findings regarding major discourses in dec- tralisation, SBM and quality in educational systems in the global culture emphasise aspects of that dynamic interactive process (see also Geo-JaJa 2006a; Gamage and Sooksomchitra 2006, Zajda 2009). This dynamic interaction in the process that is implicit in the title of the book is reified by calls for restructuring of schools f- lowing the idea that schools are not promoting human rights, social cohesion and sustainable development. The chapters as a source book of ideas for researchers, practitioners and policy makers in decentralisation and SBM in education contr- ute to the educational literature while enhancing the understanding of the larger dynamics involved in educational reform. It offers a timely overview of current issues affecting decentralisation in education in the global culture.

Download or read book Digitalization of Decentralized Supply Chains During Global Crises written by Taghipour, Atour and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-06-18 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During global crises, apart from humanitarian concerns, at the economic level, supply chains around the world can be impacted. These crises can cause huge uncertainties in both the supply and demand parts of supply chains. On one side, the demand for some products and services can be reduced. On the other side, manufacturers around the world are facing shortages of supplies of raw materials and parts because of interruptions in production, disruptions to transportation, and labor shortages. In this context, organizations start to re-examine their production and service systems based on digitization of operations to not only mitigate the risk but also to build a resilient supply chain while continuing to reduce costs and maximize profits. The question that can be asked is how the decentralized supply chains can integrate new technologies to compete in a risky environment in global crises. Digitalization of Decentralized Supply Chains During Global Crises provides new approaches of digitalization of decentralized supply chains and industries to help researchers, educators, consultants, and practitioners deal with global crises and improve the global performance of supply chains. Important topics covered include blockchain, internet of things, 3D technologies, and Industry 4.0 technologies within the context of digital supply chains. This book is important for supply chain managers, manufacturers, producers, logistics personnel, economists, practitioners, stakeholders, researchers, academicians, and students.

Download or read book Decentralized Globalization written by Dr Olga Magdalena Lazin and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-13 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decentralized Globalization provides a fresh, multi-dimensional viewpoint on globalization. This book differs from other globalization literature in that it concentrates on the significant role that civil society and civil government play in globalization. In this it is unlike other globalization literature, which tends to be written either in favor or against globalization, or highlight cross-border issues such as economic dislocation, the spread of pandemic disease, cultural assimilation, rapid decrease in transportation times, immigration, or the growth of drug-trafficking and crime cartels.

Download or read book Globalization Is Decentralized Eastern Europe and Latin America Compared written by Olga Lazin and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-16 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, (entitled "Globalization Is Decentralized : U.S. Foundations, and The Rise of Civil and Civic Society from Rockefeller's Latin America to Soros' Eastern Europe") could well have been sub-titled:1) "American Experiments In Using U.S. Philanthropic Tax Law to Decentralize Development Decisions from the Government to the Non-Governmental Sphere," 2) "Civil and Civic Society Versus the Negative Heritage of World Statism: Case Studies of Mexico and Romania," or3) Blockchain and The Refugee Crisis Globalization' to 'Fast-Track Globalization: Governments And Civil Society"These possible sub-titles reflect this work goals of, which are at least ten: First, to distinguish between "Gradual Globalization" and "Fast-Track Globalization"--the latter offering a new conceptual basis that allows us to compare competing definitions for what the term means as well as to develop the bibliography for studying the issues surrounding it, especially in free markets and philanthropy. Second, to go beyond the existing conceptualizations about how to define "Civic Society (which I capitalize because of its importance)," "civil society," and the role of U.S. philanthropy. These three concepts have not been clearly analyzed in relation to each other, especially confusing Civic Society with civil society, thus misleading countries that seek to emulate the U.S system of decentralized government. Third, to articulate for the developing world how U.S. philanthropy is defined to be the tax-deductible basis for a healthy Civic Society based on funds that are ceded by the government through tax deductions ceded to hundreds of thousands of civic-minded Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Fourth, to how the negative heritage of statism persists, government bureaucracies resisting loss of power. The concept of "statism" is examined in the Introduction, below. Fifth, it examines the role of free markets in making possible Fast-Track Globalization. Free markets include international trade communications (such as phones, free press, radio, TV, news, fax, e-mail, and the web) and jet travel. Sixth, to show that globalization and the role of "free trade" is often misunderstood by critics who fail to see how the new worldwide networking system of communications makes dictatorships difficult or impossible and laying the basis for almost instant exposure of human rights violations. Seventh, to compare and contrast in case studies two countries as they strive to modernize their governmental systems and economies. Eighth, to show how two aspects of free trade profits have been diverted to philanthropy to stimulate the growth of civil and Civic Society in the world based on the U.S. model. The Rockefeller Foundation has been based on investments in world regions; the Soros Foundations have been based on both freely flowing world investments and free trade in currency values. Ninth, to clarify to policymakers in the developing world that the term "Not Profit Organization" is misleading, as we will see in the case of Mexico and Romania where it is was officially mis-translated as meaning "no profit." If the term had been translated from its correct name in English, that is "Not-For-Private Profit Organization (NPPO),"it would not have been mis-translated in Mexico and Romania. Let us be clear here that profits are desirable in order that the tax-exempt non-governmental organization (NGO) can make productive investments and use the interest as a basis of continued existence and expansion, as we see the greatest majority of US foundations are doing.Tenth, the concept of U.S-Mexican Not-for-private-profit Law and its role in society. This is my personal aport to the NPPO Law. This is what PROFMEX, the Consortium for Research on Mexico is successfully promoting since 1990.

Download or read book Centralization and Decentralization written by Ka-Ho Mok and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-11 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globalization has brought dramatic changes to the character and functions of education in most countries around the world. However, the impact of globalization on schools and universities is not uniform. One public-policy strategy that has been widely adopted is decentralization; but there is no consensus on whether centralization or decentralization is more effective to improve organization and management in education. This book is contextualized in the literature on globalization, and examines how policies of decentralization have affected the running of education in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Shanghai, Singapore, Macau and Mainland China. It analyzes the strategies that the governments of the selected societies have adopted in reforming the structure of education systems, mobilizing different forces to create more educational opportunities, and devising new measures to assure quality in the education sector.

Download or read book Decentralization and Local Governance in Developing Countries written by Pranab Bardhan and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2006-06-16 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past three decades the developing world has seen increasing devolution of political and economic power to local governments. Decentralization is considered an important element of participatory democracy and, along with privatization and deregulation, represents a substantial reduction in the authority of national governments over economic policy. The contributors to Decentralization and Local Governance in Developing Countries examine this institutional transformation from comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives, offering detailed case studies of decentralization in eight countries: Bolivia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, South Africa, and Uganda. Some of these countries witnessed an unprecedented "big bang" shift toward comprehensive political and economic decentralization: Bolivia in 1995 and Indonesia after the fall of Suharto in 1998. Brazil and India decentralized in an uneven and more gradual manner. In some other countries (such as Pakistan), devolution represented an instrument for consolidation of power of a nondemocratic national government. In China, local governments were granted much economic but little political power. South Africa made the transition from the undemocratic decentralization of apartheid to decentralization under a democratic constitution. The studies provide a comparative perspective on the political and economic context within which decentralization took place, and how this shaped its design and possible impact. Contributors Omar Azfar, Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Pranab Bardhan, Shubham Chaudhuri, Ali Cheema, Jean-Paul Faguet, Bert Hofman, Kai Kaiser, Philip E. Keefer, Asim Ijaz Khwaja, Justin Yifu Lin, Mingxing Liu, Jeffrey Livingston, Patrick Meagher, Dilip Mookherjee, Ambar Narayan, Adnan Qadir, Ran Tao, Tara Vishwanath, Martin Wittenberg