... Secretaries of State and the increased empowerment of the Department of State’s Office of Reconstruction and Stabilization (ORS). The ORS, which plans and executes civilian reconstruction and stabilization ... contribution Support RAND - 4 - FOREIGN CULTURES AND HISTORIES A thorough understanding of foreign cultures and histories, particularly those of the countries in the Middle East and North Africa, ... positions that demand a great deal of expertise, prior experience, and institutional contacts, and there is generally an increased need for professionalism in the Department of State and other civilian...
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... resources and sufficient understanding of the extent to which dip- lomatic and political efforts are often needed to complement military efforts. e same can be said of personnel and programs of USAID, ... NATO; and Gen. George Joulwan, U.S. Army (ret.), formerly NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe and before that Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Southern Command. e project commissioned a series of ... areas: Specific ways and means to facilitate the cooperation, coordination, and integration of t different instruments of power and influence at the field level, including NGOs and the private sector xxv Acknowledgments e...
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... “prerogative writ” of mandamus. Rather, in 1803, mandamus power was still regarded as an inherent feature of the superintending authority of a supreme court. Thus, mandamus was implicit in the mandate for ... bene- fitted from the encouragement and advice of our colleagues and students in the Department of Political Science and the College of Law at the University of Tennessee. In particular, we wish ... judicial review. In support of this assumption of power, John Marshall reasoned that, because the Constitution is the “supreme law of the land,” and it is the duty of the judiciary to interpret...
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... the roles of growth and social development and of infrastruc- ture in poverty reduction, the impact of the PRS on coun- try-level operations and project designs, and the moni- toring and evaluation of ... of opportunity: it is often due to disconnection, often geographical, from the wider economy and society (Datt and Ravallion 2002, Jalan and Ravallion 2002). The provision of infrastructure and ... Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction in three Asian countries. Its objectives were to enhance current understanding of how transport and energy infra- structure and services...
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Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction - Chapter 0 pps
... pro- ductivity and the welfare of the poor. Transport and energy investments impact upon the income and nonincome dimensions of poverty. The case stud- ies strongly confirmed that transport and energy ... Training Table S.1. Transport and Energy Case Studies by Country Source: Authors summary. xxvi transport or energy improvements and producers of local goods and services that cannot stand up to market compe- tition. ... fees, tariffs, and quality of service as critical issues affecting the willingness and ability of poor people to take advantage of existing infrastructure. Analysis of how to maximize con- nections and...
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Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction - Chapter 1 docx
... enhance current understanding of how transport and energy infra- structure and services contribute to poverty reduction, to fill knowledge gaps, and to identify lessons learned and good practices ... specialist, and an energy specialist, supported by an ADB research assistant, and in consultation with staff of the four collaborating institutions, conducted a review of relevant literature and project ... infrastructure but also in transport and/ or energy services, as well as the targeting of such ser- vices to the poor. Box 1.1. Perceptions of the Poor about Transport and Energy Many poor communities...
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Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction - Chapter 2 ppsx
... the roles of growth and social development and of infrastruc- ture in poverty reduction, the impact of the PRS on coun- try-level operations and project designs, and the moni- toring and evaluation of ... of opportunity: it is often due to disconnection, often geographical, from the wider economy and society (Datt and Ravallion 2002, Jalan and Ravallion 2002). The provision of infrastructure and ... purchasing power parity prices. 16 Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction national productivity, employment, and earnings; a more competitive and transparent energy...
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... the level and characteristics of household members employ- ment , due to changes in both demand and supply of labor; the level and sources of wage and nonwage income; consumption and market ... in land use and distribution; availability of goods, services, and facilities; and asset wealth and distribution. Source: van de Walle 1999. 30 Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure ... promotion of renewable energy. This project was to contribute to poverty reduction by im- proving power, water, and sanitation systems and increasing the operational and end-user efficiency of en- ergy...
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... availability of extension services communi- cating useful research results; availability and quality of land; availability and prices of inputs; availability and cost of credit; availability of associated ... the efficient operation of power utilities, privatization, pricing and subsidies, and regulatory and fiscal policy changes to improve the supply and reliability of services and to create a level ... basic needs for trans- port and energy. These ways are often very costly in time and human energy, however, even if no monetary cost is involved. The time and human energy available to the poor...
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Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction - Chapter 5 pdf
... transport and energy infrastructure, quality and intensity of infra- structure, transport and energy expenditures, and value of transport and energy assets. Other categories include household size and ... investments. Transport and Energy Interventions The study examined the use of transport and energy services by poor and nonpoor households in selected poor counties in the two prefectures of Yulin and Shangluo. ... petroleum and natural gas, develop new and renewable energy sources, and improve energy manage- ment. With reference to rural energy, the Government will promote the rapid commercialization of rural energy...
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Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction - Chapter 6 ppt
... 1992 and 2001, and change in this number between 1992 and 2001; Length of paved roads to district offices in 1992 and 2001, and change; Length of laterite roads to district offices in 1992 and 2001, ... active role in both the construction of transport and energy infrastructure and the provision of transport and energy services. To date, with the exception of road transport services, only limited contributions ... on access to and use of transport and energy services; and (iii) perceived impacts of improvements in roads, rail transport, and electricity. The first module included information on occupation and income;...
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Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction - Chapter 7 pps
... Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction on nonagricultural wages and government salaries. In Kuchchh, only 43% of the income of poor households and 23% of the income of ... investment and encourage employment of the poor. The strategy explicitly proposes cuts in irrigation and energy subsidies and privatization of the power sector to reduce the unsustainable debt of the ... has a coastline of about 1,600 km. It has a major port, Kandla, and about 40 inter- mediate and minor ports that process 80% of the tonnage handled by the countrys intermediate and minor ports. The...
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... pro- cessing and coding theory to a variety of areas from radar signals and speech processing to the development of software and hard- ware required for large computer networks, and, more recently, ... Numerical Software, and a recipient of the IFIP Silver Core Award. He is an IEEE Fellow, and a Member of IEEE Reliability, Communications, Computer, and Education So- cieties, and of the IEEE ... between the 3 terminus of 16S rRNA and t he mRNA during initiation of protein syn- thesis in Escherichia coli,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol....
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