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UN celebrates 60 years of assisting countries to improve public administration for development

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http://www.unpan.org, http://iseek.un.org/webpgdept1420_38.asp

Source Date:

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

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Knowledge Management in Government, Information Communication Technologies (ICT) for Development, Internet Governance for Development, Technology and Innovation in Public Administration

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During their 7th meeting this week at Headquarters in New York, public administration experts from around the world celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the UN Programme on Public Administration, Finance and Development.

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Cashing in on what the poor produce

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International Herald Tribune

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Wednesday, April 09, 2008

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Knowledge Management in Government, Information Communication Technologies (ICT) for Development, Internet Governance for Development, Technology and Innovation in Public Administration

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"If you take the next 20 years, Indonesia went one way and Nigeria went the other way, even though they were both authoritarian countries," he said. "Indonesia is an example of a very poor country using this opportunity to invest in rural infrastructure, building lots of schools and - what I think is extremely important - encouraging economic diversification." Meanwhile, in Nigeria, "apart from si ... Read More

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Plan for sovereign wealth fund code criticised

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Financial Times

Source Date:

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

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Institutional Development in Public Sector, Government Machinery

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"It is time to call a spade a spade," Mr Sa'ad will say. "Recipient countries are placing handcuffs on sovereign wealth funds in the form of regulations termed - in the best tradition of George Orwell's Newspeak - 'codes of conduct' or 'principles of operation' or 'best practices'. These regulations will not solve or prevent any future financial crises." In Mr Sa'ad's hard-hitting speech, to b ... Read More

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Global capital markets demand global regulation

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Financial Times

Source Date:

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

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Knowledge Management in Government, Information Communication Technologies (ICT) for Development, Internet Governance for Development, Technology and Innovation in Public Administration

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We already have global quality standards for process and controls in manufacturing (ISO 9000), global trade rules enforced by the World Trade Organisation, global standards operating for seaborne shipping and civil aviation and global capital adequacy standards in commercial banking (the much-maligned, but soon-to-be upgraded, Basel II framework). Within a decade, we shall also have internationall ... Read More

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Why we need to curb global flows of capital

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Financial Times

Source Date:

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Focus:

Knowledge Management in Government, Information Communication Technologies (ICT) for Development, Internet Governance for Development, Technology and Innovation in Public Administration

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Since 2002 the flows have been uphill, from emerging markets and oil-exporting countries to the developed world, especially the US. But the outcome has not been very different. So, it does not seem to matter how capital flows. That it flows in sufficiently large quantities across borders - the celebrated phenomenon of financial globalisation - seems to spell trouble. What this means is that fin ... Read More

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Blame for credit crisis should not focus only on banks

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Financial Times

Source Date:

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

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Knowledge Management in Government, Information Communication Technologies (ICT) for Development, Internet Governance for Development, Technology and Innovation in Public Administration

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Sir, John Gapper's commentary "In defence of investment bankers" (February 14) is spot on. It seems that, while the result was a credit crisis, banks were pursuing their self-interest and associated incentives: profits and happy shareholders.

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Central banks must start to care about house prices

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Financial Times

Source Date:

Monday, April 07, 2008

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Knowledge Management in Government, Information Communication Technologies (ICT) for Development, Internet Governance for Development, Technology and Innovation in Public Administration

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The problem is that you cannot just shove an asset price formula into the model. Of course, central banks can always try "interpreting existing mandates more flexibly", as the IMF put it - or lie about your policy. The IMF approvingly cites the case of the Swedish Riksbank, which had persistently undershot its inflation target from 2004 until 2006, yet refused to cut interest rates. The Riksbank w ... Read More

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Crucial cargoes

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Financial Times

Source Date:

Monday, February 25, 2008

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Knowledge Management in Government, Information Communication Technologies (ICT) for Development, Internet Governance for Development, Technology and Innovation in Public Administration

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If such calls for protection do come, they are likely to receive a sympathetic political ear no matter who is occupying the White House. "The main determinant (of success) is whether a case can get past the independent US ITC vote," Mr [Gary Horlick] says. "But how cases get handled at commerce depends on what the administration wants and, since 1985, they have tended to react to economic trends a ... Read More

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Look at housing markets, IMF says

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Financial Times

Source Date:

Friday, April 04, 2008

Focus:

Knowledge Management in Government, Information Communication Technologies (ICT) for Development, Internet Governance for Development, Technology and Innovation in Public Administration

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The fund also notes that residential investment has been significantly above its historic trend in Spain, Denmark, France, Italy, Finland and Belgium. "House prices in quite a few countries look overvalued relative to fundamentals," Simon Johnson, the IMF chief economist, told the FT. He said the IMF was not forecasting a house price crash in any of these countries. But he said, "Asset price c ... Read More

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US probes alleged tax abuses via royal bank

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Financial Times

Source Date:

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Focus:

Knowledge Management in Government, Information Communication Technologies (ICT) for Development, Internet Governance for Development, Technology and Innovation in Public Administration

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"The subcommittee has been investigating the use of offshore jurisdictions and institutions to perpetrate tax abuse," he said. "The case involving LGT bank is proof that the problem has not gone away, and the subcommittee will continue to explore all different angles to this problem." The IRS declined to comment and the Department of Justice said it was "unaware" of any investigations into US t ... Read More

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