Suchergebnisse

"Im Zeitalter ökonomischer Globalisierung sind insbesondere stark internationalisierte Wirtschaftssektoren nicht nur der Regelung von nationalen, sondern auch von Institutionen auf höheren territorialen Ebenen unterworfen. Auf der Basis eines Vergleichs von drei relativ stark internationalisierten deutschen Wirtschaftssektoren – dem internationalen Tourismus, der Telekommunikation und der pharmazeutischen Industrie - identifiziert das Papier die wesentlichen Unterschiede in der Architektur ihrer Governance und versucht sie zu erklären. Die Unterschiede beziehen sich auf die vertikale Aufgabenverteilung zwischen verschiedenen öffentlichen und privaten Regelungsinstitutionen, die Ziele und die Instrumente der Regelung. Diese Merkmale hängen sowohl untereinander wie mit Merkmalen des Regelungsfelds zusammen. Im Lichte dieser Ergebnisse wird die Art des Zusammenhangs zwischen den verschiedenen Ebenen in einem Mehrebenensystem erörtert, die weniger von absichtsvoller Koordination, Arbeitsteilung oder funktioneller Komplementarität als von Versuchen der Konfliktbewältigung geprägt wird." (Autorenreferat)

"Handelspolitik war von Anfang an Gemeinschaftssache, und somit spricht die EU in der WTO mit einer Stimme. Doch in den beiden Bretton-Woods-Institutionen ist dies noch lange nicht der Fall. Woran dies im Einzelnen liegt und was getan werden muss, damit die Europäische Union ein den USA ebenbürtiger Verhandlungspartner wird, zeigt dieser Beitrag auf. Deutschland kann unter seiner EU-Ratspräsidentschaft hierbei wichtige Impulse geben." (Autorenreferat)

The impact of the 1996 US welfare reform act on Southeast Asian‐Americans has been an important topic for research in recent years. Many studies have focused on issues of limited access, culturally/linguistically inappropriate services, and responses of community‐based organisations. Although these studies help us assess the material implications of welfare reform on group life, they reveal little about the ideological consequences. This article examines how contemporary welfare reform governs and disciplines the lives of its recipients. Based on in‐depth interviews with Cambodian‐American families in Long Beach, California, this article examines the imposition of governance upon its recipients by the welfare state.

The issue of poverty is as old as economic development. A
significant quantitative research on poverty has been undertaken for
many decades all over the world in general and in developing countries
in particular. However the issue of urban poverty has not been addressed
effectively. Nevertheless urban poverty has until recently, been low on
the agenda of development policy not only in the developing world but
also in Pakistan because of dominant perception of urban bias and the
need to counter this with a focus on rural development policy. The
analysis of urban poverty is as necessary as the overall level of
poverty in the country. There are many causes and determinants of urban
poverty1 but distribution and management of economic and social
resources in poverty reduction cannot be ignored. It is internationally
recognised that poverty reduction and governance both are interrelated.
Bad governance has made poverty reduction efforts ineffective [Blaxall
(2000), Eid (2000) and Gupta, et al. (1998)], while poverty reduction
projects provide fertile ground for corruption.2 The consensus emerges
from this line of thinking is that good governance is necessary and
effective for poverty alleviation efforts.

The recent onslaught of corporate scandals has compelled the world to acknowledge the profound impact of corporate governance practices on the global economy. Corporate governance is of particular concern in developing economies, where the infusion of international investor capital and foreign aid is essential to economic stability and growth. This paper focuses attention on corporate governance initiatives in South Africa, given its significance as an emerging market, its potential leadership role on the African continent and the country's notable corporate governance reform since the collapse of apartheid in 1994. The evolution of the country's corporate structure and the forces driving corporate governance reform over the past decade will be examined, followed by a review of the most notable reform initiatives in place today. Finally, an assessment of those initiatives will be presented, along with recommendations concerning how South Africa's initiatives can serve as models of enhanced corporate governance standards for the African continent.

This paper addresses the issue of good governance for poverty alleviation, citing Malaysia as a case study. Malaysia has experienced sustainable growth along with impressive record of poverty reduction. This has been made possible through good governance and pragmatic pro-growth and distribution policies, strategies and programs for poverty alleviation which was implemented since the era of the New Economic Policy (NEP, 1971–1990), National Development Plan (1991–2000) and will be carried over to National Vision Plan (NVP, 2001–2010). The good governance incorporates an enabling policy framework for poverty alleviation which includes the supportive role of the state, effective delivery system embodying an efficient planning and implementation machinery, incorporating top-down and bottom-up processes of strategic planning, targeting and participation, effective implementation coordination, monitoring and evaluation. The public sector has to shoulder good governance by efforts to improve the public service delivery system to make it more efficient, transparent and accountable. Direct targeting of beneficiaries results from identification of the poor and hardcore poor by rural and urban strata and states, supported by a specialized delivery system of a microcredit program, minimizes leakages of poverty alleviation program's allocations and benefits. Pragmatic pro-growth and distribution policies and strategies in 5-year development plans ensures effective poverty alleviation.