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pt. 1. Funding religious heritage in France : theory and practice -- pt. 2. Funding religious heritage in dominant church systems -- pt. 3. Funding religious heritage in covenantal and recognized church systems -- pt. 4. Laicites, separation between church and state and funding religious heritage.

Education Reference Guide: Private & Public Funding; Contents; Introduction; Financial Aspects / Budget Processes; Public Education Finance; Grants & Private Funding; Education & the Economy; Poverty Reduction Strategies; Tuition-Free College; School Vouchers; Land-Grant Universities; The Rhodes Scholarship; Government Assistance for Teacher Education.

Education Reference Guide: Private & -- Public Funding -- Contents -- Introduction -- Financial Aspects / Budget Processes -- Public Education Finance -- Grants & -- Private Funding -- Education & -- the Economy -- Poverty Reduction Strategies -- Tuition-Free College -- School Vouchers -- Land-Grant Universities -- The Rhodes Scholarship -- Government Assistance for Teacher Education.

Despite four decades of development planning, at least one third of the urban population of Africa, Asia and Latin America remains poor. Over 600 million live in 'life and health threatening' homes and neighbourhoods because of poor housing and inadequate or no piped water, sanitation and health care. But even as the shortcomings of government and development programmes become more apparent, so do the untapped abilities of low-income groups and their community organizations to develop their own solutions.This book analyses the conditions necessary for successful community initiatives and inclu

Research funding, university finance, R & D. - Forschungsförderung, Forschungsfinanzierung, Forschung & Entwicklung

"The NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health provides summaries of publications like this. You can sign up to receive the NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health by email. Public pension funding has recently become a front-burner policy issue in the wake of the financial crisis and given the pending retirement of large numbers of baby boomers. This paper examines the current funding of state and local pensions using a sample of 126 plans, estimating an aggregate funded ratio in 2009 of 78 percent. Projections for 2010-2013 suggest that some continued deterioration is likely. Funded status can vary significantly among plans, so the paper explores the influence of four types of factors: funding discipline, plan governance, plan characteristics, and the fiscal situation of the state. Judging the adequacy of funding requires more than just a snapshot of assets and liabilities, so the paper examines how well plans are meeting their Annual Required Contribution and what factors influence whether they make them. The paper also addresses the controversy over what discount rate to use for valuing liabilities, concluding that using a riskless rate of return could help improve funding discipline but would need to be implemented in a manageable way. Finally, the paper assesses whether plans face a near-term liquidity crisis and finds that most have assets on hand to cover benefits over the next 15-20 years. The bottom line is that, like private investors, public plans have been hit hard by the financial crisis and their full recovery is dependent on the rebound of the economy and the stock market"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site