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This paper details the functions of the newly created Public Service Commission and the Public Service Personnel Management Directorate which is part of the Office of the Prime Minister in order to meet the needs of the Namibian government after independene. (DÜI-Kst)

In questo quadro un progetto sensibile, attento e misurato può svolgere la propria parte. Questo volume, esito di un'attività di ricerca centrata sulle politiche e sui progetti di riqualificazione e rigenerazione portati avanti nelle città europee che meglio hanno saputo interpretare e dare seguito al tema centrale del rapporto tra spazio vissuto e benessere, ha l'ambizione di proporsi come punto di riferimento su un argomento che sarà necessariamente al centro delle nostre riflessioni nel prossimo futuro. [Testo dell'editore]

In the past few years historians have begun to offer exciting accounts of the emergence of an influential and vibrant southern middle class during the nineteenth century. Wells and GreenÆs book provides a series of provocative essays reflecting innovative, original research on professional and commercial interests in a region often seen as composed of just two classesùplanters and slaves. Rather, the active middle class, made up of professional and commercial men and women devoted to cultural and economic modernization of the region, worked in tandem with its northern counterpart, and independ

While most of Asia's major cities are increasingly homogenized by rapid economic growth and cultural globalization, Rangoon, which is Burma's former capital and largest city, still bears the imprint of a unique and often turbulent history. It is the site of the Shwedagon Pagoda, a focus of Buddhist pilgrimage and devotion since the early second millennium C.E. that continues to play a major role in national life. In 1852, the British occupied Rangoon and made it their colonial capital, building a modern port and administrative center based on western designs. It became the capital of independe.

Development NGOs and trade unions have much to gain from collaborating in the pursuit of a social justice and rights agenda, yet the two sectors have traditionally tended to operate independen ly of one another. The "another world is possible" movement; a continuing series of anti-globalization protests; and conflicting views on core labor standards, corporate codes of conduct, and the WTO have placed civil society organizations at the center of public debates on global governance. While NGOs and unions will naturally pursue diverse strategies and tactics, neither sector can afford to go it alone. The essays collected in this volume elucidate some of the underlying tensions between trade unions and NGOs and illustrate the scope for constructive and respectful dialogue - and potential partnership - between them.