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12. Off-Shoring: How Big Is It?
- Publication Date:
- 10-2006
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- The National Academy of Public Administration
- Abstract:
- This is the second of three Academy Panel reports providing a comprehensive review of services off-shoring. It is in response to direction from the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Science, State, Commerce and Justice with funding provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). This report focuses primarily on two questions: 1. What do currently available data indicate about the extent of U.S. services off-shoring? 2. What additional data are needed to provide a more complete assessment of U.S. services off-shoring?
- Topic:
- Economics, International Trade and Finance, and Labor Issues
- Political Geography:
- United States
13. Stabilizing and Enhancing Financial Management: An Independent Review of the ICE Financial Action Plan
- Publication Date:
- 10-2006
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- The National Academy of Public Administration
- Abstract:
- The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has faced major challenges since its formation within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). These include the loss of staff, changing leadership at the department and agency levels, an unfamiliar financial system, the loss of institutional memory, new business partners and service responsibilities, changing expectations from DHS, and organizational and management changes. These challenges merged to create substantial and adverse financial issues in 2005.
- Topic:
- Security, Defense Policy, Terrorism, and Immigration
- Political Geography:
- United States
14. Why Foreign Aid to Haiti Failed: (and How to Do It Better Next Time)
- Author:
- Terry F. Buss and Adam Gardner
- Publication Date:
- 02-2006
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- The National Academy of Public Administration
- Abstract:
- Haiti—an island [shared with the Dominican Republic] country of 8 million people about the size of Maryland just 600 miles off the coast of Florida—is an extreme case: it has received billions in foreign assistance, yet persists as one of the poorest and worst governed countries. Haiti is strategically important to the United States because of its location; perpetual state of violence and instability affecting the region; support for drug trafficking; potential as a trading partner; strong ties to a large Haitian-American diaspora; counterbalance to Communist Cuba; and relationship with the Latin American and Caribbean community.
- Topic:
- Economics, Poverty, Bilateral Relations, Foreign Aid, and Governance
- Political Geography:
- United States, Cuba, Latin America, Caribbean, and Florida
15. National Accountability Strategies for Developing Countries
- Author:
- Terry F. Buss and F. Stevens Redburn
- Publication Date:
- 01-2006
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- The National Academy of Public Administration
- Abstract:
- The National Planning Department (NPD), Office of the President, Republic of Colombia, contacted the Academy seeking technical assistance in crafting a national accountability strategy for Colombia under President Uribe.The Academy worked with NPD on the strategy which is being tested in Colombia as 2005. This paper is a review of the issues prepared for NPD.
- Topic:
- Democratization, Development, Governance, and Reform
- Political Geography:
- Colombia
16. Technology Transfer: Bringing Innovation to NASA and the Nation
- Publication Date:
- 11-2004
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- The National Academy of Public Administration
- Abstract:
- For the last half of the twentieth century, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was among the most successful organizations in hi story in developing new technology and making it available to both the private sector and other government organizations. Small computers; cellular communications; lightweight, heat resistant materials; telemedicine, and a broad spectrum of everyday products have all benefited from NASA research and development.
- Topic:
- Science and Technology, Communications, and Reform
17. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: Reorganizing for Results
- Publication Date:
- 09-2004
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- The National Academy of Public Administration
- Abstract:
- Of the Department of Energy's $23 billion budget, the $1.3 billion allocated to the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) offers important opportunities to assist in resolving one of the major issues facing the Nation today—the need for sources of clean, reliable, efficient, secure and affordable energy. EERE's programs—which include advanced hydrogen fuel concepts, renewable power technologies, transportation and building technologies—are aimed at improving this country's efficient use of energy, increasing the diversity of energy sources on which we rely, and making us less dependent on foreign energy sources. The management of this small office should be of major interest to leaders of both government and industry as EERE leadership tries to ensure that every dollar is used most effectively in the pursuit of its mission to strengthen America's energy security. This was the goal of Assistant Secretary David Garman as he launched a comprehensive reorganization of EERE on July 1, 2002.
- Topic:
- Economics, Energy Policy, Science and Technology, and Reform
- Political Geography:
- America and Germany
18. Policies that increase vulnerability to corruption
- Author:
- Dwight Ink
- Publication Date:
- 12-2003
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- The National Academy of Public Administration
- Abstract:
- My comments on donor policies that increase vulnerability to corruption grow out of experience of directing the Agency for International Development programs in the Western Hemisphere, as well as assessing USAID missions in Africa, the Near East, and Asia. Following this work, I headed a non-profit organization, the Institute of Public Administration, which has been heavily involved in the transition of countries in Europe and Asia from dictatorships to market economies and democratic societies. I should point out, however, that my background is in management, not banking or economics.
- Topic:
- Development, Non-Governmental Organization, Poverty, and Third World
- Political Geography:
- Africa, Europe, and Asia
19. Microcredit and Households Coping with HIV/AIDS: A Case Study from Zimbabwe
- Author:
- Carolyn Barnes
- Publication Date:
- 12-2003
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- The National Academy of Public Administration
- Abstract:
- This study seeks to better understand the ways chronic illness and death, possibly associated with HIV/AIDS, negatively affect households and the impact of microcredit in helping affected households. This is achieved through analysis of data from clients of Zambuko Trust and non-client micro entrepreneurs, using proxy indicators of HIV/AIDS affected households. It also investigates the vetting of members by loan guarantee groups and the ways these groups deal with individuals affected by illness and death. Since members of loan groups serve as gatekeepers to loans, the internal dynamics of these groups as well as the MFI's policies and loan term s and conditions are important to understanding any push factors that might exclude HIV/AIDS infected and affected individuals. Suggestions from clients and other key stakeholders are provided on changes that might assist microfinance institutions and their clients to address the negative effects of HIV/AIDS.
- Topic:
- Economics, Human Welfare, and Poverty
- Political Geography:
- Zimbabwe
20. An Assessment of the Imapct of Microfinance Services in Uganda
- Author:
- Carolyn Barnes and Gayle Morris
- Publication Date:
- 12-2003
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- The National Academy of Public Administration
- Abstract:
- Using three microfinance institutions (FINCA , FOCCAS, PRIDE) in Uganda, this paper focuses on the impact of microfiance program participation and profiles the clients who participate in these programs. The research covers clients and a non-client comparison group in rural Mbale district, the capital city of Kampala, and Masaka town and its periphery. The two-staged survey was conducted in late 1997 and repeated during the same months in 1999. The assessment conclude s that microfinance program participation has the following positive characteristics on client microenterprises: addition of new products and services, improved or expanded enterprise sites and markets, reduced costs of inventory purchases, and increases in sales volume. Household-level impacts include: began new enterprise, increased amount spent on durable assets and agricultural inputs, increased amount of cultivated agricultural land, and increased amount of household income from crops. The findings also suggest that microfinance programs help client households reduce their financial vulnerability through diversification of income sources and accumulation of assets.
- Topic:
- Development, Emerging Markets, and Third World
- Political Geography:
- Uganda, Kampala, and Masaka
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