Spurring innovation-led growth in Argentina : performance, policy response, and the future /

Table of Contents: “…Insights from recent initiatives supporting public-private partnerships and knowledge-based entrepreneurship -- 5. …”
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Thinking out loud II : innovative case studies on participatory instruments /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Katherine Bain -- A new participatory approach for school management: the redes educativas in Pasto, Colombia / Martha Laverde and Massimiliano Paolucci -- The role of water committees in the delivery of potable water services to low-income residents in Port-au-Prince, Haiti / Emmanuel Njomo -- Reconstruction and social development in Colombia: the central role of civil society organizations / Jairo Arboleda -- The country assistance strategy in Argentina: how to make a consultative process work / Roberto Senderowitsch and Sandra Cesilini -- The growing pains of an unprecedented civil society-government partnership in the Brazilian Amazon: the case of the Amazon Working Group (GTA) / Alfredo Wagner Berno de Almeida -- The challenges of forging partnerships for judicial reform / Waleed H. …”
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E-learning in tertiary education : where do we stand? / by Garret, Richard

Table of Contents: “…IT infrastructure: use of learning management system (LMS) and other applications -- 5. Partnership and networking -- 6. Staff development and organisational change -- Pt. 3. …”
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Twenty years of swedish cooperation with latin america in social science research / by Behar, Jaime

Table of Contents: “…The Latin American Program: an Overview / Jaime Behar and Tommy StrömbergDeveloping National Research Capacity / Michael StahlSome reflections en Swedish-Latin American Research Cooperation / Jan LundiusSAREC-CLACSO partnership: a decade of colaboration / Atilio BorónFrom solidarity to cooperation: a view from FLACSO / Edelberto Torres-RivasCEDES and the SAREC support / Roberto FrenkelThe Latin American Program of sida/SAREC in Bolivia: The case of CERES / Roberto LasernaAn insider perspective on the role of CIEPLAN in Chile / Patricio MellerA look into CIEDUR relation with SAREC´s Latin American Program and reflection sobre el future / Martín Buxedas…”

Local governance and the drivers of growth /

Table of Contents: “…The instruments of good governance / Xavier Greffe -- 3. Partnerships, relationships, and networks: understanding local collaboration strategies in different countries / Mark Considine -- 4. …”

World Bank Operations Evaluation Department : the first 30 years /

Table of Contents: “…Evolution of OED's evaluation partnerships / Osvaldo Feinstein, Manager, Partnerships and Knowledge Management , OEDPK; Rema N. …”

Sustainable financing mechanisms for coral reef conservation : proceedings of a workshop : held at the World Bank, Washington, D.C., June 23, 1995 / Anthony J. Hooten and Marea E....

Table of Contents: “…Creating a planning and investment framework through partnerships: Introduction / John McManus -- Large and small-scale marine protected areas: planning, investment and intergenerational quality of life / John McManus -- Sustainable financing of protected areas in Southern Sinai / Michael Pearson -- Community groups and the protected areas resource conservation project / Robert Kerr -- Outline for proposed biodiversity enterprise fund for Latin America / Michael Rubino -- Creating a planning and investment framework through partnerships: the biodiversity conservation network / Hank Cauley -- Questions, responses, and comments -- 5. …”

La casa actual : casas singulares / by Broto, Carles

Table of Contents: “…., Wolfgang Maul & Walter Schuster : Casa para Eva y Fritz -- Jun Aoki : Casa I -- Jyrki Tasa : Casa Moby Dick -- Kohki Hiranuma / Hs Workshop - ASIA : MINNA no IE -- Manuel Herz ''Legal / Illegal'' -- Monolab Architects : Casa Boby -- Norisada Maeda : Casa Borzoi -- pool Architektur : Casa unifamiliar -- Procter:Rihl : Casa Slece -- Propeller Z : Casa DBL -- Tom Maine-Morphosis : Residencia Blades -- Un Studio Van Berkel & Bos : Casa Möbius -- Ushida Findlay Partnership : Polyfonía -- Querkraft : Casa Dra -- Querkraft : Casa SPS -- Atelier Tekuto : Casa Cell Brick -- RCR arquitectes - Aranda, Pigem, Vilalta : Casa M-Lidia - Aldo Celoria : Casa Travella -- Atelier Bow-Wow : Casa Izu.…”

New approaches to rural policy : lessons from around the world /

Table of Contents: “…The rural policy laboratory: New regional partnerships in the United States / Gilbert G. Gonzalez -- Rural entrepreneurship: a cooperative case study / Bob Militello -- The micro-region strategy in Mexico / Antonio Sánchez Díaz de Rivera -- Linking rural policy and regional development in western Canada / Oryssia Lennie -- Reducing the territorial divide in France: redefining regions / Nicolas Jacquet -- Federal co-ordination in Austria / Wolf Huber -- The living countryside in the Netherlands / Kees de Ruiter -- Rural development in Europe: approaches and future perspectives / Francesco Mantino -- Pt. 3. …”

International public goods : incentives, measurement, and financing

Total quality management and operational excellence : text with cases / by Oakland, John S.

Table of Contents: “…Part I: The Foundations of TQM; Chapter 1 Understanding quality; Quality, competitiveness and customers; Understanding and building the quality chains; Managing quality; Quality starts with understanding the needs; Quality in all functions; Bibliography; Chapter highlights; Chapter 2 Models and frameworks for Total Quality Management; Early TQM frameworks; Quality award models; The four Ps and three Cs of TQM - a model for TQM & OpEx; Bibliography; Chapter highlights Chapter 3 Leadership and commitmentThe Total Quality Management approach; Commitment and policy; Creating or changing the culture; Effective leadership; Excellence in leadership; Bibliography; Chapter highlights; Part I Discussion questions; Part II: Planning; Chapter 4 Policy, strategy and goal deployment; Integrating TQM into the policy and strategy; The development of policies and strategies; Bibliography; Chapter highlights; Chapter 5 Partnerships and resources; Partnering and collaboration; Global outsourcing; Supply chain effectiveness in the global economies The role of procurement/purchasing in partnershipsJust-in-Time (JIT) management; Resources; Collaborative business relationships (BS 11000); Bibliography; Chapter highlights; Chapter 6 Design for quality; Design, innovation and improvement; The design process; Quality function deployment (QFD) - the house of quality; Specifications and standards; Design quality in the service sector; Failure mode, effect and criticality analysis (FMECA); The links between good design and managing the business; Bibliography; Chapter highlights; Part II Discussion questions; Part III: Performance Chapter 7 Performance measurement frameworksPerformance measurement and the improvement cycle; Costs of quality; The process model for quality costing; A performance measurement framework (PMF); The implementation of performance measurement systems; Bibliography; Chapter highlights; Chapter 8 Self-assessment, audits and reviews; Frameworks for self-assessment; Methodologies for self-assessment; Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) assessments; Securing prevention by audit and review of the management systems; Internal and external management system audits and reviews; Bibliography Chapter highlightsChapter 9 Benchmarking and change management; The why and what of benchmarking; The purpose and practice of benchmarking; The role of benchmarking in change; Communicating, managing stakeholders and lowering barriers; Choosing benchmarking-driven change activities wisely; A framework for organizational change; Bibliography; Chapter highlights; Part III Discussion questions; Part IV: Processes; Chapter 10 Process management; The process management vision; The process classification framework and process modelling; Process flowcharting Leadership, people and implementation aspects of process management.…”
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Investing in people : the World Bank in action

Table of Contents: “…Listening to Tanzanian communities-to find out what's really wrong -- Collaborating with partners: 13. Partnerships fighting AIDS in Brazil -- 14. Results from long collaboration in Tunisia -- 15. …”

High tech architecture / by Davies, Colin

Table of Contents: “…RICHARD ROGERS PARTNERSHIP: Fleetguard Manufacturind and Dsitribution Centre -- Inmos Microprocessor Factory -- Laboratories and Corporate Facility for PA Technology -- Coin Street Development -- New Thames bridge -- Lloyd´s of London -- FOSTER ASSOCIATES: Headquarters for Willis, Faber and Dumas -- Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts -- Hammersmith Centre -- Warehouse and Distribution Centre for Renault -- Airport Terminal, Stansted -- Hongkong Bank Headquarters -- NICHOLAS GRIMSHAW AND PARTNERS: Office Building for Digital -- Warehouse for Herman Miller -- IBM Sports Hall -- Ice Rink, Oxford -- Office and Workshop for Ladkarn Ltd -- MICHAEL HOPKINS AND PARTNERS: Architect's own house and studio -- Draught Beer Departament, Greene King -- "Patera" Nursery Industrial Units -- Enclosure of Shopping Centre, Basildon -- Abbey Hill Golf Club, Milton Keynes -- Research Laboratories for Schlumberger -- AHRENDS, BURTON AND KORALEK: Cummins Engine Company Ltd -- Supermarket for J. …”

Environmental economics and natural resource management in developing countries

Table of Contents: “…Poverty, resources, and fertility: the household as a reproductive partnership / Partha Dasgupta -- 4. The Question of a public sewerage system in the Caribbean: a case study / Arthur H. …”

Education and HIV/AIDS : a window of hope

Integrated lake and reservoir management : World Bank approach and experience by Ayres, Wendy S

Assessing aid : what works, what doesn't, and why / by Dollar, David

The new demographic regime : population challenges and policy responses /

Table of Contents: “…Population challenges and policy responses: the Austrian approach / Ursula Haubner -- 5. Partnership, childbearing and parenting: trends of the 1990s / Francesco Billari -- 6. …”

Corporate governance : a framework for implementation by Iskander, Magdi R

Hacia la mejora continua en Colegios Médicos : caso: Colegio Médico de Arroyito / by Maldini, Claudio Jorge