Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management, and Intergovernmental RelationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Local Economy, Environment, and Intergovernmental Cooperation
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management, and Intergovernmental RelationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Cooperation and Conflict Between State and Local Government
Author: Russell L. HansonPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 9781538139318
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
"This collection of essays on state-local relations provides undergraduate students in political science and public administration with an overview of both cooperation and conflict in state-local relations. Contributors to the volume analyze the politicization of state-local relations while also detailing how both policy and administrative coordination continue. By engaging leading experts from around the country, the book draws in policy examples from different states, speaking to a broad U.S. audience. Undergraduate students are the primary audience for this book, but the content also serves as a helpful reference for state and local government officials who recognize that state-local relations is a shifting and changing landscape that requires more deliberate and thoughtful attention"--
Global Trends 2040
Author: National Intelligence CouncilPublisher: Cosimo Reports
ISBN: 9781646794973
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.
Our Common Future
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780195531916
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Achieving Sustainable Development and Promoting Development Cooperation
Author: Department of Economic & Social AffairsPublisher: United Nations Publications
ISBN: 9789211045871
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
This book presents an overview of the key debates that took place during the Economic and Social Council meetings at the 2007 High-level Segment, at which ECOSOC organized its first biennial Development Cooperation Forum. The discussions also revolved around the theme of the second Annual Ministerial Review, "Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to sustainable development."--P. 4 of cover.
The Theory of Externalities and Public Goods
Author: Wolfgang BuchholzPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319494422
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
This state-of-the art collection of papers analyses various aspects of the theory of externalities and public goods. The contributions employ new analytical techniques like the aggregative game approach, and discuss the philosophical underpinnings of the theory. Furthermore, they highlight a range of topical empirical applications including climate policy and counterterrorism. This contributed volume was written in memory of Richard C. Cornes, a pioneer in the theory of externalities and public goods.
Global Plastics Outlook Economic Drivers, Environmental Impacts and Policy Options
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264584064
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
While plastics are extremely useful materials for modern society, plastics production and waste generation continue to increase with worsening environmental impacts despite international, national and local policy responses, as well as industry commitments. The first of two reports, this Outlook intends to inform and support policy efforts to combat plastic leakage.
Climate Change and Common Sense
Author: Thomas C. SchellingPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199692874
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Each chapter represents a contribution to the literature on the political economy of climate change.
OECD Sovereign Borrowing Outlook 2021
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264852395
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
This edition of the OECD Sovereign Borrowing Outlook reviews developments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic for government borrowing needs, funding conditions and funding strategies in the OECD area.
Cities and Climate Change
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264091378
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
This book shows how city and metropolitan regional governments working in tandem with national governments can change the way we think about responding to climate change.