National Program Coordination

National Program Coordination
Author: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Office of Program Planning and Evaluation
Publisher:
Total Pages: 656
Release: 1980
Genre: Blood
ISBN:

Doing A Dam Better

Doing A Dam Better
Author: Ian C. Porter
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2010-12-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0821369865

This book succinctly describes how a large hydro dam in a poor country with weak capacity was successfully prepared by a truly global development and financial partnership, by turning the natural resource curse on its head and tapping the state of the art to mitigate environmental and social impacts.

Guidelines for Preparing a Design and Monitoring Framework

Guidelines for Preparing a Design and Monitoring Framework
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2016-05-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9292573675

These guidelines describe how to develop a design and monitoring framework (DMF) for an Asian Development Bank (ADB) project. The DMF communicates the planned performance of a project. As a link between project design, implementation, and evaluation, it provides the basis for the project performance management system. The purpose of these guidelines is to help improve the quality and consistency of DMFs across ADB.

OECD Investment Policy Reviews

OECD Investment Policy Reviews
Author: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Publisher: OCDE
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Investments
ISBN: 9789264208391

This Investment Policy Review examines Nigerias investment policies in light of the OECD Policy Framework for Investment (PFI), a tool to mobilize investment in support of economic growth and sustainable development. It provides an assessment and policy recommendations on different areas of the PFI: investment policy; investment promotion and facilitation; trade policy; infrastructure investment; competition; corporate governance and financial sector development. It also includes a special chapter analyzing the PFI in Lagos State. The Review follows on the request addressed by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment of Nigeria to the OECD Secretary-General in December 2011. It has been prepared in close co-operation with the Federal Government of Nigeria and Lagos State Government.

Closing the Gap in a Generation

Closing the Gap in a Generation
Author: WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health
Publisher: World Health Organization
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2008
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9241563702

Social justice is a matter of life and death. It affects the way people live, their consequent chance of illness, and their risk of premature death. We watch in wonder as life expectancy and good health continue to increase in parts of the world and in alarm as they fail to improve in others.

Water and Water Resource Management

Water and Water Resource Management
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 352
Release: 1999
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Contributed articles presented at a seminar held by North East India Council for Social Science Research, in May 1997; study on North East India.

International Health Regulations (2005)

International Health Regulations (2005)
Author: World Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organization
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2008-12-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9241580410

In response to the call of the 48th World Health Assembly for a substantial revision of the International Health Regulations, this new edition of the Regulations will enter into force on June 15, 2007. The purpose and scope of the Regulations are "to prevent, protect against, control and provide a public health response to the international spread of disease in ways that are commensurate with and restricted to public health risks, and which avoid unnecessary interference with international traffic and trade." The Regulations also cover certificates applicable to international travel and transport, and requirements for international ports, airports and ground crossings.