Annual Report 2010 2011

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0215043723

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Departmental annual report 2010-11 by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee Pdf

Despite the impressive performance of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in representing the UK's interests across the globe with what is, in Governmental terms, a particularly small budget, the Foreign Affairs Committee believes that the FCO is under-funded. This situation has been exacerbated by the Spending Review 2010 and the lack of detail provided by the FCO and the BBC World Service as to exactly how the spending reductions target will be met is disappointing. There are concerns about the steps taken by the FCO to adjust to its reduced budget: reductions in the deployment of UK-based staff overseas and the optimistic planned programme of property sales will have a detrimental impact on the ability of the UK to protect its interests overseas. The establishment of the European External Action Service (EEAS) will place a further strain on the FCO's resources. The Committee welcomes the appointment of Lord Williams of Baglan to the post of "International Trustee" with responsibility for the BBC World Service, but reiterates its belief that a formal concordat governing the World Service's budget and output should be drawn up setting out the World Service's independence from budgetary pressures elsewhere in the BBC. The budget cuts faced by the British Council will lead to the Council becoming a substantially different organisation by the end of the Spending Review period. The greater emphasis that the British Council will place on commercial activity risks a diminution of the UK's influence and soft power.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: International Development Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0215042913

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Department for International Development annual report and resource accounts 2010-11 and business plan 2011-15 by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: International Development Committee Pdf

While DFID's total budget is increasing, the Department will both restrict operating costs to 2% by 2014-15 and reduce its administrative costs by a third in real terms, from £128 million in 2010-11 to £94 million by 2014-15. This report warns that capping operational costs and staff numbers may not reduce overall costs or improve effective delivery of development assistance. The International Development Committee also raises concerns that cost pressures are driving DFID to use consultants to deliver its programmes, rather than in-house expertise. The Department spends £450 million on technical cooperation per year. Much of this is good work, yet it was unclear exactly what this money was spent on, or how effective it was and the extent to which external providers were used. DFID needs to improve its assessment of which projects and services it should use consultants for; and assess more carefully the use of consultants to manage the Department's own delivery programmes. In its efforts to reduce administrative spending DFID might be 'exporting' these costs to other organisations, including NGOs and multilateral aid organisations, with higher real administration costs. The Department should assess the best and most effective way to deliver development assistance as it may be able to do it more cheaply and effectively than external organisations. The report recommends that the Department improves its tracking of and reporting on the total cost of administering its aid programme with the aim of quantifying how much aid actually ends up reaching recipients.

Author : Global Environment Facility
Publisher : Global Environment Facility
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781939339522

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2011 Annual Report by Global Environment Facility Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 1106 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Minerals Yearbook Metals and Minerals 2010 Volume I by Anonim Pdf

Author : Teri
Publisher : The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9788179933787

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TERI Energy Data Directory & Yearbook (TEDDY) 2011/12 by Teri Pdf

TERI Energy Data Directory Yearbook, or TEDDY, is an annual publication brought out by TERI since 1986. TEDDY is often used as a reference in other peer-reviewed books and journals for energy and environment-related data. It gives an annual overview of the developments in the energy supplying and consuming sectors as well as the environment sector. It also provides a review of the government policies that have implications for these sectors of the Indian economy. The book provides extensive data collated from the various government ministries, on the energy supply sectors including coal and lignite, oil and gas, power, and renewable energy sources and technologies; energy demand sectors, namely, agriculture, industry, transport and domestic sectors; along with information related to environment and climate change. Graphs and maps have been used extensively to explain facts, that makes the book an interesting read. Besides, detailed tables have been provided at the end of each chapter, making TEDDY a comprehensive data book. Each edition of TEDDY contains India’s commercial energy balances for the past four years that provide comprehensive information on energy flows within different sectors of the economy and how they have been changing over time. These energy balances and conversion factors are a valuable ready reckoner for anybody working on energy and related sectors. This is the 25th anniversary edition of the book and a number of refinements have been made in the content and presentation to reflect the changing needs of the readers. At the same time, care has been taken to ensure that continuity of information is preserved so that researchers can study the trends over time in the energy sector.

Author : Great Britain: Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 0102975205

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The annual report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills 2010/11 by Great Britain: Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills Pdf

Ofsted today publishes the Annual Report 2010/11, drawing on over 31,000 inspection visits across the schools, early years, children's social care and learning and skills sectors in England. Launched by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector Miriam Rosen, this in-depth analysis provides an insight into the quality of those services for children and learners, what is working well and what needs to improve. The report highlights how an inadequate inspection judgement, whether for a children's home or a school, a college or a nursery, can be an important catalyst for change. For example, the total number of schools in a category of concern - that is judged to be in special measures or being given a notice to improve - reduced from 553 at the end of last year to 451 at the end of August 2011. Over a fifth of schools judged inadequate at their previous inspection were found to be good or better when inspected again this year. In addition, schools are now emerging from special measures faster than the previous year - after an average of 18 months rather than 20. In inspections of local authorities'; children's social care, where Ofsted completed the second full year of unannounced inspection of contact, referral and assessment arrangements, weaknesses identified the previous year had been addressed in the great majority of cases.

Author : Lisa Jack,Jane Davison,Russell Craig
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135071578

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The Routledge Companion to Accounting Communication by Lisa Jack,Jane Davison,Russell Craig Pdf

One of the prime purposes of accounting is to communicate and yet, to date, this fundamental aspect of the discipline has received relatively little attention. The Routledge Companion to Accounting Communication represents the first collection of contributions to focus on the power of communication in accounting. The chapters have a shared aim of addressing the misconception that accounting is a purely technical, number-based discipline by highlighting the use of narrative, visual and technological methods to communicate accounting information. The contents comprise a mixture of reflective overview, stinging critique, technological exposition, clinical analysis and practical advice on topical areas of interest such as: The miscommunication that preceded the global financial crisis The failure of sustainability reporting The development of XBRL How to cut clutter With an international coterie of contributors, including a communication theorist, a Big Four practitioner and accounting academics, this volume provides an eclectic array of expert analysis and reflection. The contributors reveal how accounting communications represent, or misrepresent, the financial affairs of entities, thus presenting a state-of-the-art assessment on each of the main facets of this important topic. As such, this book will be of interest to a wide range of readers, including: postgraduate students in management and accounting; established researchers in the fields of both accounting and communications; and accounting practitioners.

Author : Alberta. Treasury Dept
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Finance, Public
ISBN : UIUC:30112078021174

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Public Accounts, Alberta by Alberta. Treasury Dept Pdf

Author : Tim Prenzler,Garth den Heyer
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781482234206

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Civilian Oversight of Police by Tim Prenzler,Garth den Heyer Pdf

Exploring the complex and controversial topic of civilian oversight of police, this book analyzes the issues and debates entailed by civilian oversight by using worldwide perspectives, in-depth case studies, and a wealth of survey data. Integrating and summarizing decades of research from many locations around the globe, Civilian Oversight of Polic

Author : Future Fund Board of Guardians
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 064656322X

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Annual Report 2010/11 by Future Fund Board of Guardians Pdf

Author : Marie Juul Petersen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781849046725

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For Humanity Or For The Umma? by Marie Juul Petersen Pdf

In the wake of 9/11 and the 'War on Terror', transnational Muslim NGOs have too often been perceived as illegitimate fronts for global militant networks such as al-Qaeda or as backers of national political parties and resistance groups in Palestine, Afghanistan and elsewhere. Yet clearly there is more to transnational Muslim NGOs. Most are legitimate providers of aid to the world's poor, although their assistance may sometimes differ substantially from that of secular NGOs in the West. Seeking to broaden our understanding of these organisations, Marie Juul Petersen explores how Muslim NGOs conceptualise their provision of aid and the role Islam plays in this. Her book not only offers insights into a new kind of NGO in the global field of aid provision; it also contributes more broadly to understanding 'public Islam' as something more and other than political Islam. The book is based on empirical case studies of four of the biggest transnational Muslim NGOs, and draws on extensive research in Britain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan and Bangladesh, and more than 100 interviews with those involved in such organisations.

Author : Shona Wilson Stark
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509906925

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The Work of the British Law Commissions by Shona Wilson Stark Pdf

The Law Commission (of England and Wales) and the Scottish Law Commission were both established in 1965 to promote the reform of the laws of their respective jurisdictions. Since then, they have each produced hundreds of reports across many areas of law. They are independent of government yet rely on governmental funding and governmental approval of their proposed projects. They also rely on both government and Parliament (and, occasionally, the courts or other bodies) to implement their proposals. This book examines the tension between independence and implementation and recommends how a balance can best be struck. It proposes how the Commissions should choose their projects given that their duties outweigh their resources, and how we should assess the success, or otherwise, of their output. Countries around the world have created law reform bodies in the Commissions' image. They may wish to reflect on the GB Commissions' responses to the changes and challenges they have faced to reappraise their own law reform machinery. Equally, the GB Commissions may seek inspiration from other commissions' experiences. The world the GB Commissions inhabit now is very different from when they were established. They have evolved to remain relevant in the face of devolution, the UK's changing relationship with the European Union, increasing pressure for accountability and decreasing funding. Further changes to secure the future of independent law reform are advanced in this book.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789290922919

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Asian Development Bank Sustainability Report 2011 by Asian Development Bank Pdf

The third Sustainability Report of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) offers easily accessible information on ADB’s policies, programs, and practices as they relate to the social and environmental sustainability of development in Asia and the Pacific, and on changes in this work that have occurred since ADB published its second Sustainability Report, in 2009. The report also documents ADB’s continuing efforts to minimize its corporate environmental impact, especially at its Manila headquarters. For comparability, ADB’s current Sustainability Report is structured similarly to its first two. All three reports respond to the latest guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative while adapting to the particular characteristics of ADB’s work and the many different audiences interested in the information presented.

Author : M. Burton
Publisher : Springer
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137316240

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The Politics of Public Sector Reform by M. Burton Pdf

The first comprehensive 'bird's eye' account of public sector reform supported by references from over 400 official sources, this book is an invaluable guide to all those in the public, private and voluntary sectors grappling with the twin challenges of managing public spending austerity and the pressure in response to transform public services.

Author : Eli M. Noam,The International Media Concentration Collaboration
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 992 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199987245

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Who Owns the World's Media? by Eli M. Noam,The International Media Concentration Collaboration Pdf

Media ownership and concentration has major implications for politics, business, culture, regulation, and innovation. It is also a highly contentious subject of public debate in many countries around the world. In Italy, Silvio Berlusconi's companies have dominated Italian politics. Televisa has been accused of taking cash for positive coverage of politicians in Mexico. Even in tiny Iceland, the regulation of media concentration led to that country's first and only public referendum. Who Owns the World's Media? moves beyond the rhetoric of free media and free markets to provide a dispassionate and data-driven analysis of global media ownership trends and their drivers. Based on an extensive data collection effort from scholars around the world, the book covers thirteen media industries, including television, newspapers, book publishing, film, search engines, ISPs, wireless telecommunication and others, across a ten to twenty-five year period in thirty countries. In many countries--like Egypt, China, or Russia--little to no data exists and the publication of these chapters will become authoritative resources on the subject in those regions. After examining each country, Noam and his collaborators offer comparisons and analysis across industries, regions, and development levels. They also calculate overall national concentration trends beyond specific media industries, the market share of individual companies in the overall national media sector, and the size and trends of transnational companies in overall global media. This definitive global study of the extent and impact of media concentration will be an invaluable resource for communications, public policy, law, and business scholars in doing research and also for media, telecom, and IT companies and financial institutions in the private sector.