Motivating leaders to "Keep the Promise"?: thoughts on appropriate, adequate & accessible HIV/AIDS services.
According to the Joint UN Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS), as of 2007, about 33.2 million people worldwide were living with HIV, and about 2.1 million had died from AIDS (1). A substantial proportion of this global HIV and AIDS epidemic is concentrated in South and Southeast Asia (2). ...

Urban governance in the knowledge-based economy: challenges for different city types.
INTRODUCTION After a long period of urban decline, the end of the 1980s marked the beginning of a remarkable revival of urban areas in western countries, notably in Europe and the US. This process is often ascribed to the structural move towards a 'knowledge based economy'. ...

Modestly staffed and modestly resourced: an exploratory critique of women's entry to rural and regional governance.
Abstract In Australia, a significant shift has occurred in regional governance arrangements with the emergence of new forums for the practising of regional leadership. In this paper we provide a critical reading of a recent report on the representation of women in governance in rural and regional...

An inquiry into the consequences of the Magna Carta and the Charter of Rights.
MANY THINGS ARE DONE BETTER--POTENTIALLY--BY MARKETS THAN BY governments. Other things are done better--potentially--by governments. And many things done by government are done better--potentially--by regional or local governments than by national governments far away. In each case the better outcome is potential, not inevitable. In order for...

Putting the "and" back in the culture-nature debate: integrated cultural and natural heritage protection.
I. INTRODUCTION II. CULTURAL & NATURAL HERITAGE: AN OVERVIEW A. Cultural Heritage B. Natural Heritages C. Nature Conservation Strategies Worldwide D. The Links Between Cultural and Natural Heritage E. Characteristics of Sites of Overlapping Cultural & Natural Heritage III. The Present and Future of Integrated Cultural & Natural Heritage...

Information society and eGovernment developments in Croatia.
The aim of this paper is to provide insights into the current state in the field of eGovernment in the Republic of Croatia. In the paper a brief historical outline of the efforts undertaken so far is presented, certain key problems identified and development potentials in this area proposed....

USAID completes 4 vital projects.
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The United States Assistance for International Development (USAID) recently inaugurated four Regional Impact Projects in Jolo, Sulu and Bongao, Tawi-Tawi with a combined value of over P1 billion ($ 8 million). Sulu Provincial Gov. Abdusakur Tan said USAID has poured in P142 million ($...

Regions, minorities and European integration: a case study on Hungarians in the Kosice region, Slovakia.
Abstract The report presented a case of the influence of European integration on the political and socioeconomic status of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia. Based on the historical background and the analysis of empirical findings, we tried to test a set of hypotheses: a) the promotion of...

Reengineering of local governance in the post-conflict situation in Nepal.
Background This article is based on my empirical research carried out in the Nepalese political setting while the country was undergoing a serious political power struggle and armed conflict (2002-2005). It is a qualitative research carried out in the context of local governance system and practices. The...

Applying good governance concept to promote local economic development: contribution and challenge.
Abstract This paper examines the application of good governance concept in the area of local economic development and focuses on contribution and challenge issues. The paper includes a review of major concepts of the good governance, the role of government, and the importance of public management reform....