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Small States, Smart Solutions

Small States, Smart Solutions
Author: Edgardo Favaro
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2008
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0821374613

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Small states face special hurdles in achieving development gains. These states spend significantly more of their GDP on producing public goods and services, and they face higher connectivity costs than do their larger brethren. Small States, Smart Solutions examines how some small states use international trade and telecommunications technology to outsource services such as justice, banking supervision, public utilities regulation, high-quality medicine, and education. Sourcing these services internationally poses unique challenges but also opens broad opportunities. The eight case studies in this book, based on interviews with government officers and citizens, describe pioneering initiatives undertaken by some small states to better the quality of life of their citizens.


Small States, Smart Solutions

Small States, Smart Solutions
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Total Pages: 290
Release: 2008
Genre: Electronic government information
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Handbook of Small States

Handbook of Small States
Author: Lino Briguglio
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 628
Release: 2018-05-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1351181831

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This handbook covers a wide spectrum of issues relating to small states. Chapters in the volume have been grouped under the three main themes of economic, social and environmental issues. The economics sections include chapters dealing with trade, finance and regulatory frameworks, while the social theme covers health, migration, population ageing, as well as overall social wellbeing. The environmental theme examines matters such as measuring environmental performance, natural disasters, the ocean economy, and the validity of the Sustainable Development Goals. One major issue is the definition of small states. As this volume demonstrates, generally speaking, population is used to measure country size in the literature. However, it clearly emerges that there is no real consensus as to the population cut-off point that distinguishes small states from large ones. While the approaches taken by the authors vary, in all cases the chapters draw practical policy implications for small states. The book can therefore be considered as a wide-ranging depositary of information on small states with the aim of deriving policy prescriptions, and thus as an excellent resource for academics, students and policymakers.


Macroeconomic Issues in Small States and Implications for Fund Engagement

Macroeconomic Issues in Small States and Implications for Fund Engagement
Author: International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 67
Release: 2013-02-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1498342310

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This paper reviews the macroeconomic characteristics and performance of small states and discusses ways in which the Fund’s engagement with these countries could be better tailored to meet their needs. The Fund previously examined small states issues in 2000, informed by a Joint Task Force Report of the Commonwealth Secretariat (CS) and World Bank. Small states continue to face many of the same challenges they did then, and the 2000 Small States Report remains the foundation for much of the work in this area, both inside and outside the Fund. However, the relative macroeconomic performance of small states has deteriorated since the late 1990s, and a fresh look is warranted.


E-governance in Small States

E-governance in Small States
Author: Anthony Ming
Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2013-07-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1849291020

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This book seeks to inform small state policy-makers of the conditions and processes involved in the planning and execution of e-Government projects.


Small States in the Multilateral Trading System

Small States in the Multilateral Trading System
Author: Laura Gosset
Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2015-11-20
Genre: Law
ISBN: 184929139X

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Developing countries, including as small states and least developed countries (LDCs), continue to face significant challenges within the global trading system. Action is required to allow them to overcome disadvantages and achieve sustainable levels of income from trade. This study provides a fresh perspective on how measures can be taken to enhance the participation of small states, many of which are Commonwealth countries, in the multilateral trading system. It contributes to the ongoing general debate about reforming the World Trade Organization and global trade governance.


Handbook of Governance in Small States

Handbook of Governance in Small States
Author: Lino Briguglio
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 484
Release: 2020-12-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0429590121

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This volume covers a wide spectrum of governance issues relating to small states in a global context. While different definitions of governance are given in the chapters, most authors associate governance with the setting and implementation of policies aimed at managing a country or territory, and with the related institutional structures and interventions by political actors. Generally, good governance is associated with concepts such as policy effectiveness, accountability, transparency, control of corruption, encouragement of citizens’ voice and gender equality—factors which are, in turn, linked with democracy. What emerges from the book is that the societies of small states are being re-shaped by various forces outside their control, including the globalization process and climate change, rendering their governance ever more complex. These problems are not solely faced by small states, but small country size tends to lead to a higher degree of exposure to external factors. The chapters are grouped into four sections broadly covering political, environmental, social and economic governance. Governance is influenced by many, often intertwined, factors; the division of the book into four parts therefore does not detract from the fact that governance is multifaceted, and such division was based on the primary focus of each particular study and its main disciplinary background. The expert authors have, moreover, used a variety of approaches in the studies, the subject of small states being well suited to scholarly work from different disciplines using qualitative, quantitative and mixed approaches to arrive at useful conclusions.


Education in Small States

Education in Small States
Author: Michael Crossley
Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2011
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1849290369

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This book argues for the particular challenges of education in small states, and for the need to examine the impact of changing global contexts, to document the changing nature and significance of recent and contemporary education policy priorities, and to advance the case for new and strengthened initiatives for education in small states.


Resilience and Growth in the Small States of the Pacific

Resilience and Growth in the Small States of the Pacific
Author: Hoe Ee Khor
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 462
Release: 2016-08-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1513507524

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Pacific island countries face unique challenges to realizing their growth potential and raising living standards. This book discusses ongoing challenges facing Pacific island countries and policy options to address them. Regional cooperation and solutions tailored to their unique challenges, as well as further integration with the Asia and Pacific region will each play a role. With concerted efforts, Pacific island countries can boost potential growth, increase resilience, and improve the welfare of their citizens.


International Organizations and Small States

International Organizations and Small States
Author: Jack Corbett
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2023-03
Genre: International agencies
ISBN: 152920769X

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International Organizations (IOs) are vital institutions in world politics in which cross-border issues can be discussed and global problems managed. This path-breaking book shows the efforts that small states have made to participate more fully in IO activities. It draws attention to the challenges created by widened participation in IOs and develops an original model of the dilemmas that both IOs and small states face as the norms of sovereign equality and the right to develop coincide. Drawing on extensive qualitative data, including more than 80 interviews conducted for this book, the authors find that the strategies which both IOs and small states adopt to balance their respective dilemmas can explain both continuity and change in their interactions with institutions ranging from UN agencies to the World Trade Organization.