The decline of regional Australia in terms of wealth and population during the two decades since 1980 has compelled the Federal Government to intervene. In 1997 the Australian Federal Government devoted in excess of $A460 million to a grant award scheme called the Regional Telecommunication Infrastructure Fund (RTIF) in which regional communities identified local telecommunication problems and ...

During the economic and political changes that took place in Europe and in Romania after 1989, it was imposed and also made important steps in the foundation of a new concept and a new regional development policy. Regional development policy in Romania is now an important component of the Government Program.

The end of empires and the rise nation-states have transformed way politics societies operate modern sense these changes, transformations, events, situations. Language, culture, memory are essential pillars nation-states’ projects creating a new society. form government, nation-state, use history not only as means transmission but also building identity memory. This study examines case files th...

In Iraqi-Kurdistan Region, sexual harassment against women is a significant crime that has received virtually slight attention from law-makers, researchers and the government. This qualitative-descriptive study seeks to understand women’s approval of cultural legal factors behind victims’ silence. Despite recognizing fact law prohibited some forms indecent acts, most remain silent. The cul...

In presenting this dissertation as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for an advanced degree from Georgia State University, I agree that the Library of the University shall make it available for inspection and circulation in accordance with its regulations governing materials of this type. I agree that permission to quote from, to copy from, or to publish this dissertation may be granted...

This paper aims to develop and present a framework that enables the creation and deployment of regional capacity-building networks in e-government. To accomplish this goal, a focus group is used for the creation of real InterAmerican Network Capacity-Building in e-government. The andings from this research show that speciac hierarchical and professional proales within public administration dese...

On 7 and 14 November 2010, Greece held its first elections for the regional level of representation. The regional elections, which were held concurrently with municipal elections across the country, were the result of the latest local government reforms. In 1986, the governing Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) created 13 administrative regions on top of the 54 prefectures. These administra...

Introduction....................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Recent Experiences with Consolidation ...................................................................................................................... 4 Consolidation and the Costs of Delivering Government Ser...

By Y. MATOTH, Z. SHAMIR AND E. FREUNDLICH C OOLEY’S ANEMIA has beell reported to occur in members of a wide variety of non-Mediterranean races and ethnic groups.’6 Most of these reports describe sporadic cases. In southern Italians and Greeks, on the other hand, this cotidition is w-idely distributed. These peoples, together with a few smaller and probably genetically related ethnic groups of t...