Nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) are the main actors of vaccine delivery during complex humanitarian emergencies such as large population displacements. This paper discusses the use of vaccinations against measles, cholera and meningitis in this context. The role of NGOs in the advocacy for making new and more effective vaccines available to the most vulnerable populations is also emphasised.

Though governmental officials often have far greater responsibilities and make far more consequential decisions than do CEOs of private firms, government officials often earn far less. We offer explanations for the differences, considering Nash bargaining with the head of a governmental agency or with the CEO of a private firm. In the benchmark case, with a governmental agency providing consume...

USA Government wiretapping activities is a very controversial issue. Undoubtedly this technology can assist law enforced authority to detect / identify unlawful or hostile activities; however, this task raises severe privacy concerns. In this paper, we have discussed this complex information technology issue of governmental wiretapping and how it effects both public and private liberties. Legis...

The academic and practitioner literature is replete with definitions of the concepts of intellectual capital, knowledge assets, and their measurement. What is missing is the connectivity among them in the public sector (government and not-for-profit) context. This paper presents an overview of the definitions, reviews the research efforts to develop appropriate metrics for knowledge assets in p...

This paper considers electronic governmental activities f rom a business perspective resulting in a so-called governmental value chain model. This model aims to support practitioners f o r better understanding and realisation of joint organisational and information system innovations in the public sector. It consists of a legislative, administrative and juridical function embracing three fields...