IP based Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are being deployed as the solution of choice for site-to-site communication for a large number of enterprises. The provider networks that support these services are faced with unique challenges in terms of network planning. There is a lot of value in understanding the characteristics of VPNs from the perspective of planning, provisioning and maintenance ...

This paper examines the challenges and opportunities facing the agricultural biotechnology sector as it works to sustain innovations and further propagate its benefits into the new century. We survey the milestones of technological, legal, and economic precedence in this area and discuss institutional mechanisms for public and private partnership that can help agricultural biotechnology fulfill...

members of the 67th world health assembly in 2014 were presented with a framework document to guide world health organization (who) engagement with non-state actors, a key part of who reform kick-started in 2011. according to this document, non-state actors include four distinct constituencies: i) nongovernmental organizations (ngos), ii) private sector entities; iii) philanthropic foundations;...

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The public-private partnerships (PPPs) model provides a feasible framework for the delivery of public services. In recent years, the PPPs scheme was introduced to China, though, still on narrow scale. This step highlights the fact that the service provision by governments are insufficient and inefficient in their current form while various public services and infrastructures are required to mee...

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We amply dealt with the history and evolution of partnerships, which culminated in the setting up of Global Public Private Partnerships (GPPPs) focusing on health programmes, in the first report of the Osservatorio Italiano sulla Salute Globale1 (Italan Global Health Watch) in 2004. Some authors have argued that the GPPP phenomenon is linked to structural changes, and destined to consolidate it...

The Internet has been used as a channel for public service delivery since the mid 1990’s. During the first years of its existence it was believed to be the service channel of the future, making all other channels obsolete. But until now, the telephone and face-to-face contact remain being used more frequently and are rated higher. By comparing various studies that have recently been conducted i...