Research Catalog

Title

Small states, smart solutions : improving connectivity and increasing the effectiveness of public services / Edgardo M. Favaro, editor.

Publication

Washington, DC : World Bank, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors

Favaro, Edgardo.

Description

xvi, 290 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

"Small States, Smart Solutions: Improving Connectivity and Increasing the Effectiveness of Public Services 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."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Directions in development. Public sector governance

Uniform Title

Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Public sector governance.

Subjects

• Electronic government information > States, Small
• Public contracts > States, Small

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Pt. 1. Case studies on regional solutions -- Ch. 2. Banking supervision in OECS member countries / Edgardo Favaro and Frits van Beek -- Ch. 3. Banking supervision in the CFA franc countries / Christian Brachet -- Ch. 4. The regional court systems in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and the Caribbean / Dennis Byron and Maria Dakolias -- Pt. 2. Cases studies on ICT regulation and outsourcing -- Ch. 5. Telecommunications regulation in the eastern Caribbean / Edgardo Favaro and Brian Winter -- Ch. 6. E-government in Cape Verde / Edgardo Favaro, Samia Melhem and Brian Winter -- Ch. 7. Impact of ICT on university education in small island states : the case of the University of the South Pacific / Ron Duncan and James McMaster -- Ch. 8. From monopoly to competition : reform of Samoa's telecommunications sector / Edgardo Favaro, Naomi Halewood and Carlo Maria Rossotto -- Ch. 9. Exploiting tender processes for budget reform in small countries : the case of Samoa / Geoff Dixon -- App. A. Overview of the studies of economic growth / Edgardo Favaro and David Peretz.

ISBN

• 9780821374603
• 0821374605
• 9780821374610 (electronic)
• 0821374613 (electronic)

LCCN

• 2008003718
• 40015487254

OCLC

• ocn190850765
• 190850765
• SCSB-9052044

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries