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Traditional forms of top-down government are being challenged by the growing complexity and fragmentation of social and political life and the need to mobilize and activate the knowledge, ideas, and resources of private stakeholders. In response to this important challenge there has been a persistent proliferation of interactive forms of public governance that bring together a plethora of public and private actors in collaborative policy arenas. This book explores how these new forms of interactive governance are working in practice and analyses their role and impact on public policy making in different policy areas and in different countries. The need for facilitating, managing and giving direction to interactive policy arenas is also addressed through empirical analyses of different forms of metagovernance that aim to govern interactive forms of governance without reverting to traditional forms of hierarchical command and control. Finally, the normative implications of interactive policy making are assessed through studies of the democratic problems and merits associated with interactive policy making.

Public administration --- Organization theory --- #SBIB:324H20 --- #SBIB:35H410 --- Politologie: theorieën (democratie, comparatieve studieën….) --- Beleidscyclus: algemene werken --- Democracy --- Political planning --- Public-private sector cooperation --- Europe --- Politics and government. --- Private-public partnerships --- Private-public sector cooperation --- Public-private partnerships --- Public-private sector collaboration --- Cooperation --- Planning in politics --- Public policy --- Planning --- Policy sciences --- Politics, Practical

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POLITICAL SCIENCE --- Public Affairs & Administration --- Public-private sector cooperation --- Public works --- Infrastructure (Economics) --- Management --- Business & Economics --- Industrial Management --- Finance --- Finance. --- Capital, Social (Economics) --- Economic infrastructure --- Social capital (Economics) --- Social infrastructure --- Social overhead capital --- Public works projects --- Private-public partnerships --- Private-public sector cooperation --- Public-private partnerships --- Public-private sector collaboration --- Economic development --- Human settlements --- Public goods --- Capital --- Buildings --- Construction projects --- Civil engineering --- Cooperation

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This paper introduces a new index that captures the institutional environment underpinning public investment management across four different stages: project appraisal, selection, implementation, and evaluation. Covering 71 countries, including 40 low-income countries, the index allows for benchmarking across regions and country groups and for nuanced policy-relevant analysis and identification of specific areas where reform efforts could be prioritized. Potential research venues are outlined.

Public investments. --- Government investments --- Investments, Public --- Expenditures, Public --- Investments --- Capital budget --- Economic development projects --- Investment of public funds --- Finance --- Budgeting --- Infrastructure --- Public Finance --- National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures --- Other Public Investment and Capital Stock --- National Budget --- Budget Systems --- Investment --- Capital --- Intangible Capital --- Capacity --- Public finance & taxation --- Budgeting & financial management --- Macroeconomics --- Public investment spending --- Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP) --- Budget planning and preparation --- Public investments --- Public-private sector cooperation --- Budget --- Saving and investment --- South Africa

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The Q&A in this issue features seven questions on the role of precautionary savings in open economies (by Damiano Sandri); the research summaries are "The Macroeconomics of Aid (by Andrew Berg, Rafael Portillo, and Luis-Felipe Zanna) and "The Building Blocks to Measure Inflation" (by Mick Silver). The issue also lists the contents of the March 2011 issue of the IMF Economic Review, Volume 59 Number 1; visiting scholars at the IMF during January?March 2011; and recent IMF Working Papers and Staff Discussion Notes.

Investments: Metals --- Financial Risk Management --- Foreign Exchange --- Macroeconomics --- Public Finance --- Macroeconomics: Consumption --- Saving --- Wealth --- Price Level --- Inflation --- Deflation --- Financial Crises --- National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures --- Other Public Investment and Capital Stock --- Currency --- Foreign exchange --- Economic & financial crises & disasters --- Public finance & taxation --- Investment & securities --- Precautionary savings --- Financial crises --- Real exchange rates --- Price indexes --- Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP) --- National accounts --- Prices --- Expenditure --- Saving and investment --- Public-private sector cooperation --- United States

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Sustainable investment (SI) has a strong niche foothold in Sub-Saharan Africa, anchored in the region's largest investment market, South Africa. Yet more work is needed, at policy and portfolio levels, to grow this investment theme. This report recommends measures to expand SI in Sub-Saharan Africa. It forecasts that over the next five years there will be considerable growth of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations applied to investment in South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria. While these three countries form the basis of the study, the lion's share of data and observations emerged from South Africa, which is home to the continent's most developed capital markets.

Abatement --- Accountability --- Accounting --- Bribery --- Capital Flows --- Career Development --- Confidentiality --- Corporate Governance --- Corporate Law --- Decision Making --- E-Commerce --- Economic Development --- Emerging Markets --- Emissions --- Employment Opportunities --- Environment --- Environmental Economics & Policies --- Environmental Policy --- Financial Institutions --- Financial Management --- Governance --- Governance Indicators --- Human Capital --- Human Rights --- Insurance --- International Finance --- Investment Climate --- Law and Development --- Legal Framework --- Legislation --- Literacy --- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth --- Managers --- Outsourcing --- Pension Plans --- Private Investment --- Private Sector Development --- Productivity --- Public-Private Partnerships --- Recycling --- Regulators --- Reputation --- Risk Management --- Social Development --- Technical Assistance --- Technology Transfer --- Transparency --- Wages