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Local communities have an important role in society. According to states legislature they execute local public policies. Those processes include local democracy, public administration, local economy and social entities. Also they combine public and private resources. All of these groups of factors have their own capacity. Capacity is their ability to achieve goals and consists from inside and outside factors. Capacity of local self-government is integrated capacity. It represents holistic capacity for those units. It tells us, whether they are capable of doing things they should do, according to social and political system and its demands. Local units have different level of capacity. With conceptual model and field research we tested our research hypothesis. Our hypothesis is that local self-government communities with higher capacity offer their residents broader local public services and goods. Also we studies influence of political stability and autonomy on capacity. On representative sample of municipalities in Republic of Slovenia we confirmed all ours research hypothesis. Conceptual model of capacity is a tool for analysing individual communities and for analysing the whole system of local-self government. Also many suggestions for improvement can be made.

Local government --- Local government --- Local government. --- Municipal services. --- Politics and government. --- public administration --- local self-government --- local democracy --- local economy --- social entity --- Management. --- Slovenia. --- public administration --- local self-government --- local democracy --- local economy --- social entity

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A detailed history of the town of Lowestoft, its society, economy, and topography. `A superbly researched study.... An excellent addition not only to the history of Suffolk but of early modern society and economy more generally.' Professor RICHARD SMITH, University of Cambridge. Lowestoft has grown from a small urban community to become Suffolk's second largest town; and this book provides a vivid picture of the town and its inhabitants during the early modern period. Making full use of surviving documentation, in particular the parish registers, it begins with an overview of Lowestoft's medieval history, then proceeds to investigate topographical development, demographic features, occupational structure, social geography, house-building and interior décor, wealth and inheritance, maritime pursuits, agriculture, local government, education and literacy, religious affiliation, and urban identity. Wherever possible, the town is set into a national and European context, and its maritime nature fully brought out. DAVID BUTCHER is a retired Lowestoft schoolteacher and lecturer in Local History topics for the Continuing Studies Dept. at the University of East Anglia.

Lowestoft (England) --- Lowestoft, Eng. --- Lowestoft (Suffolk) --- History --- HISTORY / Modern / General. --- Agriculture. --- Archaeological. --- Coastal Town. --- Demography. --- Development. --- English towns. --- Great Yarmouth. --- Housing. --- Industrial. --- Local Economy. --- Lowestoft. --- Occupation. --- Socio-economic.

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When is the rigorous impact evaluation of development projects a luxury, and when a necessity? This Paper studies one high-profile case: the Millennium Villages Project (MVP), an experimental and intensive package intervention to spark sustained local economic development in rural Africa. it illustrates the benefits of rigorous impact evaluation in this setting by showing that estimates of the project's effects depend heavily on the evaluation method. Comparing trends at the MVP intervention sites in Kenya, Ghana, and Nigeria to trends in the surrounding areas yields much more modest estimates of the project's effects than the before-versus-after comparisons published thus far by the MVP. Neither approach constitutes a rigorous impact evaluation of the MVP, which is impossible to perform due to weaknesses in the evaluation design of the project's initial phase. These weaknesses include the subjective choice of intervention sites, the subjective choice of comparison sites, the lack of baseline data on comparison sites, the small sample size, and the short time horizon. The authors describe how the next wave of the intervention could be designed to allow proper evaluation of the MVP's impact at little additional cost.

Communities and Human Settlements --- Data collection --- Education --- Evaluation Methods --- Field Experiments --- Health, Nutrition and Population --- Housing & Human Habitats --- Impact Evaluation --- Intervention --- Local Economy --- Millennium Development Goal --- Population Policies --- Poverty Monitoring & Analysis --- Poverty Reduction --- Project Evaluation --- Rural Areas --- Science and Technology Development --- Science Education --- Scientific Research & Science Parks --- Sustainable Growth

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Brain drain has long been a common concern for migrant-sending countries, particularly for small countries where high-skilled emigration rates are highest. However, while economic theory suggests a number of possible benefits, in addition to costs, from skilled emigration, the evidence base on many of these is very limited. Moreover, the lessons from case studies of benefits to China and India from skilled emigration may not be relevant to much smaller countries. This paper presents the results of innovative surveys which tracked academic high-achievers from five countries to wherever they moved in the world in order to directly measure at the micro level the channels through which high-skilled emigration affects the sending country. The results show that there are very high levels of emigration and of return migration among the very highly skilled; the income gains to the best and brightest from migrating are very large, and an order of magnitude or more greater than any other effect; there are large benefits from migration in terms of postgraduate education; most high-skilled migrants from poorer countries send remittances; but that involvement in trade and foreign direct investment is a rare occurrence. There is considerable knowledge flow from both current and return migrants about job and study opportunities abroad, but little net knowledge sharing from current migrants to home country governments or businesses. Finally, the fiscal costs vary considerably across countries, and depend on the extent to which governments rely on progressive income taxation.

Brain Drain --- Consequences of migration --- Debt Markets --- Developing countries --- Economic Theory & Research --- Education --- Emerging Markets --- Finance and Financial Sector Development --- Foreign direct investment --- Global development --- Health, Nutrition and Population --- Home countries --- Human capital --- Local economy --- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth --- Migrant --- Ministry of education --- Policy research --- Policy research working paper --- Population Policies --- Private Sector Development --- Progress --- Public health --- Remittances --- Return migration --- Skilled migrants --- Skilled workers --- Small countries --- Tertiary Education

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K9360 --- Korea: Education -- general and history --- K9450 --- K9459 --- Korea: Economy and industry -- commerce and trade --- Korea: Commerce and trade -- internal trade and local economy --- K9482 --- K9865 --- Korea: Economy and industry -- finance -- money, currency --- Korea: Art and antiquities -- arts, crafts and design -- metal works --- K9750 --- Korea: Performing and media arts -- dance --- K9890 --- Korea: Art and antiquities -- architecture --- K9860 --- Korea: Art and antiquities -- arts, crafts and design -- ceramics and glassware --- K9432 --- K9441 --- K9980 --- Korea: Economy and industry -- automotive, shipbuilding, aviation and space industries --- Korea: Economy and industry -- transportation industries --- Korea: Science and technology -- technology -- engineering --- K9060 --- K9055.20 --- Korea: Religion -- shamanism -- general and history --- Korea: Religion -- general forms -- folk religion --- K9720.10 --- K9700.10 --- Korea: Literature -- poetry -- history and criticism -- premodern --- Korea: Literature -- history -- ancient, premodern --- K9895 --- Korea: Art and antiquities -- architecture -- landscape architecture --- K9845 --- K9840 --- Korea: Art and antiquities -- arts, crafts and design -- interior decoration, furniture --- Korea: Art and antiquities -- arts, crafts and design --- K9850 --- Korea: Art and antiquities -- arts, crafts and design -- costume and accessories --- K9731 --- Korea: Literature -- literary diaries, letters and accounts of travel --- Korea --- Religion --- Religious life and customs --- Shipbuilding --- History --- Costume --- Clothing and dress --- Dress accessories --- Architecture --- Women poets, Korean --- Korean poetry --- Women authors --- Markets --- Market towns --- Fairs --- Travelers' writings, Korean --- Travel in literature --- Korean literature --- Voyages and travels --- History and criticism --- Pottery, Korean --- Clay industries --- Education --- History. --- Philosophy. --- Money --- Coins, Korean --- Folk dancing, Korean --- Masks --- Folk festivals --- Applied arts. Arts and crafts --- pots [containers] --- Chosen [ancient] --- vases --- Koryŏ --- porcelain [material] --- glaze [coating by location] --- Korean [culture or style] --- Old Silla --- Punch'ong --- Korea - Religion --- Korea - Religious life and customs --- Shipbuilding - Korea - History --- Costume - Korea - History --- Clothing and dress - Korea - History --- Dress accessories - Korea - History --- Architecture - Korea --- Korean poetry - Women authors --- Markets - Korea - History --- Market towns - Korea - History --- Fairs - Korea - History --- Travelers' writings, Korean - History and criticism --- Korean literature - To 1900 - History and criticism --- Voyages and travels - History --- Pottery, Korean - History --- Clay industries - Korea - History --- Education - Korea - History. --- Education - Korea - Philosophy. --- Money - Korea - History. --- Coins, Korean - History. --- Folk dancing, Korean - Korea (South) - Pictorial works. --- Masks - Korea (South) - Pictorial works. --- Folk festivals - Korea (South) - Pictorial works.