Argentina's Telecommunications Industry and the Economic Crisis of 2002

Publication Date: December 16, 2002

During the 1990s, Argentina carried out an ambitious program of economic reforms, including the privatization of its telephone system and other state-owned utilities. In 2002, however, a severe economic crisis forced Argentina to default on its...

Food Fight: The US, Europe, and Trade in Hormone-Treated Beef

Publication Date: December 12, 2002

Those familiar with transatlantic trade relations are well aware of the longstanding US-EU dispute over trade in beef. This note traces the history of the quarrel, beginning with the introduction of the use of growth-promoting hormones for...

International Trade Meets Domestic Regulations: Negotiating the US-EU Mutual Recognition Agreements

Publication Date: December 12, 2002

In 1998, the United States and the European Union (EU) recognized each other's inspection, testing, and certification requirements for a wide range of traded products in a set of agreements known as Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs). The MRAs...

The Challenge of Multi-Agency Collaboration: Launching a Large-Scale Youth Development Project in Hartford

Publication Date: November 05, 2002

The idea that better "collaboration" among public and private service providers improves the effectiveness of social service programs for the poor is virtually uncontested in social service circles--yet many efforts at collaboration founder...

The Challenge of Multi-Agency Collaboration: Launching a Large-Scale Youth Development Project in Hartford (Sequel)

Publication Date: November 05, 2002

The idea that better "collaboration" among public and private service providers improves the effectiveness of social service programs for the poor is virtually uncontested in social service circles--yet many efforts at collaboration founder...

WBLT Public Television, 1999

Publication Date: November 02, 2002

This disguised case is a vehicle for discussion of the financial situation facing the management of a US public (nonprofit) television station. “WBLT” is a Midwestern station which has matured from simply broadcasting programs produced elsewhere...

"Subject to Appropriations": Funding for Tobacco Control in Massachusetts, 1993-2003 (Epilogue)

Publication Date: October 01, 2002

Throughout the 1990s, public health authorities in Massachusetts waged among the most prominent, and by many measures, most effective, campaigns in the US against the use of tobacco. Fueled by funds authorized by voter approval of an increase in...

"Subject to Appropriations": Funding for Tobacco Control in Massachusetts, 1993-2003

Publication Date: October 01, 2002

Throughout the 1990s, public health authorities in Massachusetts waged among the most prominent, and by many measures, most effective, campaigns in the US against the use of tobacco. Fueled by funds authorized by voter approval of an increase in...

Giving in the Wake of Terror: The Charitable Response to the Attacks of September 11

Publication Date: October 01, 2002

On September 11, 2001, after airplanes commandeered by terrorists crash into the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the Pennsylvania countryside, Americans searching for an outlet for their horror and grief begin...

Liberalization of the Mozambican Cashew Industry (Epilogue)

Publication Date: October 01, 2002

The cashew industry has a long history in Mozambique and was once the mainstay of this African country's economy. The industry, which was born in the early 20th century, was cultivated during the period of Portuguese colonization. During this...

Liberalization of the Mozambican Cashew Industry

Publication Date: October 01, 2002

The cashew industry has a long history in Mozambique and was once the mainstay of this African country's economy. The industry, which was born in the early 20th century, was cultivated during the period of Portuguese colonization. During this...

Coastal Ventures Limited Partnership: Balancing a Sustainable Investment Strategy with a Social Mission

Publication Date: October 01, 2002

Nat Henshaw, president of CEI Ventures Inc. (CVI) a subsidiary of the nonprofit Coastal Enterprises Inc. (CEI), was involved in a balancing act. He was a manager of a for-profit venture capital fund, Coastal Ventures Limited Partnership (CVLP),...