Confronting HIV/AIDS in Pingxiang, China (A)

Publication Date: March 21, 2006

When the first local cases of HIV were detected in 1996 among injection drug users in Pingxiang, a major transportation hub in southern Guangxi province on China's border with Vietnam, officials decided to keep the finding secret, fearful of...

Revising Electricity Tariffs in Brazil (Sequel)

Publication Date: February 21, 2006

This case examines the dilemma confronting the Brazilian electricity regulator in the period following power rationing. Brazil privatized about 65 percent of the distribution companies (DISCOs) in the 1990s, but the companies were hit hard...

Financing the Theun-Hinboun Hydroelectric Project

Publication Date: February 21, 2006

How does a public-private venture emerge in one of the world's poorest countries (Laos) and how does it obtain $280 million in financing for a 215 MW hydroelectric facility to supply power--not to the host country, but its neighbor? At the time...

The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board

Publication Date: February 21, 2006

This case discusses the efforts by the state of Andhra Pradesh and the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board to provide water services to its poorest inhabitants--approximately 1.7 million people. Undermining this challenge is...

Revising Electricity Tariffs in Brazil

Publication Date: February 21, 2006

This case examines the dilemma confronting the Brazilian electricity regulator in the period following power rationing. Brazil privatized about 65 percent of the distribution companies (DISCOs) in the 1990s, but the companies were hit hard...

Pakistani Textile Exports, Fast Track, and the US War on Terror: A Collision of Foreign and Trade Policy Goals

Publication Date: January 31, 2006

In the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, the relationship between the United States and Pakistan suddenly became a top foreign policy concern for the administration of President George W. Bush. In the...

City Renovation: New Images for Athens

Publication Date: January 27, 2006

In preparation for hosting the 2004 Olympics, the city of Athens, Greece embarked on an extensive renovation project, New Images for Athens, to beautify the city. In total, over 1,600 buildings received attention at a cost of over 4.5 million...

The Mexican Government's Retail Chain: Politics, Social Welfare, and the Bottom Line (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 2006

As of 2000, Mexico's Social Security System for Public Sector Workers provided a pension system for government employees, while running the fifth largest retail chain in the nation, comprised of nearly 400 supermarkets, convenience stores, and...

Reclaiming Land from Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor: The Public Demands a Voice

Publication Date: January 01, 2006

For more than 150 years, Hong Kong has periodically reclaimed--or filled in--land from Victoria Harbor, to expand and develop the otherwise limited space. During the colonial era, such decisions fell under the purview of the British-appointed...

Pension Reform in California

Publication Date: January 01, 2006

As February 2005 drew to a close, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger faced increasingly vociferous attacks from labor unions, and other interest groups, over his proposed public employee pension reform. California had been facing a...

Gambling on the Gorge

Publication Date: January 01, 2006

In April 2005, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski announced that the state had agreed to allow the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs to build a large casino and resort in the town of Cascade Locks. Unlike previous sites, the proposed casino would...

Extreme Hiring Makeover, Part B: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Publication Date: January 01, 2006

In July 2004, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) volunteered to be one of three federal agencies taking part in a one-year pilot project to reform federal hiring practices. The nonprofit Partnership for Public Service...