Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Illegal Structures and the Hong Kong Buildings Department

Publication Date: October 01, 2001

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, high atop a great many of the older, concrete-block buildings of lower-income parts of central Hong Kong and the neighborhoods of the Kowloon peninsula, informal metal-framed wooden structures were built to house...

The Lump Sum Grant Initiative for Hong Kong Social Services

Publication Date: October 01, 2001

Notwithstanding its reputation as a free market bastion, Hong Kong has long been home to a well-developed, government-supported "social sector." Although many non-governmental social service organizations began as purely private and charitable,...

The Challenge of Participation: Drafting Mauritania's PRSP (A)

Publication Date: October 01, 2001

In the late 1990s, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, under heavy pressure to find ways to relieve developing countries of large volumes of accumulated public debt, devise a way they believe offers a way to link such debt relief...

India: The Dabhol Power Corporation (B)

Publication Date: April 27, 2001

In the wake of the fraud conspiracy convictions of its former executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, the name Enron will likely long be synonymous with corporate corruption. But how did it rise, to the point of being the sixth...

India: The Dabhol Power Corporation (A)

Publication Date: April 27, 2001

In the wake of the fraud conspiracy convictions of its former executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, the name Enron will likely long be synonymous with corporate corruption. But how did it rise, to the point of being the sixth...

The Good Commissioner

Publication Date: April 01, 2001

A high-ranking district administrator in India, upon taking office, is informed that his predecessor agreed to acquire a plot of land for a local jail. When he learns that the landowner is the wife of an influential local politician, he becomes...

ICANN: Experiment in Global Self-Governance (Epilogue)

Publication Date: March 01, 2001

The worldwide growth of the Internet in the mid-to-late 1990s led to explosions in commerce and communication--but also to vexing regulatory challenges. By its very nature, the World Wide Web transcended national boundaries and thus the...

ICANN: Experiment in Global Self-Governance

Publication Date: March 01, 2001

The worldwide growth of the Internet in the mid- to late 1990s led to explosions in commerce and communication--but also to vexing regulatory challenges. By its very nature, the World Wide Web transcended national boundaries and thus the...

The Shootings at Columbine High School: The Law Enforcement Response (Sequel)

Publication Date: March 01, 2001

The mass killings at Columbine High School in suburban Denver, in April 1999, inspired deep soul-searching across the United States. The search for lessons to be learned from the tragedy has extended, as well, to the law enforcement and...

The Shootings at Columbine High School: The Law Enforcement Response

Publication Date: March 01, 2001

The mass killings at Columbine High School in suburban Denver, in April 1999, inspired deep soul-searching across the United States. The search for lessons to be learned from the tragedy has extended, as well, to the law enforcement and...

Maribor, Slovenia: Wastewater Treatment Privatization

Publication Date: January 01, 2001

In October 1997, Marc Fornacciari, Vice President, Europe for the International Water Division of Suez-Lyonnaise des Eaux, received a letter from the Mayor of Maribor, Slovenia, breaking off negotiations for a concession agreement for a...

Protecting Pension Benefits: PBGC Meets General Motors (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 2001

In this case, the federal entity responsible for both safeguarding and insuring the private pension systems of the United States (Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation) must deal with one of the nation's largest and arguably most troubled...