Small States, Smart Solutions : Improving Connectivity and Increasing the Effectiveness of Public Services

Small states face special hurdles in achieving development gains. These states spend significantly more of their GDP on producing public goods and services, and they face higher connectivity costs than do their larger brethren. Small States, Smart Solutions examines how some small states use international trade and telecommunications technology to outsource services such as justice, banking supervision, public utilities regulation, high-quality medicine, and education. Sourcing these services internationally poses unique challenges but also opens broad opportunities. The eight case studies in this book, based on interviews with government officers and citizens, describe pioneering initiatives undertaken by some small states to better the quality of life of their citizens.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Favaro, Edgardo M.
Publisher:	Herndon : World Bank Publications
Subject:	Öffentliche Dienstleistung \| Public services \| Kleinstaat \| Small country \| Entwicklungsländer \| Developing countries \| Öffentlicher Sektor \| Public sector \| Outsourcing \| Informationstechnik \| Information technology

Extent:	1 online resource (310 pages)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Table 1.1 Ratio of Government Consumption and of Telecommunications to GDP in Small States and in Larger States; Box 1.1 A Roster of Small States; Table 1.2 Selected Indicators: Small States and Large States, 1986-2005; PART 1 Case Studies on Regional Solutions; Box 2.1 Banking Supervision in Central and West Africa and in the EMU; Box 2.2 Governance of the ECCB; Table 3.1 CFA Franc Zones: Basic Data, 2005; Box 3.1 Legal Frameworks; Box 3.2 UMOA/BCEAO: Institutional Arrangements and Governance Structures Box 3.3 UMAC/BEAC-Institutional Arrangements and Governance StructuresBox 3.4 The Mechanisms of Coordination with France; Table 3.2 CFA Franc Zones: Net Foreign Position of Monetary Authorities; Table 3.3 CFA Franc Zone Banking Commissions: Regulatory Apparatus, Modus Operandi, and Powers; Table 3.4 CFA Franc Zones Regional Banking Commissions-Governance Structures; Table 3.5 UMOA and UMAC: Operational Norms and Prudential Framework; Table 3.6A Number of Banks in Compliance with Prudential Norms and Solvency Ratios (2004) Table 3.6B Number of Banks in Compliance with Prudential Norms and Solvency Ratios (2004)Figure 4.1 Rule of Law: World Bank Governance Indicators, 2005; Figure 4.2 Number of Judges per 100,000 Inhabitants, 2000; Table 4.1 Contributions to ECSC from OECS Member Countries; Figure 4.3 Clearance Rate for ECSC Court of Appeal: Civil and Criminal Cases; Figure 4.4 Clearance Rate for Civil Cases, 2002; Figure 4.5 Percentage Increase in the Number of Civil Cases Filed in ECSC High Court, 1967-2005; Table 4.2 Legislative Process for Changing the Constitution; Figure 4.6 Salaries of Judges Table 4.3 Trust Fund Contributions for CCJTable 4.4 Number of Cases Appealed to the Privy Council; Figure 4.7 Percentage Increase in the Number of Cases Filed: ECSC High Court and Court of Appeal Caseloads Compared with Those of the European Court of First Instance and European Court of Justice; PART 2 Cases Studies on ICT Regulation and Outsourcing; Table 5.1 International Rates from OECS Countries; Table 5.2 Number of Telephone Subscribers and Internet Users in 2000; Box 5.1 Governance Structure of ECTEL; Box 5.2 Comparison of Responsibilities of ECTEL and the NTRCs Table 5.3 Percentage Increase in Number of Phone Subscribers, 2000-04Table 5A.1 Number of Phone Subscribers, 2004 and 2000; Figure 5A.1 Telecommunications Share in GDP; Box 6.1 Cape Verde's Economy; Figure 6.1 Histogram: Cost in US of a Three-Minute Phone Call to the United States; Box 6.2 Who are NOSI's Managers?; Table 6.1 Telecommunications Indicators; Box 8.1 The Country and Its Economy; Table 8.1 Telecommunications Indicators for South Pacific Ocean Countries; Table 8.2 Chronology of Events, 1996-2006; Table 8.3 Number of Mobile-Phone Subscribers per 1,000 People in Samoa Box 8.2 Objectives of the Telecommunications Act of 2005
ISBN:	978-0-8213-7461-0 ; 978-0-8213-7460-3
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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