The objective of this paper is to present some early experiences of poverty and social impact analysis (PSIA) from the PRGF-supported programs in the African Department. The paper illustrates that many staff country reports have taken a first step toward PSIA by making more explicit the links...

This paper aims to inform on the status of Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) in IMF-supported programs, detailing the results presented in the recent review of PRGF-supported programs. The review showed that more needs to be done, both in undertaking PSIA when necessary, and in reporting...

This paper aims to contribute to existing knowledge related to the worker cooperative (CTA) creation process by studying the factors that influence the process using an inductive-deductive method: the Grounded Theory. For this reason, a total of 37 in-depth interviews have been carried out with...

This paper discusses findings of the Technical Assistance Evaluation Report for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Overall, the authorities indicated that technical assistance (TA) and training had been very useful in improving its statistical systems and statistics. The approach to...

Prior literature noted the potential that advanced environmental management might have in the generation of valuable organizational capabilities regarding costs minimization. More-over, during last years, one of the most important objectives in the development of transport public policies has...

The objective of this paper is twofold. First, we conceptualize the perceived value of intellectual capital disclosure into four components: human capital, relational capital, organizational capital and competitive capital. Second, we develop a scale to measure the value of the intellectual...

This paper reports the results of the follow-up, face-validity test on a protocol developed to explore the impact of context and baseline risk on peoples? marginal rates of substitution between wealth and risk of death across a range of contexts using a modified risk-risk trade-off methodology....

This paper reconsiders the degree to which the sign patterns of hypothesized structural arrays limit the possible outcomes for the sign pattern of the corresponding estimated reduced form. To now, the conditions under which any such restrictions would apply were believed to be very narrow, are...

The article proposes a explorative approach to evaluate the effectiveness of implementing a community development program in rural areas. By making the present research we wanted to contribute to help increase awareness among project beneficiaries on the importance of participation in community...

Successful sustainable land management efforts rely on stakeholder support and integration of stakeholder knowledge. This study explored the views of sustainable land management expressed by land use stakeholders and how these views contribute to land users’ self-perceptions. We examined...