MP A R Munich Personal RePEc Archive Attracting Microfinance Investment Funds: Promoting Microfinance Growth through Increased Investments in Kenya Jeffrey Ben Matu Duke University, International Development Program 18. April 2008 Online at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/12084/ MPRA Paper No. 12084, posted 12. December 2008 17:42 UTC Attracting Microfinance Investment Funds: Promoting Microfinance Growth Through Increased Investments in Kenya Master’s Project Master of Arts in International
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decentralized, participatory planning through convergence of various anti-poverty and livelihoods initiatives. 6. Deepening democracy at the grass-roots by strengthening the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs). 7. Effecting greater transparency and accountability in governance.1 Implementation The Act came into effect on February 2, 2006. At that point, it was restricted to 200 rural districts. However, this was expanded to 130 more districts in 2007-08, and the remaining districts were included the
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113TH INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE PARTICIPANTS’ PAPERS GRAFT AND CORRUPTION: THE PHILIPPINE EXPERIENCE Nelson Nogot Moratalla* I. INTRODUCTION This paper will present a condensed report on graft and corruption in the Philippines. Information was compiled by the author from documents, articles, newspaper clippings and other data gathered from the reports and journals of the Ombudsman and the Sandiganbayan, two of the constitutional bodies mandated by Philippine law to investigate and act on
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(Nation Union & Political) of Ministry of Home Affairs Data showed that CSOs number in Indonesia reached to 139.957 CSOs, which are: Number of CSO 65.577 25.406 Registered at: Ministry of Home Affairs Ministry of Social Services 48.866 108 (Foreign NGO) Ministry of Justice & Human Right Ministry of Foreign Affairs Backgrounds Civil Society Organizations represent majority of society voices. Civil Society Organizations as a social control power in policy, in regulation, in the life of democracy
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actors in governance. Other actors involved in governance vary depending on the level of government that is under discussion. In rural areas, for example, other actors may include influential land lords, associations of peasant farmers, cooperatives, NGOs, research institutes, religious leaders, finance institutions political parties, the military etc. The situation in urban areas is much more complex. Figure 1 provides the interconnections between actors involved in urban governance. At the national
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College of Arts and Sciences CUREJ - College Undergraduate Research Electronic Journal University of Pennsylvania Year 2006 Corporate-NGO Partnerships for Sustainable Development Corinne Damlamian University of Pennsylvania, cdamlamian@gmail.com This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. http://repository.upenn.edu/curej/12 CORPORATE-NGO PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT How corporations and nongovernmental organizations can work together, illustrated with examples from the
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Demetria Brown Social Responsibility Is any corporation doing their part? Abstract In today’s society of accountability and sustainability, corporate reputation and corporate responsibility are intertwined. Corporations in particular now have to deal with rapidly growing pressures and expectations from diverse and demanding stakeholders (the people of the public) pressures that they cannot escape and expectations that they must address. Corporate Social Responsibility has begun to move
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Paper: Sociaal verantwoord ondernemen Student: Hans Breugelmans Professor: M. Janssens Academiejaar: 2014-2015 Inhoudstafel: Inleiding: 3 Visie op maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen: 4 People: 5 Planet: 5 Profit: 6 Concrete uitwerking maatschappelijk verantwoord beleid: 6 Implementatie diversiteitsbeleid: 6 Organiseren van relaties met ngo’s 7 Vrijwilligerswerk voor ngo’s: 8 Bibliografie: 9 Wetenschappelijke papers: 9 Websites: 9 Andere bronnen: 9 Inleiding:
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Bond University ePublications@bond Corporate Governance eJournal Faculty of Law 4-12-2007 Corporate Social Responsibility: Impact of globalisation and international business Kim Kercher Bond University, Kim_Kercher@bond.edu.au Recommended Citation Kim Kercher. (2007) "Corporate Social Responsibility: Impact of globalisation and international business" ,, . http://epublications.bond.edu.au/cgej/4 This Journal Article is brought to you by the Faculty of Law at ePublications@bond. It
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES Public Administration Country Profile Division for Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM) Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) United Nations February 2004 All papers, statistics and materials contained in the Country Profiles express entirely the opinion of the mentioned authors. They should not, unless otherwise mentioned, be attributed to the Secretariat of the United Nations. The designations employed and the presentation
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