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Innovations in Tax Compliance: Building Trust, Navigating Politics, and Tailoring Reform
By Roel Dom, Anna Custers, Stephen Davenport, Prichard. 2021
Recent decades have witnessed important progress in strengthening tax systems in developing countries. Yet many areas of reform have remained…
stubbornly resistant to major improvements; overall revenue collection still falls short of what is needed to support effective governance and service delivery, while tax collection is too often characterized by high rates of evasion among large corporations and the rich and disproportionate, though often hidden, burdens on lower-income groups. As countries around the world deal with large COVID-19-induced debt burdens, a focus on strengthening tax systems is especially timely. Innovations in Tax Compliance draws on recent research and experience to present a new conceptual framework to guide more effective approaches to reform. Building on the achievements of recent decades, it argues for an expanded focus on the overlapping goals of building trust, navigating political resistance, and tailoring reform to unique local contexts through a focus on identifying the most binding constraints on reform. This focus, it argues, can lead not only to greater compliance, increased fairness, and higher revenues, but can also contribute to the building of state capacity, sustained political support for further reforms, and stronger fiscal contracts between citizens and governments.The Tongue: A Creative Force
By Charles Capps. 1995
Words are the most powerful things in the universe! The words you speak will either put you over in life…
or hold you in bondage. Many people have been held captive in their circumstances by their own words. The absence of God's Word in your life will rob you of faith in His ability. Receive from God! Put yourself in a position to receive God's best for you by speaking His Word. God's creative power is still just as it was in the beginning of time when he stood there and said, "Light-be," and light was. His Word spoken from your mouth and conceived in your heart become a spiritual force releasing His ability within you. Creative power in you! Man was created in the image of God and His likeness. Learn to speak His faith-filled words to your situation and see your life transformed. Allow God's creative power to flow from you. "I have told my people they can have what they say, but my people are saying what they have."A Corporate Welfare Economy (Economics as Social Theory)
By James Angresano. 2016
Although political rhetoric and public perception continue to assume that the United States is the very definition of a free…
market economy, a different system entirely has in actuality come to prominence over the past half century. This Corporate Welfare Economy (CWE) has come about as government come increasingly under the influence of corporate interests and lobbyists, with supposedly equalising factors such as regulation skewed in order to suit the interests of the privileged while an overwhelming majority of US citizens have experienced a decline in their standard of living. James Angresano examines the characteristics of this mode of capitalism, both from the theoretical point of view but also with key reference to the different sectors of the economy – trade, manufacturing, industry and defense among them.Employment Relations under Coalition Government: The UK Experience, 2010-2015 (Routledge Research in Employment Relations #37)
By Peter Scott, Steve Williams. 2017
Drawing on a wide range of up-to-date research, Employment Relations under Coalition Government critically examines developments in UK employment relations…
during the period of Conservative-Liberal Democrat government between 2010 and 2015, against the background of the 2007-08 financial crisis, subsequent economic recession and in the context of the primacy accorded to neo-liberal austerity. Contributions cover a series of important and relevant topics in a rigorous, yet accessible manner: labour market change and the rise of zero-hours contracts and other forms of precarious employment; policy development relating to young people’s employment; the coalition’s welfare-to-work agenda; its programme of employment law reform and its approach to workplace equality and health and safety; labour migration; the experience of the trade unions under the coalition and their responses; and developments in employment relations in the public services. This book addresses the broader issues relating to the coalition period, such as the implications of political and regulatory change for employment relations, including the greater devolution of powers to Scotland and Wales, and locates UK developments in comparative perspective. The book concludes with an assessment of the prospects for employment relations in the aftermath of the May 2015 Conservatives election victory.Improving Schools Through Teacher Development: Case Studies of the Aga Khan Foundation Projects in East Africa
By Stephen E. Anderson. 2002
This book presents a story of school improvement activity in East Africa from 1985 to 2000, which focused on sustained…
teacher development. The core of the book consists of six evaluations of school-and district-wide school improvement projects (SIPs) supported by the Aga Khan Foundation in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda. The case studies present an evolving body of knowledge about the successes and challenges of a comprehensive approach to school improvement grounded in a common set of strategic principles. The strategic principles embody the belief that the chances for quality improvement in teaching and learning are greater when change efforts *are school-based, *involve whole schools as the unit of change, *emphasize the ongoing professional development of teachers, *attend to school management and organizational conditions affecting the capacity of teachers to implement change, * prepare for the institutionalization of organizational structures and processes that enable continuous school development, and *evolve through partnerships among relevant education stakeholders.The book concludes with commentaries by international experts in school improvement and teacher development on the SIP project designs, implementation and outcomes, and on lessons that can be drawn from the projects and their evaluations for school improvement policy, practice and theory in developing and developed countries around the world.Creating an Effective Public Sector
By Pippa Bourne, Mike Bourne. 2022
This book offers an in-depth look at developing effectiveness in the public sector and how to achieve the best possible…
outcomes for people rather than just good or efficient outputs. In 15 comprehensive chapters, the authors present structured ideas and practical approaches for achieving a more effective public sector. The book sets out a framework for visualising success in complex situations with multiple stakeholders. Topics include how you stimulate change and influence people to adopt changes, how you manage politics, set targets and standards, and measure them, and how you create a culture of high performance with a focus on getting the right things done. Effectiveness does not arise from excellence in one area alone and the book weaves together ideas on leadership, managing expectations, and keeping focus on the longer term. Creating an Effective Public Sector will be of interest to decision makers in the public sector, project managers working on central and local government projects, and senior civil servants. It will also be invaluable for advanced undergraduate and post-graduate students studying in the fields of government, project management, and public-sector management.This is the first book that analyzes public–private partnership (PPP) infrastructure development in developing countries by focusing on recent developments…
in the Philippines.Infrastructure is extremely important for economic development and poverty reduction. However, given the infrastructure gap and pressures on public expenditure, there is a growing expectation that PPP will fill this gap globally. Over the years, PPP as a mechanism for financing and procuring infrastructure has been the basis of an active and provocative debate in the Philippines, which is known to have inadequate infrastructure—twice in the 2010s, when a significant policy shift on the financing source of public infrastructure was announced by the Philippine government. Drastic policy changes concerning the roles of public finance and PPP in infrastructure development within this decade are not seen in other developing countries.There is no precedent for substantial study on the changes of infrastructure governance in the Philippines, but this book assesses policy changes in infrastructure development in the country and, as academic contributions, identifies several factors behind the changes related to infrastructure governance there, especially the drastic shifts during the Aquino III and Duterte administrations. Furthermore, the findings presented in the book, including the desirable role of public finance and PPP in developing infrastructure in developing countries, could improve infrastructure governance, such as choice of the financing mode, design, and implementation of the PPP project, in other developing countries as an operable contribution to policymakers of government and to industry and management practitioners.Miracle at the Vatican: Sixteen days to save the world
By Giulio Valter Micioni. 2020
The novel unfolds over the sixteen days leading up to a future Easter close to our own times. By the…
end of these fateful days, the world will never be the same again. Given the onset of a series of uncontrollable worldwide crises - including social and religious conflicts - three Cardinals devise a plot that includes the Pope to restore peace among nations. The action unfolds in a crescendo of tension and twists and turns until it reaches the extraordinary final prodigious miracle. In these times of crisis, with Humanity seeking stronger certainties, this book may have a positive influence on the hearts and minds of people, inspiring them to renewed hope for a better future for Humanity. Recent world literature concerning the Vatican is increasingly oriented towards denigration and scandal, whereas this book presents a positive approach with a salvific vision that invites reflection in order to invigorate the spirit of the reader. Considering the universal interest of the themes dealt with, the novel could be of interest to readers all over the world, and be well suited for a film adaptation for international distribution.After Disbelief: On Disenchantment, Disappointment, Eternity, and Joy
By Anthony T. Kronman. 2022
An intimate, philosophic quest for eternity, amidst the disenchantments and disappointments of our time &“Aims to persuade America&’s &‘relentlessly rational&’…
elites to acknowledge the existence of &‘divinity.&’ . . . Kronman&’s ambition is to repair &‘the schism between those for whom religion continues to matter and those who view it with amusement or contempt.&’&”—Tunku Varadarajan, Wall Street Journal &“In this deceptively quiet and self-effacing book, Anthony Kronman makes an audacious argument: the most important things in our lives make sense only if we believe the world is divine. In a sense, we already believe it, if only we could find the words. Here they are.&”—Jedediah Britton-Purdy, author of After Nature: A Politics for the Anthropocene Many people of faith believe the meaning of life depends on our connection to an eternal order of some kind. Atheists deride this belief as a childish superstition. In this wise and profound book, Anthony Kronman offers an alternative to these two entrenched positions, arguing that neither addresses the complexities of the human condition. We can never reach God, as religion promises, but cannot give up the longing to do so either. We are condemned by our nature to set goals we can neither abandon nor fulfill, yet paradoxically are able to approach more closely if we try. The human condition is one of inevitable disappointment tempered by moments of joy. Resolutely humanistic and theologically inspired, this moving book offers a rational path to the love of God amidst the disenchantments of our time.God Is Here: Reimagining the Divine
By Toba Spitzer. 2022
Toba Spitzer's God Is Here is a transformative exploration of the idea of God, offering new paths to experiencing the…
realm of the sacred.Most of us are hungry for a system of meaning to make sense of our lives, yet traditional religion too often leaves those seeking spiritual sustenance unsatisfied. Rabbi Toba Spitzer understands this problem firsthand, and knows that too often it is traditional ideas of the deity—he's too big, too impersonal, and too unbelievable—that get in the way. In God Is Here, Spitzer argues that whether we believe in God or fervently disbelieve, what we are actually disagreeing about is not God at all, but a metaphor of a Big Powerful Person that limits our understanding and our spiritual lives.Going back to the earliest sources for Judaism as well as Christianity, Spitzer discovers in the Hebrew Bible a rich and varied palette of metaphors for the divine—including Water, Voice, Fire, Rock, Cloud, and even the process of Becoming. She addresses how we can access these ancient metaphors, as well as those drawn from rabbinic tradition and modern science, to experience holiness in our daily lives and to guide us in challenging times. In the section on water, for instance, she looks at the myriad ways water flows through the Biblical stories of the Israelites and emerges as a powerful metaphor for the divine in the Prophets and Psalms. She invites us to explore what it might mean to “drink from God,” or to experience godly justice as something that “rains down” and “flows like a river.”Each chapter contains insights from the Bible and teachings from Judaism and other spiritual traditions, accompanied by suggestions for practice to bring alive each of the God metaphors. Rabbi Toba Spitzer has helped many people satisfy their spiritual hunger. With God Is Here she will inspire you to find new and perhaps surprising ways of encountering the divine, right where you are.A Preface to Paradise Lost
By C. S. Lewis. 1942
C. S. Lewis’s illuminating reflections on Milton’s Paradise Lost, the seminal classic that profoundly influenced Christian thought as well as Lewis’s own.In Preface to Paradise Lost,…
the Christian apologist and revered scholar and professor of literature closely examines the style, content, structure, and themes of Milton’s masterpiece, a retelling of the biblical story of the Fall of Humankind, Satan’s temptation, and the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. Considering the story within the context of the Western literary tradition, Lewis offers invaluable insights into Paradise Lost and the nature of literature itself, unveiling the poem’s beauty and its wisdom.Lewis explains and defends the literary form known as “Epic,” pondering simple yet perceptive questions such as: What is an Epic? Why, in the seventeenth century, did Milton choose to write his story in this style? In what sense is Paradise Lost similar to the Homeric poems or the Anglo Saxon Beowulf? In what sense did Milton develop Virgil’s legacy? With the clarity of thought and style that are the hallmarks of his writing, Lewis provides answers with a lucidity and lightness that deepens our understanding of this literary form and both illuminates Milton’s immortal epic and its meaning and inspires readers to revisit it. Ultimately, he reminds us why elements including ritual, splendor, and joy deserve to exist and hold a sacred place in human life. One of Lewis’s most revered scholarly works, Preface to Paradise Lost is indispensable for literature, philosophy, and religion scholars and for ardent fans of Lewis’s writings.Tax Morale and Tax Resistance: Evidence from an Internet Survey in Japan (SpringerBriefs in Economics)
By Keigo Kameda, Tomomi Miyazaki, Masayuki Tamaoka, Ayu Tomita, Akihiro Kawase, Katsuyoshi Nakazawa, Hiroyuki Ono, Naoko Yokoyama. 2022
This book is the first to shed light on the recent opinion of taxpayers on tax and fiscal policy in Japan…
through an attitude questionnaire. It is said that Japanese taxpayers’ tax morale is high. However, taxpayers in Japan are often described as having strong resistance to tax increases, especially consumption tax increases. There is, then, a paradox with respect to the attitude toward tax policies among Japanese citizens. This book provides background information and basic descriptive statistics from Internet surveys in Japan by the authors, who introduce their results by focusing on tax morale and opinions with respect to a consumption tax hike. The summary statistics indicate that while tax morale is high, half of the respondents oppose a consumption tax hike from 8% to 10%. Furthermore, the ideal consumption tax rate for most respondents was less than 10% in both surveys, suggesting that Japanese taxpayers have a strong tax resistance, attributable to distrust of government and politicians.Cybercrime and Cybersecurity in the Global South: Concepts, Strategies and Frameworks for Greater Resilience
By Corlane Barclay, Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson, Charlette Donalds. 2021
The Global South is recognized as one of the fastest growing regions in terms of Internet population as well as…
the region that accounts for the majority of Internet users. However, It cannot be overlooked that with increasing connectivity to and dependence on Internet-based platforms and services, so too is the potential increased for information and cybersecurity threats and attacks. Further, it has long been established that micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) play a key role in national economies, serving as important drivers of economic growth in Global South economies. Yet, little is known about information security, cybersecurity and cybercrime issues and strategies contextualized to these developing economies and MSMEs. Cybercrime and Cybersecurity in the Global South: Concepts, Strategies and Frameworks for Greater Resilience examines the prevalence, nature, trends and impacts of cyber-related incidents on Global South economies. It further explores cybersecurity challenges, potential threats, and risks likely faced by MSMEs and governments of the Global South. A major thrust of this book is to offer tools, techniques, and legislative frameworks that can improve the information, data, and cybersecurity posture of Global South governments and MSMEs. It also provides evidence-based best practices and strategies relevant to the business community and general Information Communication Technology (ICT) users in combating and preventing cyber-related incidents. Also examined in this book are case studies and experiences of the Global South economies that can be used to enhance students’ learning experience. Another important feature of this book is that it outlines a research agenda to advance the scholarship of information and cybersecurity in the Global South. Features: Cybercrime in the Caribbean Privacy and security management Cybersecurity compliance behaviour Developing solutions for managing cybersecurity risks Designing an effective cybersecurity programme in the organization for improved resilience The cybersecurity capability maturity model for sustainable security advantage Cyber hygiene practices for MSMEs A cybercrime classification ontologyLa mayor sabiduría se encuentra a menudo en el conocimiento más simple.¿Qué pasa si aprende que todo lo que le…
han enseñado sobre la felicidad es falso? ¿Qué pasa si te das cuenta de que la felicidad no es una meta y, por lo tanto, no se puede lograr? ¿Qué pasa si descubre que es el camino ordinario el que conduce a un tesoro extraordinario?Esta es una historia sobre cómo dos hombres de diferentes ámbitos de la vida aprenden que no se requieren ropas de honor ni la renuncia total a la vida mundana para disfrutar del ser humano más fundamental: la felicidad.Es una historia sobre la comprensión de que la felicidad no es un enigma filosófico, sino un estado mental alcanzable y cómo uno puede apreciar las mayores alegrías a través de los actos más simples y pequeños de la vida diaria.Permítanos simplificar la felicidad y encontrar la respuesta extraordinaria a la pregunta ordinaria: ¿eres feliz?Pandemic, Inc.: Chasing the Capitalists and Thieves Who Got Rich While We Got Sick
By J. David McSwane. 2022
&“This startling, vital book deserves our attention.&” —San Francisco Chronicle For readers of War Dogs and Bad Blood, an explosive…
look inside the rush to profit from the COVID-19 pandemic, from the award-winning ProPublica reporter who saw it firsthand. The United States federal government has spent over $10 billion on medical protective wear and emergency supplies, yet as COVID-19 swept the nation, life-saving equipment such as masks, gloves, and ventilators was nearly impossible to find. In this brilliant nonfiction thriller, award-winning investigative reporter J. David McSwane takes us behind the scenes to reveal how traders, contractors, and healthcare companies used one of the darkest moments in American history to fill their pockets. Determined to uncover how this was possible, he spent over a year on private jets and in secret warehouses, traveling from California to Chicago to Washington DC, to interview both the most treacherous of profiteers and the victims of their crimes. Pandemic, Inc. is the story of the fraudster who signed a multi-million-dollar contract with the government to provide lifesaving PPE, and yet never came up with a single mask. The Navy admiral at the helm of the national hunt for additional medical resources. The Department of Health whistleblower who championed masks early on and was silenced by the government and conservative media. And the politician who callously slashed federal emergency funding and gutted the federal PPE stockpile. Winner of the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, McSwane connects the dots between backdoor deals and the spoils systems to provide the definitive account of how this pandemic was so catastrophically mishandled. Shocking and revelatory, Pandemic, Inc. exposes a system that is both deeply rigged, and singularly American.Next-Generation Enterprise Security and Governance (Security, Audit and Leadership Series)
By Mohiuddin Ahmed. 2022
The Internet is making our daily lives as digital as possible, and this new era is called the Internet of…
Everything (IoE). The key force behind the rapid growth of the Internet is the technological advancement of enterprises. The digital world we live in is facilitated by these enterprises’ advances and business intelligence. These enterprises need to deal with gazillions of bytes of data, and in today’s age of General Data Protection Regulation, enterprises are required to ensure privacy and security of large-scale data collections. However, the increased connectivity and devices used to facilitate IoE are continually creating more room for cybercriminals to find vulnerabilities in enterprise systems and flaws in their corporate governance. Ensuring cybersecurity and corporate governance for enterprises should not be an afterthought or present a huge challenge. In recent times, the complex diversity of cyber-attacks has been skyrocketing, and zero-day attacks, such as ransomware, botnet, and telecommunication attacks, are happening more frequently than before. New hacking strategies would easily bypass existing enterprise security and governance platforms using advanced, persistent threats. For example, in 2020, the Toll Group firm was exploited by a new crypto-attack family for violating its data privacy, where an advanced ransomware technique was launched to exploit the corporation and request a huge figure of monetary ransom. Even after applying rational governance hygiene, cybersecurity configuration and software updates are often overlooked when they are most needed to fight cyber-crime and ensure data privacy. Therefore, the threat landscape in the context of enterprises has become wider and far more challenging. There is a clear need for collaborative work throughout the entire value chain of this network. In this context, this book addresses the cybersecurity and cooperate governance challenges associated with enterprises, which will provide a bigger picture of the concepts, intelligent techniques, practices, and open research directions in this area. This book serves as a single source of reference for acquiring the knowledge on the technology, process, and people involved in next-generation privacy and security.Karmcha Siddhant: कर्माचा सिद्धांत
By Dada Bhagwan. 2016
कर्म म्हणजे काय ? चांगली कर्मे वाईट कर्मांना धूऊ शकतात का ? चांगली माणसे दुःखी का असतात? कर्मबंधन होणे कसे…
थांबवायचे ? कर्मामुळे कोण बंधनात आहे, शरीर की आत्मा ? जेव्हा आपली सर्व कर्म संपतात तेव्हा आपला मृत्यू होतो. हे सारे जग म्हणजे दुसरे काही नाही, फक्त कर्माचा सिद्धांत आहे. बंधनाचे अस्तित्व पूर्णपणे तुमच्यावर अवलंबून आहे, त्यासाठी तुम्ही स्वतःच जबाबदार आहात. तुमच्या समोर जे काही येते त्याचे चित्रण तुम्हीच केलेले आहे; त्यासाठी इतर कोणी जबाबदार नाही. अनंत जन्मांसाठी ‘संपूर्णपणे फक्त’ तुम्हीच जबाबदार आहात. परम पूज्य दादाजी सांगतात कर्माची बीजे पूर्व जन्मात पेरली गेली होती आणि त्याची फळे या जन्मात मिळतात. त्या कर्मांची फळे कोण देतो? देव ? नाही. फळे निसर्ग किंवा आपण ज्याला ‘सायंटिफिक सरकमस्टेन्शियल एविडेन्स’ म्हणतो, तो देतो. परम पूज्य दादाश्रींनी आपल्या ज्ञानाद्वारे कर्मांचे विज्ञान जसेच्या तसे उघड केले आहे. अज्ञानातेमुळे कर्म भोगतेवेळी राग-द्वेष होतात, त्यामुळे नवीन कर्मे बांधली जातात, जी मग पुढील जन्मात परिपक्व होतात आणि भोगावी लागतात. ज्ञानी नवीन कर्मबंधन होण्याचे थांबवितात. जेव्हा सर्व कर्मे पूर्णपणे संपतात, तेव्हा मोक्ष प्राप्ती होते.Jagat Karta Kaun?: जगत कर्ता कोण?
By Dada Bhagwan. 2016
अनादि काळापासून जगाची वास्तविकता जाणण्यासाठी मनुष्य प्रयत्नशील आहे. परंतु तो खरे काय ते जाणू शकलेला नाही. मुख्यतः वास्तविकतेत, ‘मी कोण…
आहे ? या जगाला चालविणारा कोण आहे? तसेच जगाचा रचनाकार कोण आहे ?’ हे जाणून घ्यायला हवे. प्रस्तुत संकलनात खरा कर्ता कोण आहे, हे रहस्य उघड केले आहे. सामान्यतः काही चांगले झाले तर ‘मी केले’ असे तो मानतो आणि वाईट झाले तर दुसऱ्यावर आक्षेप घेतो की ‘त्याने बिघडविले.’ नाही तर ‘माझी ग्रहदशा बिघडली आहे’ असे बोलतो, किंवा ‘देवाने केले’ असा आरोप पण करतो. या सर्व राँग बिलीफस् (चुकीच्या मान्यता) आहेत. देव काय असा पक्षपात करणारा आहे का, की तो आपले नुकसान करील ? हे जग कोणी बनविले ? जर कोणी बनविणारा असेल तर मग त्याला कोणी बनविले? मग त्या बनविणाऱ्याला कोणी बनविले ? म्हणजे या गोष्टीचा अंतच नाही. आणि दुसरा असाही प्रश्न पडतो की, जर त्याला जग बनवायचेच होते तर त्याने असे जग का बनविले की ज्यात सर्व दुःखीच आहेत ? कोणीच सुखी नाही ? म्हणजे त्याची मौज आणि आमची शिक्षा, हा कसला न्याय? या काळात कर्त्या संबंधीचा सिद्धांत पहिल्यांदाच विश्वाला यथार्थपणे परम पूज्य दादा भगवानांनी दिला आहे, आणि तो असा आहे की जगात कोणीही स्वतंत्र कर्ता नाही. या जगाला रचणारा किंवा चालविणारा कोणीही नाही. हे जग सायंटिफिक सरकमस्टेन्शियल एविडन्सने चालत आहे. ज्याला परम पूज्य दादाश्री ‘व्यवस्थित शक्ती’ असे म्हणतात. जगात कोणीही स्वतंत्र कर्ता नाही, परंतु सगळे नैमित्तिक कर्ता आहेत, सगळे निमित्त आहेत. गीतेत पण श्रीकृष्णाने अर्जुनाला सांगितले होते, हे अर्जुना! तू युद्धात निमित्तमात्र आहेस, तू युद्धाचा कर्ता नाहीस. प्रस्तुत पुस्तिकेत कर्ता कोण, याचे रहस्य परम पूज्य दादाश्रींनी साध्या सरळ भाषेत, हृदयात उतरेल अशा प्रकारे समजावून सांगितले आहे.This book reveals how to create efficient institutions and coordinate policy on a transnational scale to ensure European Union integration…
can best meet social needs. It offers a combined technocratic and humanist perspective on the discussion of public financial management. The state, as part of its public policy, should seek to preserve our social and environmental values yet there are mounting imbalances in society which point to the growing role of the state in minimising them. Under such circumstances, it is worth reflecting on how new challenges could require updated, more complex formulas, to deal with crises in current times and for social and economic policymaking by states and the European Union generally, which would ensure their compatibility with the world financial markets. The work offers an in-depth and unique performance analysis of European Union institutions compared to the national entities of EU member states. It contributes to the ongoing debate on global public goods and the processes involved in managing their provision. Further, it discusses public finance management instruments, indicating their historical evolution in practice and their effectiveness measured with the Human Development Index. The author presents a proposal of how to manage global, European and national public goods across three areas: environmental protection, transnational infrastructure projects and social policy. The book analyses public financial management instruments used during the recent pandemic, making a distinction between "regular" and "emergency" instruments and assessing their effectiveness in specific economic situations. This will be of interest to researchers and students of economics and finance, as well as decision makers and practitioners from governments, international organizations and specific non-governmental organizations concerned with issues of public finance management.SHORTLISTED FOR THE BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2021In The 4 Day Week, entrepreneur and business innovator Andrew Barnes makes the case…
for the four-day work week as the answer to many of the ills of the 21st-century global economy. Barnes conducted an experiment in his own business, the New Zealand trust company Perpetual Guardian, and asked his staff to design a four-day week that would permit them to meet their existing productivity requirements on the same salary but with a 20% cut in work hours. The outcomes of this trial, which no business leader had previously attempted on these terms, were stunning. People were happier and healthier, more engaged in their personal lives, and more focused and productive in the office. The world of work has seen a dramatic shift in recent times: the former security and benefits associated with permanent employment are being displaced by the less stable gig economy. Barnes explains the dangers of a focus on flexibility at the expense of hard-won worker protections, and argues that with the four-day week, we can have the best of all worlds: optimal productivity, work-life balance, worker benefits and, at long last, a solution to pervasive economic inequities such as the gender pay gap and lack of diversity in business and governance. The 4 Day Week is a practical, how-to guide for business leaders and employees alike that is applicable to nearly every industry. Using qualitative and quantitative data from research gathered through the Perpetual Guardian trial and other sources by the University of Auckland and Auckland University of Technology, the book presents a step-by-step approach to preparing businesses for productivity-focused flexibility, from the necessary cultural conditions to the often complex legislative considerations. The story of Perpetual Guardian's unprecedented work experiment has made headlines around the world and stormed social media, reaching a global audience in more than seventy countries. A mix of trenchant analysis, personal observation and actionable advice, The 4 Day Week is an essential guide for leaders and workers seeking to make a change for the better in their work world.