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Decree N. 3683 Of 2003 - Renewable Energy Regulation, Ministerio De Minas Y Energía

Latin American Energy Policies

This decree regulates the rational and efficient use of energy, so that the country has greater energy efficiency to ensure full and timely energy supplies, competitiveness of the Colombian energy market, consumer protection and promotion of non-conventional sources of energy. Additionally, this decree creates an Intersectoral Commission for the Rational and Efficient Use of Energy and Non-Conventional Energy Sources.

Resolution No. 30 - Geothermal Energy, Ministerio De Minería, Chile

Latin American Energy Policies

This legislation establishes the administrative, legal, and technical procedures regarding the exploration and exploitation of geothermal energy.

The Future Of Grassroots America: Local Perspectives On Current And Emerging Issues Facing Urban, Suburban And Rural Communities, Center For Urban Research And Learning, Philip Nyden, Gwendolyn Nyden, Amanda Fox

Center for Urban Research and Learning: Publications and Other Works

CURL worked with the National Neighborhood Coalition (a coalition of national and local organizations concerned with building the capacity of neighborhood-level organizations throughout the U.S.) to collect survey data and conduct focus groups that gave NNC an understanding of current and emerging policy issues at the local level. CURL worked with NNC in presenting these results at a Neighborhood Development Trend Summit in Washington, DC in June 2003. The summit engaged community leaders, private and public sector thought-leaders, policy makers, and funders in dialogue about the most significant trends and issues affecting the future of neighborhoods.

Based on the research …

Decree No. 52-2003 - Law Of Incentives For The Development Of Renewable Energy Projects, Ministerio De Energía Y Minas

Latin American Energy Policies

This law has as objective to promote the development of renewable energy resources by facilitating and creating the right conditions for the encouragement of investments.

Overview Of Renewable Energy Sources In Latin America, Jorge M. Huacuz

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

The present work deals with the situation of renewable energy in the Latin-American Region (LAR). Its main purpose is to give an overview of the conditions prevailing in the region, regarding those activities leading to the systematic process of adoption and use of renewable energy technology, as part of the energy supply mix in each individual country. This essay was elaborated on the basis of a limited literature survey, information provided to the author by colleagues from several countries in the region of study, plus the knowledge gained by the author from his work on some of these countries, concerning …

Bureaucratic Networks Or Networked Bureaucracies? Knowledge Sharing In Ict-Enabled Innovation Projects, Maria C. Binz-Scharf

National Center for Digital Government

This paper examines knowledge sharing processes in digital government projects (DGPs). Although knowledge sharing processes are a central feature of the functioning of government, they have received little attention in the literature. The importance of knowledge sharing has become even more evident with the rise of digital government initiatives, as these have a networking effect on bureaucracies. With multiple agencies and multidisciplinary knowledge coming together, it is necessary to combine and reconnect the required knowledge. Based on empirical data from four DGPs in Switzerland and the United States, a theoretical model for knowledge sharing in DGPs is proposed. The model …

Law 25.786 - Approval Of The Agreement On Energy Cooperation Signed With The Bolivarian Republic Of Venezuela, El Senado Y Cámara De Diputados De La Nación Argentina

Latin American Energy Policies

Under this bilateral agreement, Argentina and Venezuela will carry out cooperative activities in the areas of natural energy resources, liquid hydrocarbons, gas and its derivatives, and electricity.

The Link Between Poverty And Violent Conflict, J. Brian Atwood

New England Journal of Public Policy

The threat to the international system from the many forms of violent conflict, terrorism being the most prominent among them, is greater today than it was at the end of the twentieth century. This escalation of global conflict has been attributed to the breakup of the Soviet State, increasing ethnic tensions, weak governance at both the nation-state and international levels, and the rise of religious extremism. Each of these factors contributes to instability and the social tensions that lead to violence. It will be posited here that there is also a significant link between poverty and violent conflict, one that …

Csrees School Of Natural Resources Comprehensive Five-Year Review

School of Natural Resources: Documents and Reviews

No abstract provided.

Law No. 28054 - Law For The Promotion Of The Biofuel Market, Presidente De La Republica Del Perú

Latin American Energy Policies

This Law establishes the general guidelines for the promotion of the development of the biofuel market with the goal of diversifying the fuel market, promoting the agricultural and agroindustrial development, creating jobs and reducing the pollution of the environment.

Work Book: Improving The Quality Of Home And Community-Based Services And Supports, Maureen Booth Mrp, Ma, Julie T. Fralich Mba

Disability & Aging

The HCBS Work Book is a technical assistance guide to assist state agencies with their HCBS quality improvement efforts. It provides step-by-step guidance on how to conduct quality improvement projects within the HCBS waiver program, and illustrates the principles of quality improvement in an easy to use format. The Work Book was developed for CMS by the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine.

Resolution No. 377 - Fuels, Ministerio De Industria Y Comercio, Paraguay

Latin American Energy Policies

This resolution determines the confiscation of fuels in the cases of Article 49 of Decree No. 10.911, regardless of the penalties provided in this Code. It also states that fuels that do not meet quality standards or come from unauthorized sources will be confiscated.

Individual Development Accounts In Rural Communities: Implications For Research, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Jami Curley

Center for Social Development Research

Individual Development Accounts in Rural Communities: Implications for Research

Using Tax Refunds To Promote Asset Building In Low-Income Households: Program And Policy Options, Sondra G. Beverly, Colleen Dailey

Center for Social Development Research

Using Tax Refunds to Promote Asset Building in Low-Income Households: Program and Policy Options

Microenterprise Performance: A Comparison Of Experiences In The United States And Uganda, Margaret S. Sherraden, Fred M. Ssewamala, Cynthia K. Sanders

Center for Social Development Research

This article compares microenterprise performance in the United States and Uganda. In-depth interview data and published sources suggest that many of the same factors affect business performance in both countries although scale and details vary considerably. Micro, mezzo, and macro strategies are proposed to maximize entrepreneurial effort, reduce barriers, and strengthen institutional and policy support in both contexts.

Asset-Building Policy As A Response To Wealth Inequality: Drawing Implications From The Homestead Act, Trina Williams Shanks

Center for Social Development Research

Asset-building policy is a complementary alternative to income replacement policies that simply subsidize short-term consumption (Sherraden, 1991). This approach may seem novel, but the Homestead Act provides historical precedent for federal involvement in promoting asset development for individuals. This one policy allowed 1.5 million households to receive 246 million acres of land. More importantly, it provided a tangible asset that could also benefit future generations.

Federal Policy And Asset Building, Ray Boshara

Center for Social Development Research

High levels of wealth inequality, combined with insufficient policymaker attention to the asset base of the poor, warrant discussion of emerging public policies to build assets for the poor. This paper summarizes current federal asset-building policies; offers principles and guidelines for designing and advancing more ambitious policies to build assets; and proposes nine specific policy options to build assets inclusively.

Recommendations From The Field: Individual Development Accounts As Part Of A Universal Asset-Building System, Robert O. Zdenek, Beverly Stein

Center for Social Development Research

Recommendations From the Field: Individual Development Accounts as Part of a Universal Asset-Building System

Service To Civics, Susan Stroud

Center for Social Development Research

Service to Civics

The Impact Of National Service On Critical Social Issues: Getting Things Done, Susan Stroud

Center for Social Development Research

The Impact of National Service on Critical Social Issues: Getting Things Done

Developing Family Development Accounts In Taipei: Policy Innovation From Income To Assets, Li-Chen Cheng

Center for Social Development Research

In July 2000, the Taipei City Government launched an anti-poverty program, Taipei Family Development Accounts, which drew heavily on Sherraden’s asset-based welfare theory, and was to provide matched savings accounts for low-income families in the City. This paper presents the “income to assets” policy shift process and a research summary on the participants to date.

Decision 563 - Codification Of The Andean Subregional Integration Agreement, La Comisión De La Comunidad Andina

Latin American Energy Policies

This agreement aims to promote balanced and harmonious development of Member Countries under equitable conditions through integration and economic and social cooperation, accelerate growth and employment generation, facilitate their participation in the process of regional integration with a view to the gradual formation of a Latin American common market. Article 73 discusses the export and consumption of nuclear energy.

Consumer-Directed Services: Lessons And Implications For Integrated Systems Of Care, Dennis L. Kodner

Publications and Research

Abstract Over the past decade, policy makers in developed countries have begun to pay increasing attention to reform of the long-term care system for the frail elderly and younger people with disabilities. A continuum of strategies have generated interest, including integrated systems of care with agency/professionally managed service packages on the one end, and programs offering cash benefits along with the flexibility to decide how to best use these funds to meet individual needs and preferences, on the other. The latter approach, known as “consumer-directed care,” is found in various forms and degrees in Europe and North America. Primarily organised …

Conference Summary: Water, Climate And Uncertainty: Implications For Western Water Law, Policy, And Management, Steve Bailey

Water, Climate and Uncertainty: Implications for Western Water Law, Policy, and Management (Summer Conference, June 11-13)

7 pages.

"Steve Bailey, National Center for Atmospheric Research"

Slides: Noaa’S Applied Research And Risa, Harvey Hill

Water, Climate and Uncertainty: Implications for Western Water Law, Policy, and Management (Summer Conference, June 11-13)

Presenter: Harvey Hill, Program Manager, Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments Program (RISA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA), Office of Global Programs

19 slides

The Long Time Scales Of Human-Caused Climate Warming: Further Challenges For The Global Policy Process, Jerry D. Mahlman

Water, Climate and Uncertainty: Implications for Western Water Law, Policy, and Management (Summer Conference, June 11-13)

28 pages.

"Jerry D. Mahlman, Senior Research Fellow, National Center for Atmospheric Research"

"Presented at the Pew Center Workshop on The Timing of Climate Change Policies, The Westin Grand Hotel, Washington, DC, October 10-12, 2001"

"Cite As: Mahlman, J.D. 2001. The Long Time Scales of Human-Caused Climate Warming: Further Challenges for the Global Policy Process. Pew Center Workshop on the Timing of Climate Change Policies, October 10-12, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Arlington, VA."

First Additional Protocol To The Agreement On Economic Complementation Between The Government Of The United States Of Mexico And The Government Of The Republic Of Guatemala In The Subject Of Trade And Transportation Of Natural Gas, Signed On December 7, 1999 - Protocol Of Adherence Of The Government Of The Republic Of El Salvador, Ministerio De Economía De El Salvador

Latin American Energy Policies

The Republic of El Salvador assumes all the obligations and commitments derived from the agreement of economic complementation between the United States of Mexico and the government of the Republic of Guatemala in the subject of Trade and Transportation of natural gas; at the same time it acquires the rights it bestows its participants.

I'Ll Take That: Legal And Public Policy Problems Raised By Statutes That Require Punitive Damages Awards To Be Shared With The State, Victor E. Schwartz, Mark A. Behrens, Cary Silverman

Missouri Law Review

This Article will provide a brief review of the purpose and history of punitive damages. It will then examine the various reforms adopted by the states, with a particular focus on "split-recovery" laws that require punitive damages recoveries to be shared with the state or a state-specified fund. This Article explains that such laws may actually fuel, rather than curb, punitive damages awards. The Article also explains that these laws are ethically and constitutionally problematic. This Article concludes that states seeking to reform their punitive damages laws would be better served by (1) adopting a heightened burden of proof and …

Most Favored Nation Clauses, Jonathan Baker, William Kopit, Thomas Overstreet, Robert Mcnair, Jr., Steven Snow

Presentations

Event descriptionThe Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice will commence public hearings in Washington, D.C. on February 26, 2003 on the implications of competition law and policy for health care financing and delivery. The hearings will broadly consider the impact of competition law and policy on the cost, quality, and availability of health care, and the incentives for innovation in the field.Specific subjects to be considered include hospital mergers, the significance of non-profit status, vertical integration, quality and efficiencies, the boundaries of the state action and Noerr-Pennington doctrines, monopsony power, the adequacy of existing remedies for anticompetitive conduct, and …

Who Killed Managed Care? A Policy Whodunit, Peter D. Jacobson

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.