... Secretaries of State and the increased empowerment of the Department of State’s Office of Reconstruction and Stabilization (ORS). The ORS, which plans and executes civilianreconstruction and stabilization ... contributionSupport RAND- 4 -FOREIGN CULTURES AND HISTORIESA thorough understanding of foreign cultures and histories, particularly those of thecountries in the Middle East and North Africa, ... positions that demand a great deal of expertise, prior experience, and institutional contacts, and there is generally an increased need for professionalism in theDepartment of State and other civilian...
... resources and sufficient understanding of the extent to which dip-lomatic and political efforts are often needed to complement military efforts. e same can be said of personnel and programs of USAID, ... NATO; and Gen. George Joulwan, U.S. Army (ret.), formerly NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe and before that Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Southern Command.e project commissioned a series of ... areas:Specific ways and means to facilitate the cooperation, coordination, and integration of tdifferent instruments ofpowerand influence at the field level, including NGOs and the private sectorxxvAcknowledgmentse...
... “prerogative writ” of mandamus.Rather, in 1803, mandamus power was still regarded as an inherent feature of the superintending authority of a supreme court. Thus, mandamus was implicitin the mandate for ... bene-fitted from the encouragement and advice of ourcolleagues and students in the Department of Political Science and the College of Law at theUniversity of Tennessee. In particular, we wish ... judicial review. In support of this assumption of power, John Marshall reasoned that, because the Constitution is the “supreme law of theland,” and it is the duty of the judiciary to interpret...
... theroles of growth and social development andof infrastruc-ture in poverty reduction, the impact of the PRS on coun-try-level operations and project designs, and the moni-toring and evaluation of ... of opportunity: it is often due to disconnection,often geographical, from the wider economy and society(Datt and Ravallion 2002, Jalan and Ravallion 2002). Theprovision of infrastructure and ... Transport andEnergy Infrastructure on Poverty Reductionin three Asian countries. Its objectives were to enhancecurrent understanding of how transport andenergy infra-structure and services...
... pro-ductivity and the welfare of the poor.Transport andenergy investments impact upon theincome and nonincome dimensions of poverty. The case stud-ies strongly confirmed that transport andenergy ... TrainingTable S.1. Transport andEnergy Case Studies by CountrySource: Authors summary.xxvitransport or energy improvements and producers of localgoods and services that cannot stand up to market compe-tition. ... fees,tariffs, and quality of service as critical issues affecting thewillingness and ability of poor people to take advantage of existing infrastructure. Analysis of how to maximize con-nections and...
... enhancecurrent understanding of how transport andenergy infra-structure and services contribute to poverty reduction, tofill knowledge gaps, and to identify lessons learned and good practices ... specialist, and an energy specialist, supportedby an ADB research assistant, and in consultation withstaff of the four collaborating institutions, conducted areview of relevant literature and project ... infrastructure but also in transport and/ or energy services, as well as the targeting of such ser-vices to the poor.Box 1.1. Perceptions of the Poor about Transport and Energy Many poor communities...
... theroles of growth and social development andof infrastruc-ture in poverty reduction, the impact of the PRS on coun-try-level operations and project designs, and the moni-toring and evaluation of ... of opportunity: it is often due to disconnection,often geographical, from the wider economy and society(Datt and Ravallion 2002, Jalan and Ravallion 2002). Theprovision of infrastructure and ... purchasing power parity prices.16 Assessing the Impact of Transport andEnergy Infrastructure on Poverty Reductionnational productivity, employment, and earnings; a morecompetitive and transparent energy...
... the level and characteristics of household members employ-ment , due to changes in both demand and supply of labor; the level and sources of wage and nonwage income; consumption and market ... in land use and distribution; availability of goods, services, and facilities; and asset wealth and distribution.Source: van de Walle 1999.30 Assessing the Impact of Transport andEnergy Infrastructure ... promotion of renewable energy. This project was tocontribute to poverty reduction by im-proving power, water, and sanitation systems and increasing the operational and end-user efficiency of en-ergy...
... availability of extension services communi-cating useful research results; availability and quality of land; availability and prices of inputs; availability and cost of credit; availability of associated ... the efficient operation ofpower utilities,privatization, pricing and subsidies, and regulatory and fiscalpolicy changes to improve the supply and reliability of services and to create a level ... basic needs for trans-port and energy. These ways are often very costly in time and human energy, however, even if no monetary cost isinvolved. The time and human energy available to thepoor...
... transport and energy infrastructure, quality and intensity of infra-structure, transport andenergy expenditures, and value of transport andenergy assets. Other categories includehousehold size and ... investments.Transport and Energy InterventionsThe study examined the use of transport and energy services by poor and nonpoor households in selected poorcounties in the two prefectures of Yulin and Shangluo. ... petroleum and natural gas, develop new and renewable energy sources, and improve energy manage-ment. With reference to rural energy, the Government willpromote the rapid commercialization of rural energy...
... 1992 and 2001, and change in this number between 1992 and 2001; Length of paved roads to district offices in 1992 and 2001, and change; Length of laterite roads to district offices in 1992 and 2001, ... active role in both theconstruction of transport andenergy infrastructure and the provision of transport andenergy services. To date,with the exception of road transport services, only limitedcontributions ... onaccess to and use of transport andenergy services; and (iii) perceived impacts of improvements in roads, railtransport, and electricity. The first module includedinformation on occupation and income;...
... Impact of Transport andEnergy Infrastructure on Poverty Reductionon nonagricultural wages and government salaries. InKuchchh, only 43% of the income of poor households and 23% of the income of ... investment and encourage employment of thepoor. The strategy explicitly proposes cuts in irrigation and energy subsidies and privatization of the power sectorto reduce the unsustainable debt of the ... has a coastline of about1,600 km. It has a major port, Kandla, and about 40 inter-mediate and minor ports that process 80% of the tonnagehandled by the countrys intermediate and minor ports.The...
... pro-cessing and coding theory to a variety of areas from radar signals and speech processing to the development of software and hard-ware required for large computer networks, and, more recently, ... Numerical Software, and a recipient of theIFIP Silver Core Award. He is an IEEE Fellow, and a Member of IEEE Reliability, Communications, Computer, and Education So-cieties, andof the IEEE ... between the 3terminus of 16S rRNA and t he mRNA during initiation of protein syn-thesis in Escherichia coli,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol....
... CONTROL OF DFIG WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS 1491Fig. 5. Reference commands for wind and the stator reactive power. Fig. 6. Tracking performance of real and reactive stator powers.the controllers of the ... [18](6)(7)(8)where and are the stator and rotor resistances, and isthe synchronous (stator) frequency. Subscripts and signifythe stator and rotor variable, and and are the stator,rotor, and magnetization ... changes inreal and reactive power references.APPENDIXDetails of , and in (55) and (56) are shown inthe equations at the top of the page.REFERENCES[1] M. Patel, Wind and Solar Power Systems:...