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Environmental Protection:
Public Health and Healthcare:
The World Health Organization Guide to Healthy Food Markets
With over half of the world’s population now living in urban areas, food markets have become important sources of affordable food for many millions of people. At the same time, however, such markets have been associated with major outbreaks of diseases, including cholera, SARS and avian influenza. Food markets vary greatly from country to country and even from province to province, depending on the local culture, socioeconomic conditions, food varieties and dietary preferences. This guide is intended as a basic orientation and reference point for developing a Healthy Food Market pilot project.
Science in the Public Service:
National Science and Technology Documents and Reports
2009 - 2015
The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Documents and Reports page is an archived collection of U.S. federal science and technology policy reports published between 2009 and 2015. It features strategic plans, research roadmaps, and interagency reports on areas such as climate change, nanotechnology, cybersecurity, and STEM education from the Obama administration.
Protecting the Public's Interests:
The Gendered Impact of Corruption: Who Suffers More - Men or Women
by Frédéric Boehm and Erika Sierra
What supports the claim that corruption causes more suffering for women than men? By distinguishing between indirect victimization and direct victimization, it is reasonable to assume women suffer more, and differently, than men. A review of the scarce evidence on the direct impacts of corruption qualifies this claim to some extent.
Corruption in the Construction of Public Infrastructure: Critical Issues in Project Preparation
by Jill Wells
Corruption in the construction of public infrastructure has particularly serious implications for developing countries. Inappropriate project choice, high prices, poor quality, excessive time and cost overruns, inadequate maintenance, and low returns, among other challenges, impact negatively on economic growth and poverty alleviation.
Corruption and Collective Action
by Heather Marquette and Caryn Peiffer
Increasingly it is argued that anti-corruption efforts have not worked because they are based on inadequate theory, suggesting that collective action theory offers a better understanding of corruption than the principal-agent theory usually used. This paper, published in collaboration with the Developmental Leadership Programme (DLP), argues that both theories are in fact valuable.
Freedom in the World Report by Freedomhouse
For each country and territory, Freedom in the World analyzes the electoral process, political pluralism and participation, the functioning of the government, freedom of expression and of belief, associational and organizational rights, the rule of law, and personal autonomy and individual rights.