Deservedness, development, and the state : geographic categorization in the USAgency for internationaldevelopment'sforeign assistance framework
Aide au développement ; Etats-Unis ; Néolibéralisme ; Politique étrangère ; Projet ; Stratégie géopolitique ; Sécurité
Economic aid ; Foreign policy ; Geopolitical strategy ; Neo liberalism ; Project ; Security ; United States of America
L’Agence américaine pour le développementinternational a joué un rôle important dans les inflexions de la politique. L’accent est mis sur le nouveau cadre de l’aide à l’étranger, en reliant la restructuration interne de l’Agence à des tendances
plus larges dans les stratégies de développement. Existence de certaines contradictions concernant la justice de cette aide, qui font intervenir économie, géopolitique et sécurité.
The differential use of IMF resources by industrial, other developed, and less developed countries: a historical approach
Finance ; Fonds monétaire international ; Géographie humaine ; Histoire économique ; Monde ; Organisation internationale ; Pays en développement ; Pays industrialisés ; Pays les moins avancés ; Pays semi-industrialisés ; Politique économique
Una strategia di successo per lo sviluppo regionale. L'esperienza della « Scottish DevelopmentAgency »
Une stratégie efficace pour le développement régional. L'expérience de « l'agence pour le développement de l'Ecosse »
Développement régional ; Equipement ; Investissement ; Politique régionale ; Royaume-Uni ; Scotland ; Stratégie de développement
Development strategy ; Infrastructure ; Investment ; Regional development ; Regional policy ; Scotland ; United Kingdom
Cette agence de développement, qui se situe parmi les principaux offices de développement régional à l'échelle européenne, a réalisé en Ecosse des infrastructures industrielles, des opérations d'assainissement en milieu urbain, et des lancements
German foreign direct investment in the UK and Ireland : survey evidence
Economic impact ; Economic strategy ; Enquiry ; European Union ; Foreign investment ; Germans ; Investment ; Ireland ; Market ; Multinational firm ; Research and development ; Subsidiary company ; United Kingdom
connaissances antérieures limitées au sujet de l'investissement au sein de l'Union Européenne à l'échelle des entreprises. Problèmes de politique économique d'après les perspectives des agences de développement économique régional pour les compagnies
Caractéristiques et physionomie des filiales industrielles allemandes implantées au Royaume-Uni et en Irlande (enquête auprès d'une centaine d'entreprises). Test d'hypothèses sur la documentation au sujet du développement des filiales et sur les
[b1] International Business Unit, Univ. of Srathclyde, Glasgow, Royaume-Uni
The book is based on two surveys by the Central Statistical Office. The author uses data to determine the scale of changes in social position, what social conditions and factors influence mobility. It also contains an international comparison
with Poland and some developed capitalist countries. (DLO).
Another letter from the Home Office : reading the material politics of asylum
This article explores the use of letters by the UK Border Agency to communicate decisions on asylum claims within a UK drop-in centre. It opens by offering a governmental reading of letters as things which define the limits of present and future
[b1] Geography, School of Environment, Education and Development, Univ., Manchester, Royaume-Uni
Ote fudôsan shihon ni yoru ofuisu kûkan no keisei. (Agences immobilières de grandes entreprises privées et caractéristiques spatiales de leur implantation)
The author attempts to analyse the locational characteristics and functions of office buildings by private developers at national and urban levels. The author has investigated office buildings by Mitsubishi Estate Company, Mitsui Real Estate
Development Company, Nihon Life Insurance Company and Mori Building Company, focusing his attention on the differences in development patterns and decisions. (SGA).
La politique de l'eau dans le Haouz de Marrakech. De l'expérience des offices à celle des agences de bassins
Eau, territoire et développement
Canal ; Dam ; Hydraulic works ; Land development ; Morocco ; Water ; Water management
Le grand Haouz qui couvre le bassin de l'OUM er-Rbia et la plaine de la Bahira est la zone d'action de l'ORMVAH (Office régional de mise en valeur agricole du Haouz). Le modèle de la Grande Hydraulique lui a été appliqué : création de canaux
d'irrigation et réalisation d'importants barrages... aujourd'hui le Haouz est en train de vivre le démarrage d'une nouvelle expérience : celle des agences de bassins. - (L'A.).
Finance, business property and urban and regional development
Bangalore ; Développement régional ; Développement urbain ; England ; Etats-Unis ; Finance ; Financiarisation ; Géographie économique ; Immobilier d'entreprise ; Inde ; Karnātaka ; Marché immobilier ; Mexique ; México ciudad ; Neuchâtel ; Risque
Bangalore ; Economic geography ; England ; Finance ; Financial services ; Financialization ; India ; Karnataka ; Mexico ; Mexico City ; Neuchâtel ; Non residential real estate ; Real estate market ; Regional development ; Risk ; Switzerland ; United
Kingdom ; United States of America ; Urban development ; Zurich
investment stimulate building supply? The case of the English regions ; 3-Internationaloffice investment in global cities : the production of financial space and systemic risk ; 4-Concordance in global office market cycles ; 5-Filtering risk away : global
Dans ce numéro spécial consacré à la finance, à l'immobilier d'entreprise ainsi qu'au développement urbain et régional, on trouvera les articles suivants : 1-Finance, business property and urban and regional development ; 2-Does infrastructure
finance capital, transcalar territorial networks and the (Un)making of city-regions : an analysis of business property development in Bangalore, India ; 6-New finance for America's cities ; 7-Sustainability and the anchoring of capital : negotiations
surrounding two major urban projects in Switzerland ; 8-Finance capital, actor-network theory and the struggle over calculative agencies in the business property markets of Mexico city metropolitan region ;9-Familiarity and the determination of yields
for regional office property investments in the UK ; 10-The financialization of business property and what it means for cities and regions.
and employment, vital and Health, agriculture, livestock and fishery, forestry, industry, mines and power, construction, coastal trade, foreign trade and balance of payments, prices and internal trade, companies and foreign investment, transport
Statistics compiled mainly from administrative records of 98 government agencies in 30 Ministries and partly from the censuses and surveys conducted (by the government) in the country. The book is divided into 22 parts : climate, population, labor
The government of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development, Central Statistical Organization, Myanmar
The study of foreign aid: unbroken ground in geography
Economic aid ; Financial flow ; Foreign policy ; International economy ; International relations ; North-South relations ; Political geography
Aide au développement ; Economie internationale ; Flux financier ; Géographie politique ; Politique étrangère ; Relations Nord-Sud ; Relations internationales
In geography, the study of foreign aid has been neglected because it has been carried out in international relations theory and political science. Different theoretical approaches are examined and the way they have been applied to the study
of foreign aid. The A. concludes by looking at the implications of this research for the study of third-world development in geography and how a political geography of foreign aid can be promoted.
Trend in office supply and the growth of business districts in the Tokyo metropolitan area
Enterprise ; Honshu ; Japan ; Large city ; Location ; Offices ; Tertiary sector ; Tokyo ; Urban function
This paper aims to analyze the role of office supply in attracting office functions and promoting the growth of business districts in the Tokyo metropolitan area, by considering the trends in officedevelopment, office markets and the location
of office functions in 1980s and early 1990s. - (KA)
Historical changes in U.S. and Japanese foreign aid to the Asia-Pacific region
Asia ; Economic aid ; Foreign policy ; International relations ; Japan ; Pacific Region ; Public assistance ; Security ; Sustainable development ; United States of America
Aide au développement ; Aide publique ; Asie ; Discours ; Développement durable ; Etats-Unis ; Japon ; Pacifique ; Politique étrangère ; Relations internationales ; Sécurité
Using the Asia-Pacific region to assess changes in U.S. and Japanese aid policies, the analysis compares the rhetoric and discourses evident in policy documents with actual aid disbursements to the region before and after the Cold War. US refocused
aid discourse from geopolitics toward sustainable development and these goals are challenged by an aid-fatigued Congress. Japanese support for aid remains strong. The gap between the two is increasing over time.
Classification ; Concept ; Foreigner ; Poland ; Practice of geography
The article presents the more important concepts and selected issues underpinning the correct use of foreign geographical names in the Polish language. Discussed briefly are : the cultural role of geographical names, their classification, selected
to codify certain written and unwritten rules as regards the adaptation and proper use of foreign geographical names in geographical and cartographic practice. - (BJ)
terms associated with the standardization of names, that standardization as practised on the international scale and the standardization of names, that standardization as practised on the international scale and the activity of the Commission
for the Standardization of Geographical Names Outside Poland. For 50 years now this and its predecessor have published lists of standardized names that fovour greater uniformity in the set of Polish exonyms which has developed down the years. An attempt was then made
Seismic and volcanic hazards in Peru : changing attitudes to disaster mitigation
developments in the understanding of these hazards and their impact in the country, the excellent progress that has been made on several fronts during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR 1990-2000), and the challenges that lie ahead
in building on this work to produce a more inclusive and unified strategy of disaster mitigation.
Budapest ; Czech Republic ; Eastern Europe ; Europe ; Foreign investment ; Globalization ; Hungary ; Land use ; Local government ; Offices ; Poland ; Political reform ; Prague ; Real estate market ; Retail trade ; Town planning ; Urban development
Aménagement urbain ; Budapest ; Bureaux ; Collectivité locale ; Commerce de détail ; Développement urbain ; Europe ; Europe de l'Est ; Hongrie ; Investissement étranger ; Marché immobilier ; Mondialisation ; Mutation politique ; Pologne ; Praha
L'article étudie l'impact de la privatisation du marché de l'immobilier et de l'investissement étranger sur le développement urbain post-socialiste à Budapest, Varsovie et Prague. La mise à la disposition d'espaces dépend moins de la planification
Financial globalization and cross-border comovements of money and population : foreign bank offices in Los Angeles
Bank ; California ; Chinese ; Ethnic community ; Finance ; Financial institution ; Globalization ; Los Angeles ; Offices ; United States of America ; Urban economy ; Urban immigration
financière. Ces institutions financières, en liaison avec la diaspora chinoise et l'évolution des économies de la Chine et de Los Angeles, exercent une fonction tant mondiale que locale, à l'échelle de la Californie méridionale. Le développement économique