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May 1, 2012
dTIMS Desktop Evolution to SQL Express Rob Piane, P.Eng., Deighton
Effective June 1st 2012, dTIMS desktop will no...Written on 01/03/2012, 11:56 by #admin
March 1, 2012
Introducing the dTIMS Insider Challenge by Jeff Zavitski, Deighton
Commencing with this edition, each release of... Written on 02/04/2012, 09:44 by #admin
April 1, 2012
Deighton Blogs by Craig German, Deighton
A new feature added to deighton.com in January was a series of blogs...
World Bank Feed
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The project Institutional and Regulatory Framework Strengthening Project is now in the pipeline.
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Thailand - Sustainable Energy Policies Project
Ratings for the Sustainable Energy Policies Project for Thailand were as follows: outcomes were moderately satisfactory; risk to development outcome was sustainable; Bank performance was moderately satisfactory. Some lessons learned includes: it is a challenge for the Bank or IFIs to be influential to Thailand's energy sector for two reasons: (1) ministry of energy is a strong, well-funded ministry. Financial leverage plays a minimal role, while the policy makers are skeptical why International Financial Institution (IFI) will encourage foreign borrowings; and (2) foreign borrowing is not a preferred choice of public funding in general. Ministry of Finance is the key. The program's objectives were achieved in identifying policy options, but the immediate follow-up activities had been difficult simply because of the Government's preference toward IFIs.
Indonesia - DKI assets management component : building capacity for the development of sub-national government capital market for municipal bonds
The report, DKI Assets Management Component, examines the fixed assets management practices and procedures of the Provincial Government of Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta and identifies its weaknesses. The report concludes with recommended actions for the province to involve: the recovery of backlog of unregistered land assets, capacity building for the Supreme Audit Agency, capacity building for selected authorized financial delegates and related staff, and a planned upgrade of assets database.
Philippines - Philippines: study on local service delivery
This 2011 report, Philippines: Study on Local Service Delivery, analyzes the composition of public expenditures that support devolved services (including the resource allocation decisions that support these expenditures), an assessment of the quality of local service delivery based on available local data, and an evaluation of the interactions between various public entities that finance and provide local services. The report includes reviews of local capital investments, local road sector, and the local health sector.
