Implementing and evaluating microcredit in Bangladesh

Microcredit has been introduced to rural communities in Bangladesh as a means of economic and social development, but there are increasing doubts about its effectiveness and suggestions that it causes domestic abuse. A review of various studies indicates that microcredit can result in social disruption by exacerbating gender conflict. It is suggested that micro-level study is required before credit is introduced to local communities.     

Analysis and analytical tools for managing corporate public affairs

This paper examines the place of analysis in corporate public affairs practice. It examines analysis in the larger context of organisational decision making, examines models, tools and techniques available to the CPA practitioner, and identifies factors why analysis has not received the prominence it deserves in the field and beyond. Copyright © 2002 Henry Stewart Publications     

'Sir Douglas in Euroland'. Treasury officials and the European Union, 1977–2001

'… every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less …'
John Donne
The European Union (EU) is now, in the author's view, a pervasive part of the UK Treasury's culture, much more than is generally recognized. Drawing on personal experience as a Treasury official, the author describes the impact of the EU on the Department's culture, organization and work. Relations with other departments, finance ministries in other member states and the EU institutions are examined in order to demonstrate the depth and complexity of Treasury involvement in the EU. Key policies are discussed, to illustrate how Treasury culture has changed in recent decades.