Federal User Fees: Considering the Challenges and Advantages of the Development Process

There is a broad spectrum of components that substantially impact user fee development in the federal government. Observations of the fees discussed in this paper lead to the conclusion that a full understanding and consideration of each of these influences is necessary to successfully navigate the challenges and advantages of the fee development process. In conjunction with these considerations, practitioners are advised to adhere to the guidance of full and uniform costing methodologies to achieve optimal fee outcomes.     

FRANK LUDLOW AND THE ENGLISH SCHOOL IN TIBET, 1923–1926

Michael Rank is a graduate in Chinese from Downing College, Cambridge University. He also studied at Beijing University and Fudan University, Shanghai in the mid-1970s. He was a journalist in China in the early 1980s and visited Tibet in 1983. He is now a Chinese-English translator and freelance journalist. His interest in ornithology also drew him to Ludlow and to do research on his life.     

A Global “Growth Map” for 2014

The great story of the last decade has been the “rise of the rest”—emerging economies such as China, Brazil, Turkey and India—to a position rivaling that of the established, advanced economies. As the aftershocks of the financial crisis of 2008–2009 continue to ripple through the global system, will the rising rest stay or track or be derailed? Some of the world's top economists examine this question in the following section.