A Case Study of Glasgow's Use of the Prudential Borrowing Framework (PBF) for Schools Rationalisation

This paper analyses Glasgow's use of the Prudential Borrowing Framework (PBF) for rationalisation and renewal of its primary schools and the additional borrowing costs to be met by the resulting efficiency savings and by sale of surplus school sites. Our findings reveal that the PBF has many perceived advantages compared with the Private Finance Initiative/Public Private Partnership (PFI/PPP) route to capital procurement and modernisation. In particular, the link between policy and the use of resources is more transparent under PBF than for PFI/PPPs. However, the approach to risk management seems to have become more relaxed using the PBF even though the Council now retains all associated risks.     

Budget Transparency in Local Governments: An Empirical Analysis

The aim of this paper is to shed additional light on the determinants of budget transparency in local governments. Our work is based on a Likert-type survey questionnaire specifically designed to measure budget transparency in small municipalities. The questionnaire is based on the IMF's revised Code of Good Practices on Fiscal Transparency (2007). Results from 33 Galician municipalities are used to assess its internal consistency and to test a battery of hypotheses on the determinants of budget transparency. While several previous findings of the literature are confirmed, some new results are also obtained.     

Contractual Conditions,Organizational Level,Dimension of Organization,and Work Conflict as Potential Predictors of Job Stress in Public Administration

Job stress is a pervasive problem for employers in the 21st century economy, making it a timely and important topic in organizational settings. The variables influencing job stress are numerous and consequently it may be analyzed from different perspectives, but the root is primarily physical and psychosocial. This study specifically explores three physical sources of job stress—contractual condition of work, organizational position, and dimension of organization—and of one psychosocial source—work conflict. A survey instrument was used to collect information from regional Public Administration employees of South Italy. Data from 1,130 respondents were analyzed. Statistical correlations and hierarchical regression showed that contractual condition of work, organizational position, organizational dimension, and work conflict were all predictive aspects of job stress.     

郑州市流动人口管理对策研究

文章立足于郑州市流动人口服务管理工作的实践,从治理的视角探讨流动人口的影响因素,并阐述了存在信息采集不完善、人口流动集中化、及就业困难等相关问题,然后分析了问题存在的原因及解决对策,为今后开展相关研究提供了很好的范例。     

陕西人口与生态环境现状及评价分析

人口、资源、环境构成生态环境系统的基本要素,对人口与生态环境现状的评价可以通过分析人口与资源、环境协调发展现状来实现。运用指标体系综合评价方法分析,陕西人口与资源协调发展水平越好,人口发展对生态环境脆弱性影响越小;反之影响越大。     

论一国两制下的粤港澳人口迁移

从粤港澳人口流动及其管理的历史、现状及其发展趋势考虑,为了实现两制下三地人口合理的长期流动和共同发展,需要充分加强政府合作和政策对接,调整赴港澳定居人口的素质比例,深化深圳、珠海特区职能,同时,采取相应的户籍管理政策,保证新移民在内地继续生活、工作的环境。     

试论墨子的人口伦理思想

墨子人口伦理的道德原则是兼爱，其道德规范有节用，节葬，非攻，节制蓄私，增殖人口、男女平等等。他人口伦理的道德根源是“天志”。其人性论基础是自然人性论。墨子人口思想对当代人口文化建设有着重要的借鉴意义。     

城市管理系统工程——城市管理科学的一条基本原理

论述了城市管理系统工程的原理,并介绍了其应用实例及理论拓延.     

论终身教育的必要性与迫切性

高素质人才要通过教育来实现。单纯的一次性学校教育已经远远不能满足当今社会发展的需要,难以承载培养人才的重任。终身教育思想作为一种新的教育理念和指导思想正在广为人们接受。     

天水市劳动人口就业形势分析

劳动就业形势分析可以为改善劳动力结构及分布提供依据。本文就天水市劳动就业的基本情况对天水市劳动人口的数量、质量、行业分布及三次产业分布进行了就业的变化分析。