Managerial autonomy: does it matter for the performance of water utilities?

The public administration literature asserts that autonomy is central to performance. In this article we develop a managerial autonomy index, which we apply to 22 water utilities in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The 16 items that underlie our composite autonomy index display a high degree of internal consistency. This speaks for the validity of the autonomy concept. We find that the autonomy scores of the 22 utilities vary widely. We also find strong and positive associations between autonomy scores and six out of eight key performance indicators. Our results support the idea that autonomy is central to the performance of water service providers. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

地方政府执行力问题探析

政府执行力是维系一个政府机构生存和发展的决定性力量。提高政府执行力,是加强执政能力建设,推动政府工作落实,实践和落实科学发展观的重要保证。     

损伤皮肤中白三烯B_4含量测定与损伤时间推断

本文作者利用高压液相色谱,快速检测大鼠皮肤切创创缘组织中白三烯B_4含量。结果发现,生前各损伤时间组创缘中白三烯B_4含量明显升高,且在1小时内与损伤时间有一定线性关系;死后损伤标本未见白三烯B_4含量升高。由此表明白三烯B_4含量测定,对推断生前1小时内的损伤时间有重要价值。高压液相色谱能快速、准确地检测损伤组织中的白三烯B_4。     

基于科学发展观的政府绩效评估体系

科学的发展观是推进和实现政府绩效评估科学化、规范化、制度化的理论前提.本文探讨了科学发展观指导下的政府绩效评估原则和指标体系,并分析了国外政府绩效评估及对我国的启示.     

财政资金绩效评价的探讨与思索

绩效评价对于企业而言是个有待完善的课题,对于财政而言是个全新的课题。针对我国现有的财政管理模式,财政必须从资金分配、流转、使用三环节下重力,才能“理好财,算好帐”,从源头惩治腐败,从根本上转变机关作风。建立一套完整的绩效评价体系如制度、机制、层次、指标等,都是财政管理“理念”的创新之措和改革之举,有利于调优公共财政,更好地满足经济和社会协调发展、城市和农村协调发展、人与自然协调发展的需要。     

关于公安派出所绩效考核的思考

公安派出所实行绩效考核制度有利于促进基层派出所各项业务工作和队伍建设的整体推进,成效显著。目前公安派出所绩效考核中存在的问题有目标设定不科学,考核过程和结果处理不当,考核难以量化,考核的形式过于单一等。为此,考核中应突出重点,制定统一科学的标准,注重落实,重在实效。     

Getting a `Get' – the Limits of Law's Authority? N. v. N. (Jurisdiction: Pre-Nuptial Agreement) [1999] 2 F.L.R. 745

This note examines the decision of the Family Division of the High Court in N. v. N. (Jurisdiction: Pre-Nuptial Agreement) in which, in the context of Jewish divorce proceedings, the Court found that it had no jurisdiction to order a husband, by specific performance of a marriage agreement, to go through the procedure to obtain a ‘get’ (a hand-written bill of divorcement) allowing his wife to remarry. First, discussion of the case is contextualised broadly within the debate on the (de)merits of employing legal means in order to redress social wrongs. Secondly, adopting a theoretical perspective upon the difficulties involved in using law to achieve social change, the note goes on to examine more specifically why women from minority cultures may choose to go to the law of the dominant culture in order to obtain relief. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

A comparison of the use of visible microspectrometry and high performance thin layer chromatography for the discrimination of aqueous inks used in porous tip and roller ball pens

Ink lines made by porous tip and roller ball pens have been examined by high performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC) and by transmission microspectrophotometry (VM) in the visible region. Better discrimination between apparently similar coloured inks was obtained with HPTLC but VM has value as an additional technique for ink examination.     

在香港执行内地仲裁裁决的法律问题初探

在"一国两制"框架下,关于互相执行仲裁裁决的问题,香港和内地已有相关法律文件作了对等安排,但由于两地法律制度和司法体制的不同,统一的执行体制必须通过不同的方法、技术和途径来实施,这可能导致对有关当事人的潜在影响,如,裁决执行地的选择,为当事人选择执行地和规避法律提供了可能.     

民事诉讼中检察监督权的完善

民事审判活动是民事诉讼中较为活跃的因素,它以人民法院的民事审判权为基础,对民事审判权的运作实行检察监督则是实现诉讼法治化的重要环节。本文以我国民事诉讼检察监督权运作的内容和缺陷为着眼点,着重对监督原则、内容及权力措施等方面的进一步完善提出了设想。