‘Country ownership’: a term whose time has gone

The term ‘country ownership’ refers to a property of the conditionality attached to programmes, processes, plans, or strategies involving both a ‘domestic’ party (generally a nation state) and a foreign party (generally the IMF, the World Bank, the Regional Development Banks, and other multilateral and bilateral institutions). Under what circumstances and how can the concept of country ownership be relevant to a country with a myriad heterogeneous and often conflicting views and interests? Or to a country whose government's representational legitimacy or democratic credentials are in question? The author argues that the term has been abused to such an extent that it is at best unhelpful and at worst pernicious: a term whose time has gone.     

判决与民意——兼比较考察中美法官如何对待民意

职业主义要求法官像法律家那样思维,但是按照民主主义的要求,法官应该像民众那样思维,判决应当符合民意。在中国,传统法官采用平民化、大众式的思维方式,力求判决能够体现民众的意愿。这种传统一直延续到现代中国。而在法律职业发达的美国,法官在对民意的问题上既强调限制又强调开放,具有两面性。中美在判决与民意问题上的共性与差异具有一定的启示意义。     

对公安院校学生管理工作的思考

公安院校更新、更快的发展现状对学管理工作提出了新的要求 ,对学生管理队伍提出了更高的标准 ,今后的工作只有在继承的基础上不断创新 ,才能培养出符合时代发展、顺应时代潮流的合格的人民警察     

康复我国上市公司的四项施治方案论证——从公司治理结构视角观察

一股独大是导致我国上市公司诸种病症发生的直接根源之一 ,它妨碍着上市公司治理结构的完善。在目前的条件下采取以下救治方案 ,包括强化公司法的强制性规范 ,拆解国有大股东的股份 ,强制规定中小股东代表进入董事会 ,彻底改造监事会制度 ,有助于上市公司的康复和股东信心的恢复     

略论公安文学的品格定位与追求

公安文学应该定位于通俗文学,这是它的题材类型所决定的。在此基础上,公安文学应该努力争取尽量多的读者,在中国文坛形成较大影响。同时,关注读者的接受心理曲线,创作出大量具有深刻蕴涵,既通俗又通雅的佳作,是公安文学的必然追求。     

巩固镇反运动成果的三项重要工作

巩固镇反运动成果的三项重要工作是:开展了深入扎实的镇反判定工作;积极组织治安保卫委员会;迅速组织对反革命残余势力的改造工作。     

公安机关刑事法律文书叙述方法的运用

公安机关刑事法律文书在侦查办案中具有极其重要的作用 ,其对案件事实的叙述是写作的一项重要内容。要正确地叙述案件事实 ,首先要明确叙述方法应遵守的原则和叙述笔法的特点 ;其次 ,要掌握多种叙述方法 ,即顺叙法 ,突出主罪法 ,突出主犯法 ;再次 ,在叙述案件时 ,要注意写清关键情节 ,写清因果关系 ,写清主要证据。     

政府起源的经济学解释

对政府起源的解释是对政府的一种不断“解构”的过程。以公共选择理论和新制度经济学为代表的当代西方经济学 ,将政府视为社会经济发展的外生变量来考察政府的起源 ,揭示了政府在社会发展中的基本特征和功能 ,从而为政府改革和发展提供了新的理论依据。     

Transit-Induced Gentrification: Who Will Stay,and Who Will Go?

Abstract

Transit-oriented development (TOD) has been promoted by planners and policy advocates as a solution to a variety of urban problems, including automobile traffic congestion, air pollution, and urban poverty. Since the enhanced accessibility offered by transit proximity is often capitalized into land and housing prices, many express concern that new transit investments will result in the displacement of the low-income populations likely to benefit most from transit access, a phenomenon which we term transit-induced gentrification. Whereas policy advocates have proposed a variety of interventions designed to ensure that affordable housing for low-income households is produced and preserved in areas proximate to transit stations, little is known about the effectiveness of these policy proposals. This article relies on an integrated land use/transportation model to analyze how TOD-based affordable housing policies influence the intraurban location of low-income households. We find that affordability restrictions targeted to new dwellings constructed in TODs are effective tools for promoting housing affordability and improving low-income households’ access to transit while simultaneously reducing the extent of transit-induced gentrification.     

Housing Upkeep and Public Good Provision in Residential Neighborhoods

Neighborhood condition is a public good in part provided by neighborhood residents’ private property maintenance. Considering neighborhood condition as an impure public good provides a theoretical basis for understanding how the level of neighborhood quality may affect residents’ home maintenance decisions. Empirical results in a low-income neighborhood, where formulating public policy to improve neighborhoods is of significant concern, indicate a positive substitution effect. When neighborhoods improve, residents respond by increasing exterior home upkeep. This result is robust to both changes in the neighborhood condition generated by other neighbors’ increase in maintenance and exogenous public investment in the neighborhood.