scholarly journals Public procurement: A public policy tool for resources management

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoon Lee
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Policy Tool ◽  
National Output ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Avoidance Cost

<p>The United Nations assesses that defilement, pay off, robbery, and duty avoidance cost creating<br />nations about $1.26 trillion every year. That is double the total national output of all of Asia. These are<br />calming numbers undoubtedly. No one precisely knows exactly how much, yet a genuinely substantial<br />part of the misfortune will be from failures in broad public procurement.</p>

E-Government in Malaysia

2011 ◽  
pp. 121-146
Author(s):  
Sharifah Mariam Alhabshi
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Security Measures ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
Brown University ◽  
The United Nations

This chapter assesses the challenges and achievements of e-government development in Malaysia. After carefully examining the findings of e-government ranking for Malaysia produced by the United Nations; the Centre of Public Policy, Brown University (US); and Waseda University Institute of e-Government, disparities amongst these three institutions were evident. It is argued that different methodological criteria employed by these institutions served as one of the fundamental factors attributable to the varying results. However, findings from these institutions also unearthed some major problems and challenges bedevilling the implementation and growth of e-government in Malaysia. Furthermore, in the course of ascertaining factors which undermine or hinder the further development of e-government in Malaysia, questionnaires and interviews were employed to gather the relevant information. Questionnaires were administered to public officials in federal ministries and departments. And interviews were conducted with 7 e-government pilot project managers. The findings of the survey indicated that while Waseda University Institute of e-Government and the United Nations had exposure to adequate information on e-govenrment development in Malaysia, the same cannot be said of the Centre of Public Policy, Brown University (US). It is vital that for an accelerated and resilient environment for the development of e-government in Malaysia, there must be an systematic and cohesive consolidation of e-government mechanisms such as regulations, capacity building, security measures and policy framework.

United Nations Constitutional Assistance

2020 ◽  
pp. 3-79
Author(s):  
Vijayashri Sripati
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Law ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Constitutional Law ◽  
League Of Nations ◽  
The United Nations

This chapter establishes United Nations Constitutional Assistance (UNCA) as a significant but uncharted international and constitutional law topic. UNCA is defined as a set of activities undertaken to produce/internationalize the Western liberal constitution. The Constitution’s salience is outlined to show that UNCA: sires UN/International Territorial Administration; is salient vis-à-vis the UN’s assistance in all other sectors (e.g., electoral, judicial, rule of law); and underpins UN peacebuilding/UN Statebuilding. This backdrop sets the stage for the book’s mission: to analyze UNCA through the concept of ‘Policy Institution’ and Purposive Analysis (analysis of the UN’s official statements). Which is: to investigate and identify the Constitution’s internationalization by international organizations (e.g., the League of Nations and the United Nations); to analyse how the Constitution and its purposes fit into international law and public policy; to consider how states internationalized the Constitution to achieve colonial trusteeship; and to explain how the legitimacy of UNCA with, and without ITA might be appraised in the light of this analysis.

scholarly journals Implementing the Policy of the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roxanne T. Ornelas
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Informed Consent ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
National Policy ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
Policy Tool ◽  
United Nations General Assembly

On September 13, 2007, the United Nations General Assembly voted to adopt the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). This was an historic event as work on UNDRIP had been ongoing for 30 years before its passage. Today, UNDRIP provides a framework for addressing human rights protections for Indigenous peoples globally. This article examines the significance of UNDRIP as a public policy tool for developing national policy to support future resource and land management consultations that are based on free, prior, and informed consent.

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