Global Infrastructure Anti-Corruption Centre GIACC provides the following free of charge anti-corruption training resources: on-line anti-corruption training module anti-corruption training manual. See below for details. GIACC On-line Anti-Corruption Training Module GIACC has published a free on-line anti-corruption training module. This is available in seven languages. For further information on the module, and to commence the module, go to the relevant language link below: GIACC/Tl(UK): Anti-Corruption Training Manual GIACC and Transparency International (UK) have published a free Anti-Corruption Training Manual. Anti-Corruption Training Manual - (International Version) Anti-Corruption Training Manual - (England & Wales Version) English The need for anti-corruption training As explained in What is corruption, GIACC uses the term "corruption" in the wider sense to include bribery, extortion, fraud, deception, collusion, cartels, abuse of power, embezzlement, trading in influence and money laundering. Other Resources Site Credits Disclaimer
New Economy Working Group | Equitable economies for a living earth. project_anti_corruption_system_home Why is a project anti-corruption system necessary? Corruption on construction projects is a complex problem: It may occur in the form of bribery, extortion, fraud, deception, cartels, collusion, abuse of power, embezzlement, trading in influence, money laundering and equivalent criminal offences. It can take place during any phase of a project, including project identification, planning, financing, design, tender, execution, operation and maintenance. See How Corruption Occurs and Corruption Examples for examples of corruption in each project phase. There is no single or simple method by which to prevent such corruption. During the last 30 years, material improvements have been made to the safety of personnel in factories and on construction sites. What is PACS? The Project Anti-Corruption System (PACS) is an integrated and comprehensive system designed to assist in the prevention and detection of corruption on construction projects. PACS Standards PACS Templates How to use PACS
Home | IIER index.spare The Institute for Collapsonomics News « Econ4 Fast Company (fastcoexist.com) reports on Econ4: “We’re economists: we want to promote not only the supply of new economics teaching but also student demand for it.” Read the story and accompanying interview here. The Wall Street Journal, reporting on the American Economics Association’s recent decision to require economists to disclose potential conflicts of interest, quotes Econ4′s George DeMartino and Gerald Epstein, leading advocates of uploading ethics into the profession. George DeMartino, a University of Denver professor who headed the panel, has argued for the adoption of an even broader “economists’ oath” that would address questions like the ethics of advising dictators and the responsibility of economists to stand up for the poor.Gerald Epstein, a professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst who has previously criticized economists’ lack of disclosure, in an email called the policy “a very big step forward.” Read the story here. Popular economics education?
The Cambridge Trust for New Thinking in Economics WIR Bank WIR Bank logo The WIR Bank, formerly the Swiss Economic Circle (GER: Wirtschaftsring-Genossenschaft), or WIR, is an independent complementary currency system in Switzerland that serves businesses in hospitality, construction, manufacturing, retail and professional services. WIR issues and manages a private currency, called the WIR Franc, which is used, in combination with Swiss Franc to generate dual-currency transactions. WIR was founded in 1934 by businessmen Werner Zimmermann and Paul Enz as a result of currency shortages and global financial instability. "WIR" is both an abbreviation of Wirtschaftsring and the word for "we" in German, reminding participants that the economic circle is also a community.[2] According to the cooperative's statutes, "Its purpose is to encourage participating members to put their buying power at each other's disposal and keep it circulating within their ranks, thereby providing members with additional sales volume." References[edit] External links[edit]
Post-capitalism Socialist economics and the socialist calculation debate concern the organization and functioning of a post-capitalist system. This subject encompasses alternatives for the major elements of a capitalist system, such as the wage and profit systems, market-based allocation, private ownership of the means of production, and the use of money as a measure of value; and critical analysis of post-capitalist economic models.[1] Arguments for post-capitalism[edit] In the Marxist method of analysis and theory of historical materialism, specific modes of production come into being as a result of underlying changes in the level of technology. Post-capitalist systems[edit] There are a number of proposals for a new economic system to replace capitalism. Socialism[edit] Technocracy[edit] Libertarian[edit] Voluntaryism, a philosophy of economics and social interaction derived from the non-aggression principle (NAP), the homestead principle and natural rights. Anarchism[edit] See also[edit] References[edit]
Solidarity economy The definition of "solidarity economy" consists of activities organized to address and transform exploitation under capitalist economics, and can include diverse phenomena.[1] For some, it refers to a set of strategies and a struggle aimed at the abolition of capitalism and the oppressive social relations that it supports and encourages; for others, it names strategies for "humanizing" the capitalist economy—seeking to supplement capitalist globalization with community-based "social safety nets". The still evolving term "solidarity economy" is an English translation of a concept formally formulated in Lima, Peru in 1997 (economía solidaria), in Quebec in 2001,[2] and in Brazil during the World Social Forum of 2001, and in Portuguese as "economia solidaria".[3] It is also represented by the French "économie solidaire" and similar terms in several other languages. As such it is sometimes translated by other expressions such as "solidarity-based economy". Social and solidarity economy[edit]
The Blue Economy The Blue Economy: 10 years - 100 innovations - 100 million jobs is a book by Gunter Pauli. The book expresses the ultimate aim that a Blue Economy business model will shift society from scarcity to abundance "with what we have", by tackling issues that cause environmental and related problems in new ways. The book highlights potential benefits in connecting and combining seemingly disparate environmental problems with open-source scientific solutions based upon physical processes common in the natural world, to create solutions that are both environmentally beneficial and which have financial and wider social benefits. The book suggests that we can alter the way in which we run our industrial processes and tackle resultant environmental problems, refocusing from the use of rare and high-energy cost resources to instead seek solutions based upon simpler and cleaner technologies. Background[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit]
Some Macroeconomics for the 21st Century Abstract This note describes a numerical simulation of a model of economic growth, a simplified version of Robert Tamura's (1996) model of world income dynamics, based on technology diffusion. The model makes predictions for trends in average world income growth and about the evolution of the relative income distribution that accord well with observation. The model is used to forecast the course of world income growth and income inequality over the century to come. Download Info If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the proper application to view it first. Bibliographic Info Article provided by American Economic Association in its journal Journal of Economic Perspectives. Volume (Year): 14 (2000) Issue (Month): 1 (Winter) Pages: 159-168 Handle: RePEc:aea:jecper:v:14:y:2000:i:1:p:159-168 Note: DOI: 10.1257/jep.14.1.159Contact details of provider: Email: aeainfo@vanderbilt.eduWeb page: information through EDIRC Related research Keywords:
How to Map the New Economy in Your City Mapping your community helps demonstrate that “Another World” is not only possible, it already exists. New economy projects are mostly unconnected, so each one struggles alone rather than supporting each other and even in small towns, people often don't know what's happening in their own backyards. Mapping also can become a community organizing tool - uncovering a reservoir of social assets even in the poorest neighborhoods, which can seed mutual aid and cooperative business ideas to fill in the gaps. USSEN has a list of communities that have done independent mapping projects, each using its own methodology, criteria, platform and map name. When thinking of entities to fill your map, consider if they incorporate any solidarity economy principles: solidarity, mutualism, cooperation, equity, social and environmental prioritization, democracy, pluralism, and grassroots driven. Benefits of mapping Make projects more visible to each other and the public -- free advertising! How to Make a Map