Rural credits bill. Comparative print, showing S.2986, a bill to provide capital for agricultural development, to create a standard form of investment based upon farm mortgage, to equalize rates of interest upon farm loans, to furnish a market for United States bonds, to provide for the investment of postal savings deposits, to create government depositaries and financial agents for the United States, and for other purposes, as passed by the Senate and as passed by the House of representatives.

In parallel columns.

Investment of steam railways in highway motor vehicle enterprises as of May 1, 1936. Summary of returns on Statistical series circular no. 22.

Published by the Bureau under its earlier name: Bureau of Statistics.

Procedural difficulties encountered by smaller business in dealing with the IRS [microform] : hearings before the Subcommittee on Taxation, Financing, and Investment of the Select Committee on Small Business, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, on procedural difficulties encountered by smaller business in dealing with the IRS, July 31 and August 19, 1980.

CIS Microfiche Accession Numbers: CIS 81 S721-5

A statement of premiums awarded ... from July 1817, to April 1829 : extracts from the correspondence, schedule of the funds, and a list of the officers and members /

Mode of access: Internet.

The investment of influence : a study of social sympathy and service /

Mode of access: Internet.

Reclamation Project Act of 1939 : hearing before the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, United States Senate, Seventy-sixth Congress, first session, on S. 2591, a bill to provide a feasible and comprehensive plan for the variable payment of construction charges on United States reclamation projects, to protect the investment of the United States in such projects, and for other purposes.

Considers legislation to modify construction costs repayment procedure for irrigation project water-users.

Improper use of industrial funds by Defense extended the life of appropriations which otherwise would have expired : report to the chairman, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives /

"B-214645"--P. [1] (1st group)

The role of campaigns funds in Georgia primary elections, 1936-1958.

Mode of access: Internet.

Financing state and city pensions : receipts, payments, and assets of pension funds of states and of cities over 100,000 population, 1938 /

Tables.

Hindu music & the Gayan Samaj. Pub. in aid of the funds of the Madras jubilee Gayan Samaj, 1887...

Mode of access: Internet.

Annual report of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction of Tennessee for the scholastic year ending ...

"Submitted to the Governor."

The development impact of counterpart funds : a review of the literature /

Mode of access: Internet.

Association of public support for survival of wildlife species with their likeability

We surveyed 204 individuals from the general public in Brisbane, Australia, to ascertain the extent to which they liked or disliked 24 species of wildlife (belonging to three classes: mammals, birds and reptiles) present in tropical Australia. We calculated likeability indices for each species. We also asked respondents if they favored the survival of each of these species, and were able to calculate the percentage of respondents favoring survival of each. Using linear regression analysis, we could relate the percentage of respondents favoring survival of each of the species to their indices of likeability. In addition, we compared the mean likeability of species in the three classes (mammals, birds and reptiles) with the respondents' allocation of funds (hypothetical 1,000 Australian dollars) between conservation of species and a human charity. From this, we were able to assess how important stated likeability is for preferences to conserve species by animal class, and reconsidered the hypothesis in the literature that there is likely to be more public support for the survival of mammals than for birds, and more support for the survival of birds than for reptiles.

Policy into practice:a study of public policy implementation and the role of learning

Public policy becomes managerial practice through a process of implementation. There is an established literature within Implementation Studies which explains the variables and some of the processes involved in implementation, but less attention has been focused upon how public service managers convert new policy initiatives into practice. The research proposes that managers and their organisations have to go through a process of learning in order to achieve the implementation of public policy. Data was collected over a five year period from four case studies of capital investment appraisal in the British National Health Service. Further data was collected from taped interviews by key actors within the case studies. The findings suggest that managers do learn to implement policy and four factors are important in this learning process. These are; (i) the nature of bureaucratic responsibility; (ii) the motivation of actors towards learning; (iii) the passage of time which allows for the development of competence and (iv) the use of project team structures. The research has demonstrated that the conversion of policy into practice occurs through the operationalisation of solutions to policy problems via job tasks. As such it suggests that in understanding how policy is implemented, technical learning is more important than cultural learning, in this context. In conclusion, a "Model of Learned Implementation" is presented, together with a discussion of some of the implications of the research. These are the possible use of more pilot projects for new policy initiatives and the more systematic diffusion of knowledge about implementation solutions.

Evaluating the additionality of public sector assistance to Irish firms: a question of ownership?

This article presents an innovative approach to estimating the additionality of financial assistance awarded to firms by an Irish regional development agency. The 'self assessment approach' is used to derive estimates of deadweight and displacement for firms in the Shannon region of Ireland. Irish studies have derived high estimates of deadweight by international standards. In light of this, and the fact that successive Irish governments have placed emphasis on Foreign Direct Investment as an engine for growth, the primary objective here is to address the question of whether the type of firm ownership matters with respect to resulting deadweight and/or displacement estimates. The latter question is addressed using logistic regression analysis to test whether, ceteris paribus, firm ownership is a key-determining factor for estimates of deadweight and/or displacement. The results show that ownership does not matter in the case of deadweight, but regarding displacement there are differences between indigenous and foreign-owned firms albeit at very low levels. More precisely, as expected, indigenously owned firms are more likely to lead to higher estimates of displacement.