Governance, Democracy and Poverty Reduction: Lessons Drawn from Household Surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America

Public statistics face quite a challenge when it comes to measuring new dimensions of development (institutions, governance, and social and political participation). To take up this challenge, modules on Governance, Democracy and Multiple Dimensions of Poverty have been appended to household surveys by National Statistics Institutes in twelve African and Latin American developing countries. This paper presents the issues addressed and the methodological lessons learnt along with a selection of findings to illustrate this innovative approach and demonstrate its analytic potential. We investigate, for instance, the population's support for democratic principles, the respect for civil and political rights and the trust in the political class; the ‘need for the State’, particularly of the poorest; the extent of petty corruption; the reliability of expert surveys on governance; the perception of decentralization policies at local level; the level and vitality of social and political participation, etc. The conclusive appraisal made opens up prospects for the national statistical information systems in the developing countries. The measurement and tracking of this new set of objective and subjective public policy monitoring indicators would benefit from being made systematic.     

农村扶贫开发工作中的政府行为

如何改进政府行为，最大限度地提高扶贫效率，是当前和今后我国扶贫开发工作的核心问题之一。文章对我国农村扶贫开发工作中政府行为存在的问题和不足进行分析，是进一步改进我国农村扶贫开发工作的必然要求。     

城市空间中的网络联盟:转型期中国城市治理的路径选择

合作主义理论特别重视协调与整合,这一理论基点恰好顺应了转型社会尤其是政府主导的转型社会的根本需求,从而成为中国城市治理的理论诉求。面对个人"原子化"、社会"破碎化"等矛盾重重的城市社会现实,本文首先论证了中国语境下合作主义的正向维度,然后借鉴西方国家有益的做法,提出了当代中国转型期城市社会治理的路径:建立城市空间中的网络联盟。在网络联盟的框架下,通过更广泛、更深入的社会参与、协商、协作,改善城市经济与社会生活,实现转型期城市的"善治"。     

浅述CI设计与企业文化

CI作为一种创造企业形象、增强企业形象影响力、改善企业管理的有效工具,已经被证明是一种功能强大的企业推进剂。CI系统构建的战略体系同企业文化各个层面密切相关。成功的企业正是在CI设计的过程中将企业文化与企业经营成功的相结合。     

完善中国COSO体系应注意的问题

我国内部控制框架建设正在完善中.从国外内部控制的COSO报告和SOX法案经验说明,我国的内部控制要想得到有效地发挥作用,需要注意的问题是:要有良好的内外部环境,主要有完善公司治理机制,为内部控制系统的构建提供基础,构造一个良好的内部环境;实现有效的外部监控,为内部控制系统作用的发挥提供有效的外部环境;在内外部环境得到完善的前提下,要着重执行.     

论利益相关者参与公司治理

传统的公司治理目标是股东利益最大化,文章主要论述股东利益最大化公司治理目标的缺陷和利益相关者参与公司治理的必要性。     

公司治理与盈利预测的自愿披露

信息披露是上市公司与外部利益相关者沟通联系的重要渠道,其中的盈利预测又是外部利益相关者决策所需要的重要未来信息之一,因而盈利预测披露成为信息披露中被关注的焦点。同时,公司治理影响着上市公司的信息披露水平,而股权结构是决定公司治理结构与质量的基础性因素,因而公司治理可以通过股权结构的影响来作用于信息披露。     

The Emergence of Corporate Governance from Wall St. to Main St.: Outside Directors, Board Diversity, Earnings Management, and Managerial Incentives to Bear Risk

Recent corporate events have brought a heightened public awareness to corporate governance issues. Much work has been accomplished to date, but it is clear that much more remains to be done. This paper provides a review of empirical research in four relevant areas of corporate governance. Specifically, the paper provides an overview of (a) the role that outside directors play in monitoring managers, (b) the emerging literature on the impact of board diversity, (c) the existence of and incentives for corporate executives to manage firm earnings, and (d) managerial incentives to bear risk.     

产业集群治理:一个基于浙江省企业社会责任实证的视角

治理是一个比较宽泛的概念,适用于国际、国家、社区的不同领域的管理,治理的形式一般有企业治理、区域治理等。产业集群治理的提出与多重背景有关:全球化的迅猛发展、产业集群系统的复杂性和产业集群组织失灵的存在。产业集群治理包括外部治理和内部治理。外部治理主要是通过全球价值链治理来进行,而内部治理主要是网络治理。在治理结构中,企业社会责任是一个重要的约束条件。文章分析了企业社会责任与集群治理结构的关系,并以浙江产业集群为例进行了实证研究,认为从企业社会责任的视角探求产业集群治理具有重要的理论价值和实践意义。