International Studies Program Update
Volume 1, Number 1 (October 2001)
The International Studies Program at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies continues its active role in support of excellence in the design, implementation and evaluation of public policy around the world. International Studies Program Update, the new quarterly electronic newsletter of the International Studies Program is designed to keep you informed about our ongoing research efforts, new working papers, development on the technical assistance front, and upcoming training programs. Please visit http://isp-aysps.gsu.edu/aboutisp/update.html if your e-mail program does not support html.
Fiscal Policy Training
Program 2001
This summer's Fiscal
Policy Training Program, a collaborative effort with the World
Bank Institute, was another great success for the International Studies
Program. With courses in fiscal
decentralization and budgeting
and fiscal management, the summer training program brought together
AYSPS faculty and World Bank experts with participants from countries
around the world, including officials from Albania, Bahrain, Indonesia,
Macedonia, Pakistan, the Palestinian territories and South Africa.
Indonesia Masters Program
in Applied Economics
Sponsored by USAID/Jakarta, the Andrew Young School is hosting 35 Indonesian
graduate students as part of its Indonesia
Masters Program in Applied Economics. As part of the Indonesian
Masters Program, the International Studies Program welcomed Dr. Sri Mulyani
Indrawati. Dr. Sri Mulyani, the Director of LPEM (Faculty of Economics)
at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta is a visiting faculty member
at the School for one year. She will be teaching and mentoring the Indonesian
students in the Indonesia Masters program as well as giving several seminar
presentations and coauthoring articles and reports with AYSPS faculty.
Academic Partnership with
An-Najah National University
With support from the Association Liaison Office (ALO), the International
Studies Program has established a comprehensive partnership with the Department
of Economics at An-Najah
National University, in Nablus, West Bank. The overarching objective
of the partnership is to lay the foundation for more responsive and accountable
governance in the Palestinian territories by building human capacity in
academia, government, and civil society through education and training.
Online Fiscal Policy Resource
Center
The on-line Fiscal
Policy Resource Center is the latest ISP initiative to promote
excellence in the design, implementation, and evaluation of fiscal policy
in developing and transitional economies. A work in progress, the Fiscal
Policy Resource Center aims to make learning materials available on the
internet in the fields of fiscal policy and applied economics. The first
set of materials to be placed online, Principles
of Fiscal Decentralization is designed to provide a clear, structured,
and comprehensive overview of the key dimensions of fiscal decentralization
reform.
New Working Papers
Recent additions to the International
Studies Program Working Paper Series address a diverse set of
public policy topics, including the
impact of government budgets on the poor, expenditure
management reform in Kazahstan and fiscal decentralization and
local governance issues in South Africa.
More Information
For more information on the International Studies Program or its activities,
please visit our website at http://isp-aysps.gsu.edu
or contact Mr. Paul Benson at paulbenson@gsu.edu.
