In June 1913, President Woodrow Wilson faced legislative stalemate in defining a new Federal Reserve Bank for the United States. The recent panic of 1907 provoked a great bourgeois reaction in an attempt to dispel centuries-old antipathy towards the central bank. Now Wilson must decide how best to capitalize on the public’s response to the …
The new political representative with many years of volunteer experience assumes a responsible role in the state government and encounters bureaucratic resistance.
This history word explores the primary issues surrounding the government’s method to supplying housing: particularly its shift from a dealer and builder of cheap housing to an method that specializes in demand-facet answers and oblique subsidies to personal developers. In addition to a shift from supply-primarily based totally to demand-primarily based totally answers, there’s an …
In 1995, the Chilean president proposed several reforms to the legislature to strengthen the agency that regulated the rates of Chilean water companies. Although half a dozen water companies were private, most of the water systems remained publicly owned. The government wanted to reform the regulator before privatizing the rest of the companies. House number …
In 1998, most officials in El Salvador recognized that the water infrastructure and the institutions responsible for its management are in poor condition. Without reforms, the country would not be able to supply a large part of its population with water and sewerage services. The Inter-American Bank had made it clear that financial aid to …
In 1990, President Alberto Fujimori came to power in Peru in a wave of public enthusiasm for the promised reforms. In fact, Fujimori achieved something of a miracle of economic recovery over the next five years. He also defeated an internal terrorist movement and proved to be a willing partner in the war on drugs. …
It describes the role of an Indian business leader in the struggle for independence before 1947 and his close relationship with the legendary Mahatma Gandhi. He provides an opportunity to see the impact of colonialism on the formation of Indian entrepreneurship and the role of the small Marwari group, originally from the Marwar region of …