This article argues, using the example of Brazil, that the changing nature of developing and emerging countries� (DECs) financial integration has created new forms of external vulnerability, causing large and volatile capital and exchange rate movements. Despite sound fundamentals and a substantial reduction in its traditional external vulnerabilities, the Brazilian real has been one o…

A new approach to understanding and improving performance and public value This book presents the Public Service Value Model-an innovative, rigorous approach to defining public outcomes and quantifying results-to help readers understand and improve public service delivery. Filled with in-depth insight and expert advice, this guide will arm public service managers-whether in government, nonprofi…