Reshaping America: Society and Institutions, 1945-1960

Public Diplomacy and its Institutions in United States of America

Although, once, in the far past, sending gifts and missionaries was called a type of public diplomacy, today it is manifested as academic disciplines, policy making institutions, and multi-purpose organizations. The most important institutions of these kinds, now, exist in the US, whose purpose is to promote the politics of this country as Public Diplomacy and to follow local and international ...

Aims and Obstacles , Gains and Setbacks : German Women , 1945 – 1960

International organizations and the problem of child health, 1945-1960.

Faced with planning mass relief campaigns in liberated Europe in the aftermath of the Second World War, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration relied heavily on cheap supplies of skimmed milk from surplus production in northern Europe. The success of this approach swept aside more detailed planning around restoring national maternal and children's health services. This reli...

Reshaping Institutions: Evidence on External Aid and Local Collective Action

Although institutions are believed to be key determinants of economic performance, there is limited evidence on how they can be successfully reformed. The most popular strategy to improve local institutions in developing countries is “community driven development” (CDD). This paper estimates the impact of a CDD program in post-war Sierra Leone using a randomized experiment and novel outcome mea...

public diplomacy and its institutions in united states of america

although, once, in the far past, sending gifts and missionaries was called a type of public diplomacy, today it is manifested as academic disciplines, policy making institutions, and multi-purpose organizations. the most important institutions of these kinds, now, exist in the us, whose purpose is to promote the politics of this country as public diplomacy and to follow local and international ...