Private firms, however large they are, like Lenovo, depend in many ways on state patronage.

Thank you for your patronage.

Days of cultural and religious significance to the Tamils and Muslims are public holidays and celebrated at a national level, with State patronage.

Public administration, which is largely patronage, takes 690 billion.

Reforms to patronage systems most often produce bureaucratic merit systems.

Do come again, Mr. Doolittle. We value your patronage always

Administrative asymmetries fuel the payment of speed money as well as clientage and patronage systems.

3. UNESCO granted its patronage and gave a financial contribution to the project The Angolan peace song .

It is, in fact, much marginalized in the Charter and treated like a minor, in need of patronage.

Here, the basic model in place or the place from which many Governments start may well be patronage.

There are stories, unverifiable but plausible, that 20 or more of Hun Sen s closest associates have each amassed more than 1 billion through misappropriation of state assets, illegal economic activity, and favoritism in state procurement and contracting. There has also been political patronage bordering on parody, with one recent count putting the government s size at 244 ministers and secretaries of state.

Patronage systems also referred to as spoils systems by many link public employment to political, ethnic, tribal or personal ties.

These kingdoms were bound to the Mwami (king) within a feudal monarchic system by a contract of patronage known as ubuhake .

Open up regulated professions pharmacies, notaries, and taxicabs, for example and inefficient suppliers will be driven out by more productive firms. Privatize state enterprises, and the new management will rationalize production (and shed all the excess workers who owe their jobs to political patronage).

Financial bubbles, like the one that has just definitively burst, are intimately related to the world of art. Renaissance Florence depended on the patronage of the Medici.

30 August 8 September NGO Forum, Huairou Workshop on Girls at Risk (Chair) participation in Panel quot Trafficking of Women quot patronage of Queen Fabiola of Belgium

Patronage systems change dramatically as leadership and power shifts in national crises, partisan differences may well be exemplified within government bureaucracies as well as in the larger society.

It is being organized by UNCTAD under the patronage of the CSTD, in collaboration with the Trieste system of scientific institutions and the United Nations ICT Task Force.

Part of the worldwide order of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, this branch was established in Syria in 1981 under the patronage of the Roman Catholic patriarchate.

It is frequently the case that political victory assumes a winner takes all form with respect to wealth and resources, patronage, and the prestige and prerogatives of office.

But their purpose will be lost if pursuing them weakens the very identity of Europe s universities, many of which are used to functioning in a world of state patronage and strict regulation. Policymakers must be aware of the educational and cultural damage that continuous reforms all justified in the future oriented jargon of the day can wreak.

Located in Jongno district, Seoul, the restaurant which was well known for the patronage by political VIPs such as former presidents Roh Tae woo and Lee Myung bak closed down last month.

The Office of the High Representative followed the work of the agency in order to exclude overt party patronage from the hiring process, meanwhile offering advice on human resources legislation and policy.

Welcomes IRCICA's initiative to organize an International Symposium on Islamic Civilization in West Africa to be organized in cooperation with the Republic of Mali under the high patronage of President Amadou Toumani Toure.

But weak regional linkages limit small firms growth potential, forcing them to depend on state patronage. Although Arab leaders often cite Turkey as a beacon of hope, they rarely acknowledge that the country s recent transformation from the sick man of Europe to one of the world s fastest growing emerging markets would not have been possible had it not pursued regional synergies.

Based on surveys of local officials, patronage, not merit, has become the most critical factor in the appointment process. For those without guanxi, the only recourse is to purchase appointments and promotions through bribes.

Unfortunately, this type of pressure could not work in China when its people demanded what other Asians had won. Both the Chinese Communist Party and the People s Liberation Army could survive without US patronage.

However, before abandoning recruitment practices founded on the doctrine of security of tenure, it would be necessary to weigh the benefits of contractual appointments against the risks of a resurgence of politicization and patronage.

This offence may be committed not only through direct payments, but also through quot clientelism quot and patronage, whereby favours and jobs may be offered only to those who voted for the official in power.

Welcomes the project of the forthcoming Second International Symposium on Islamic Civilization in Volga Ural Region in Kazan, capital of Tatarstan, on 24 26 June 2005, under the patronage of H.E. Mintimer Shaimiev, President of Tatarstan.

While noting the efforts taken by the State party to improve the representation of different ethnic groups in the public service, most notably by the Federal Character Commission, the Committee remains concerned about the reports of continuing practices of patronage and traditional linkages based on ethnic origin, leading to the marginalization of certain ethnic groups in Government, legislative bodies and the judiciary (arts. 2 and 5).

60. A gala to benefit Yad la Yeled Memorial Museum of the Children of the Shoah was held on 4 March 1998 at UNESCO headquarters under the patronage of UNESCO the keynote was the promotion of tolerance.

As individuals in such regimes ascend the hierarchy, patronage and risk aversion become the most critical factors in determining their chances for promotion. Consequently, such regimes grow increasingly sclerotic as they select leaders with stellar resumes but mediocre records.

Police service should be removed from the ambit of political patronage and manipulation and, subject to the need for democratic accountability, be guaranteed sufficient autonomy to ensure that the police fulfil their vocation to uphold the rule of law.

If anything, China has proven that a country can blend control, coercion, and patronage to stymie the Internet s politically liberalizing elements. Through discreet but tough controls, Beijing pursues a policy of wai song, nei jin relaxed on the outside, vigilant internally.

In the 2000 election campaign, Bush praised Bill Clinton s Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) for its effectiveness. As president, he treated it as a source of patronage, replacing its top officials with political cronies who had little experience in managing emergencies.

Moreover, income inequality has widened, with the global phenomenon of increasing concentration of wealth at the top very pronounced in many Arab countries. Top incomes in these countries have resulted largely from political patronage, rather than from innovation and hard work.

(c) Networking with all stakeholders, by encouraging the mobilization of a broad and innovative international partnership to combat land degradation and desertification through patronage and partnerships with States parties, national and international organizations, civil society, academic institutions and the business community.

(c) Networking with all the stakeholders Encourage the mobilization of a broad and innovative international partnership to combat land degradation and desertification through patronage and partnerships with pParties, national and international organizations, civil society, academic institutions and private sector corporations.

Welcomes also IRCICA's project to organize the international symposium on the Levant in the Ottoman Period to be held in Damascus, Syria on 26 30 September 2005, under the patronage of H.E. Bashar Al Assad, President of the Syrian Arab Republic.

Express their profound appreciation to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for convening and hosting this Conference held under the high patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Crown Prince and Deputy Premier and Commander of the National Guard.

74. On 27 and 28 March 1997 an international forum against intolerance, organized by the Academie Universelle des Cultures under the patronage of Jacques Chirac, President of the French Republic, was held both at UNESCO and the University of La Sorbonne.

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(e) Third State means any State other than the predecessor State or the successor State

Yes, Lee s system enabled him to remain in power for 31 years, and he did use the civil not criminal courts to harry his opponents. But Lee, more importantly, also relied on elements of democratic contestation to ensure that meritocracy triumphed over patronage.