The Public Investment Management (PIM) Reference Guide aims to convey country experiences and good international practices as a basis for decisions on how to address a country-specific PIM reform agenda. The country references are drawn largely from previous diagnostics and technical assistance reports of the World Bank.The application of country diagnostics and assessments has revealed a need to address the following issues when undertaking a country reform in PIM:* Clarification of the definition and scope of public investment and public investment management* Establishment of a sound legal, regulatory, and institutional setting for PIM, making sure it is linked to the budget process* Allocation of roles and responsibilities for key players in PIM across government* Strengthening of guidance on project preappraisal, appraisal, and selection-prioritization procedures and deepening of project appraisal methodologies* Integration of strategic planning, project appraisal-selection, and capital budgeting* Management of multiyear capital budget allocations and commitments* Efforts to address effective implementation, procurement, and monitoring of projects* Strengthening of asset management and ex post evaluation* Integration of PIM and public-private partnership (PPP) in a unified framework* Rationalization and prioritization of the existing PIM project portfolio* Development of a PIM database and information technology in the form of a PIM information system.The PIM Reference Guide does not seek to provide definitive answers or standard guidance for the common PIM issues facing countries. Nor does it seek to provide a detailed template for replication across countries: this would be impossible given the diversity of country situations. Instead, each chapter begins with an overview of the specific reform issue, lists approaches and experiences from different countries, and summarizes the references and good practices to be considered in designing country-specific reform actions.

Public Investment Management Reference Guide (International Development in Practice)

Business & Money

Groom, Simon

Kim, Jay-Hyung

Fallov, Jonas Arp

Economics

World Bank Publications

This publication offers a rich and expansive visual record of Julie Brook's artistic practice, and proposes a unique collaboration between Brook and distinct voices from the nature writing and craftsmanship traditions. Situating Brook's practice in the context of critical reflections by Robert Macfarlane, Alexandra Harris and Raku Jikinyu, the publication presents a striking visual narrative of Brook's landscape and tidal sculptural work, and a sense of its timeless yet contemporary resonance. Documenting in depth a number of recent works made in the Hebrides, Japan and Namibia, their shared attention to the elements and their key pre-occupations of the fleeting, mobile forces of light, time, and gravity demonstrate Brook's coherent vision within vastly contrasting environments. Throughout her oeuvre, the balance between what Brook makes in relation to the environment and materials themselves is paramount. Including film stills, photography and drawing, which are all integral languages for conceptualising and communicating the work, plus insightful extracts from Brook's notebooks, this beautiful publication succeeds in providing the reader with a unique understanding of the art.

What is it that will Last?: Land and Tidal Art of Julie Brook

Arts & Photography

MacFarlane, Robert

Harris, Alexandra

Brook, Julie

Jikinyu, Raku

History & Criticism

Lund Humphries

A SECRET HISTORY OF CLAY: FROM GAUGUIN TO GORMLEY /ANGLAIS

Tate

Beautiful, flamboyant, daring and fiercely independent, Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002) emerged in the 1960s as a powerful and original figure in the male-dominated art world centred on Paris. That city contains perhaps her best-known monument, the vibrant, colourful and hugely popular Fontaine Stravinsky, near the Pompidou Centre, created in 1983. This work, a collaboration with her partner Yves Tinguely, was not the first to gain her attention in her adopted home. She had already made her mark by the early 1960s, when she embarked on her famous Shooting Paintings, in which parcels of paint hidden under the plaster surface of the picture were exploded by being shot at with a 2.2 rifle, seen by many as a satirical comment on the machismo of action painting.Aspects of femininity and the representation of womanhood were enduring themes. Her Nanas were brightly-coloured, archetypal female forms, varying from life-size to gargantuan, often depicting brides or motherhood, dazzlingly decorated with mirrors or mosaics. The largest of these, Hon, was 28 metres long, created for the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, which took the form of a gigantic, reclining Nana. Viewers could enter the structure through an opening between its legs, finding inside screenings of Greta Garbo films, viewing platforms and a milk bar in one of its breasts.De Saint Phalle worked with some of the world's leading artists and architects, including Tinguely, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers and Mario Botta. Despite these high-profile collaborations, numerous exhibitions and important public commissions, her work has often been overlooked, or dismissed as mere entertainment. Accompanying the first major retrospective exhibition on Niki de Saint Phalle's work to be staged in Britain at Tate Liverpool in 2008, when the city is European Capital of Culture, this book will present a richly illustrated survey of her whole career, reassessing the legacy of one of Europe's most distinctive and original artists.

Niki de Saint Phalle /anglais

Reference

Working outside the usual traditions and subject matter of the genre, Neil Gall is best known for his 'S&amp;M sculpture paintings' which conjure the flotsam and jetsam of everyday life into stunted, contorted and amputated characters. This book is a thought-provoking exploration of this exciting artist.

Shelf Life: Neil Gall

Darwent, Charles

Malt, Johanna

Individual Artists

Black Dog Publishing

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Groom, Simon. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Groom, Simon