PUBLIC SECTOR

Finance

Health

Law

Public Administration

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: PUBLIC SECTOR

Books

• Emergence of the Public Sector Arbitrator (reference)

• Taking Stock: Assessing Public Sector Reforms (Canadian Centre for Management Development Series on Governance and Public Management) (reference)

• Wayward Governance: Illegality and Its Control in the Public Sector (Australian Studies in Law, Crime, and Justice) (reference)

• Deterioration of the Public Sector Housing Stock (reference)

• Trends in public sector renewal : recent developments and concepts of awarding excellence (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• California Public Sector Directory (reference)

• Public Sector Management (reference)

• Public Sector Personnel Law Update (reference)

• Public Sector Contracting Report (reference)

• Public Sector Finance (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Health

Hearing protection manufacturers should supply comprehensive instructions concerning proper protector use and also be encouraged to increase device availability to the public sector. (references)

Business

Competition in the public sector is very strong. (references)

Wind energy is sometimes promoted by the public sector. (references)

Investment projections by the public sector are difficult to make. (references)

Children

India

However, a survey conducted in 1999 by the NCPEDP indicated that in the public sector the figure was 0.54 percent and in the private sector 0.28 percent. (references)

Greece

Recent legislation mandates the hiring of persons with disabilities in the public sector from a priority list. (references)

India

The act mandates that 5 percent of employees in both the private and public sector eventually should consist of persons with disabilities. (references)

Civil Liberties

Ukraine

In the period prior to the 1998 parliamentary elections, the mass--perhaps coerced--enrollment of public sector and government employees augmented the ranks of progovernment parties, particularly the People's Democratic Party. (references)

Turkey

Dozens of women who wear head coverings, and both men and women who actively have shown support for those who defy the ban, have lost their jobs in the public sector as nurses and teachers; some others were not allowed to register, as university students. (references)

Iran

Applicants for public sector employment similarly are screened for their knowledge of Islam. (references)

Discrimination

Togo

Members of President Eyadema's Kabye ethnic group and other northern ethnic groups dominate much of the public sector, especially the military. (references)

Economic History

Uk

The principal purchaser of medical equipment in the United Kingdom is the National Health Service (NHS) - the UK's public sector health care system - which accounts for over 75 percent of Britain's health care provision. (references)

Syria

As the center of government activity, Damascus is the major contact point for selling to the public sector. (references)

Human Rights

Syria

Persons subject to this ban are not allowed to vote, run for office, or work in the public sector; they often also are denied passports. (references)

Jamaica

In January the DPP charged a policewoman in the abduction; two local government employees were charged in October 1999. Human rights advocates and the Police Federation widely criticized the action as "scapegoating." In June the DPP dropped all charges against the two public sector employees and the policewoman, citing a lack of evidence. (references)

Hungary

Despite such occurrences, the Ombudsman for Minority Affairs, which investigates constitutional violations in the public sector, believes that the situation was, at worst, remaining constant, and possibly was better, but only marginally. (references)

Minorities

United Kingdom

All public sector employers and all private firms with more than 10 workers must report annually to the Equality Commission on the religious composition of their work force and must review their employment practices every 3 years. (references)

Cameroon

The large size and centralized character of the public sector has long been perceived widely to favor these groups. (references)

Panama

The country's white elite successfully marginalizes citizens with darker skin through preferential hiring practices in the private sector and manipulation of government resources in the public sector. (references)

Political Economy

Kuwait

Kuwait's foreign or expatriate workers, most of whom work in the private sector, have the right to join unions, the right to receive a minimum wage in the public sector, the right to medical care and workmen's compensation in the event of a work-related injury or illness, and the right to strike in the private sector. (references)

Finland

Of the unions which did not join the settlement, the public sector Medical Association has been on strike since early March. (references)

Ecuador

On the far left, the Popular Democratic Movement (MPD), a party with Maoist communist roots, won 2 seats in 1998. It dominates several public sector unions, including the teachers union, TINE. (references)

Political Rights

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Although the Constitution prohibits discrimination on grounds of political opinion or affiliation, the former opposition party PAM alleges widespread employment discrimination by the St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party against public sector employment of persons perceived to be PAM supporters. (references)

Egypt

The ruling National Democratic Party dominates the 454-seat People's Assembly, the 264-seat Shura Council, local governments, the mass media, labor, and the large public sector, and controls the licensing of new political parties, newspapers, and private organizations to such an extent that, as a practical matter, citizens do not have a meaningful ability to change their government. (references)

Trade

Cote D'ivoire

The Export Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) does not lend to the public sector at this time. (references)

Travel

Cote D'ivoire

The guaranteed minimum monthly wage (SMIG) in C�te d'Ivoire is approximately USD 65. Since the May 1, 1996 decision of the Ivoirian Government for a salary increase ranging from 3 to 15 percent in the public sector, there has not been any new major salary increases. (references)

Bolivia

Although capitalization and privatization have placed most of the former government-owned enterprises in private hands, Bolivia's economy still remains highly influenced by decisions taken in the public sector. (references)

Women

Haiti

However, well-educated women have occupied prominent positions in both the private and public sector in the past several years. (references)

Worker Rights

Guatemala

In 2000 The Labor Ministry granted legal status to 45 unions, and in 1999 there were 1,389 registered unions--401 in the public sector and 988 in the private sector. (references)

Sri Lanka

There were more than 100 public sector strikes during the year. (references)

Sri Lanka

In enterprises without unions, including those in the EPZ's, worker councils--composed of employees, employers and often a public sector representative--generally provide the forums for labor and management negotiation. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "PUBLIC SECTOR": public sector bond. Additional references.

Arabic 

‏القطاع عام. (various references)

Danish

offentlige myndigheder (authorities, government, public authorities), offentlig sektor (authorities, government, public authorities, public sector(of the economy)), det offentlige (authorities, government, public authorities), den offentlige sektor (public sector(of the economy)). (various references)

Dutch

overheidsdienst (public sector(of the economy)), collectieve sector (public sector(of the economy)). (various references)

Finnish

julkinen sektori (public sector(of the economy)). (various references)

French

secteur public (public sector(of the economy)). (various references)

German

Staatswirtschaft (public sector(of the economy)), öffentlicher sektor (public networks sector), öffentlicher Dienst (public service), öffentliche Hand (authorities, government, public authorities), öffentliche Finanzwirtschaft (public sector(of the economy)). (various references)

Greek 

δημόσια υπηρεσία (civil service, utility), δημόσιος τομέας (authorities, government, public authorities, public sector(of the economy)). (various references)

Hungarian

állami szektor (government sector). (various references)

Italian

settore pubblico (public sector(of the economy)). (various references)

Pig Latin

ublicpay ectorsay

Portuguese

setor público, sector público (public sector(of the economy)). (various references)

Spanish

sector público (public sector(of the economy)). (various references)

Swedish

offentlig sektor (public sector(of the economy)). (various references)

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