Zugl.: Diss. University Zürich, 2009. / Issu d'une thèse de doctorat.

Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Stabilization and Reconstruction))--Naval Postgraduate School, Dec. 2004. / Thesis advisor(s): Peter R. Lavoy, Robert E. Looney. Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-108). Also available online.

Thesis--University of Wisconsin. / Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 439-448).

Thesis (M.A.)--Georgetown University, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 169-177). Also available online (PDF file) by a subscription to the set or by purchasing the individual file.

Thesis (M.A.)--Georgetown University, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 169-177).

Thesis (M.A.)--Georgetown University, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 169-177).

Corruption is an age-old problem that affects every society, government, and institution. In recent decades it has received considerable attention from scholars, development experts, and global policy-makers, and anti-corruption reforms now exist in nearly every country in the world. Unfortunately, decades of research and activism have created a proliferation of data and policy prescriptions that continue to follow a set of narrow, misguided assumptions about the causes and consequences of this serious problem. This is a critique of the perspective that has dominated the international anti-corruption debate. Building upon comparative research conducted in El Salvador and Pakistan, this thesis sheds light on how these narrow-minded assumptions lead to misguided and ineffective anti-corruption efforts in two distinct regions of the world.

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Data were gathered in 1983 and 1984 on the Hilsa fishery in the Meghna River in Bangladesh, and on factors related to its seasonal variation, including effort as estimated by weekly counts of fishing boats, and landings as estimated by counts of fish offloaded at Chandpur. Historical data were also analyzed concerning factors influencing annual variations in Hilsa landings from the Padma River of the Ganges (1967-1974) and from the Indus River of Pakistan (1968-1982). Rail shipments were good indicators of landings. No significant relationship was observed between riverine Hilsa landings and fishing intensity. Rainfall, mean water level and maximum air temperature had no obvious influence on annual variations in seasonal timing of Hilsa runs in the Padma river of the Ganges. Rainfall two years earlier had a significant negative relationship with annual variation of Hilsa landings, in both the Padma River and in the Indus River. Mechanisms regulating this negative association between landings and rainfall may be that Hilsa are 1+ year old when they are first recruited to the fishery, and the survival of eggs and fry is minimum in years when there is a very high rainfall. In the Ganges and Indus rivers, annual landings were not closely correlated, and appear to be dependent in part on earlier rainfall conditions within each region. This dependency offers a means of rough forecast of annual harvest on the basis of previous rainfall data. / Science, Faculty of / Zoology, Department of / Graduate

This discussion argues that the United States-Pakistan alliance of 1954 emerged because American strategic concerns for the Middle East, arising in the aftermath of the Korean War and based upon a recognition of Britain's declining ability to defend the region, coincided with Pakistan's strategic needs as a newlyindependent nation. The United States believed that Pakistan-a moderate Islamic nation, situated on the eastern flank of the Middle East, and ideologically inclined toward the West-could assist Western efforts to protect the Middle East from Soviet influence, penetration, or attack. This discussion further argues that the United States only brought Pakistan into the Western strategic network when a series of events made it seem that Asia would be the next battleground for the Cold War and after it was clear that if containment were to be extended to South Asia, Pakistan was the only choice available. Pakistan's persistent and sophisticated courtship of the United States differed greatly from India's efforts to remain neutral in the Cold War. And this discussion argues that the alliance was consistent with the broader policies of both the Truman and Eisenhower administrations and that it stemmed not from American interests in South Asia but from Washington's global strategic efforts to contain the Soviet Union. Consequently, the United States-Pakistan alliance was not the result of American attempts to "contain" or dominate India, of Anglo-American competition over the subcontinent and the Middle East, or of American efforts to establish economic hegemony over South Asia. Indeed, as the United States' fears for Middle Eastern security subsided, so did its commitment to the alliance with Pakistan. / Arts, Faculty of / History, Department of / Graduate