At the very least, it needs to preserve some of its old techniques of maintaining power, including fostering institutions through which it can exercise "soft power" and serving as a magnet for talented and hard-working immigrants, who provide it with invaluable skills and entrepreneurship.
The QODA examined four dimensions of aid effectiveness: maximizing efficiency; fostering institutions; reducing burden; and transparency and learning.
And as the Bush administration fashions a plan to govern Iraq after the war, it hopes to foster institutions that make the country a model of peaceful, democratic governance for oil-exporting states.
For example, the Pifang case study focuses on how to foster institutions that support democratic consultation between herders and local government, and provide herders with opportunities for playing an active role in grassland conservation.
If Belt, like the anthology, has few nationally known contributors, Ms. Trubek said, it's because the city historically hasn't had a literary scene to match the rich arts community fostered by institutions like the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Cleveland Orchestra.
Since individuality is good, it is necessary to foster social institutions that contribute to that individuality.
Many governments are wary of democracy aid because it is designed to foster independent institutions and civil society, rather than buttress entities under the control of incumbent national leaders.
And whether the next government can or wants to really foster institution building.
During those years, the two shelters, administered by the nonprofit Newark Transitional Supervised Living Corporation, received more complaints alleging abuse and neglect than all but one other foster institution in the state, according to Children's Rights Inc., an advocacy group that has sued New Jersey and obtained the relevant records.
But, as the U.S. tried to build a unified and democratic Iraq, the Kurds developed a parallel state, fostering separate democratic institutions, preserving their army, and preparing for the Americans' eventual departure.
The number of people in these firms will grow to two-thirds of the global workforce by 2020, according to The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, a think tank devoted to fostering free market institutions.
