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Billions of dollars are wasted each year trying to prevent 'dirty money' entering a financial system that is already awash with it. This book challenges the existing global approach and provides a toolbox of evidence-based solutions to help the frontline tackle financial crime.
Leaders, researchers and practitioners from the UK "What Works Network" share their insights on the successes, failures, and future of the What Works Centres, which have proven successful and popular across a number of policy settings.
Dive inside this textbook for an accessible guide to the discipline of public services; explore core public service topics and understand the fundamental elements of working in the public services.
COVID-19 has widened inequalities in schools and left the future uncertain. Richard Riddell argues that the increasingly narrow focus... Læs mere