On 23 September 2010, Provident Energy Pipelines Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Provident Energy Ltd., applied to the National Energy Board (NEB) under section 58 of the National Energy Board Act for authorization to construct and operate the Beatton River Replacement Project, a 16.3 km length of 219 mm outside diameter (NPS 8)1 pipeline on new right-of-way (RoW), crossing the Beatton River approximately 20 km east of Fort St. John, British Columbia (BC). This report describes the matters considered by the NEB in reaching a decision on the application. In coming to its findings, the NEB considered all of the evidence on the record in this matter including economic feasibility, Aborginal matters, land matters, environment and socio-economic matters, engineering matters, public convenience, and necessity.--Includes text from document.

The 2007–09 international financial crisis underscored the importance of reliable and timely statistics on the general government and public sectors. Government finance statistics are a basis for fiscal analysis and they play a vital role in developing and monitoring sound fiscal programs and in conducting surveillance of economic policies. The Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014 represents a major step forward in clarifying the standards for compiling and presenting fiscal statistics and strengthens the worldwide effort to improve public sector reporting and transparency.

This 256-page publication includes a comprehensive examination of the main trends in Latin America’s second-largest economy during an unprecedented period of uncertainty and change. To understand how this economy performed during this period and how it might recover, we conducted a year-long investigation that includes interviews with top executives and officials from the public and private sectors.

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