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Migration Governance and Policy in the Global South: Introduction and OverviewBuilding knowledge about migration governance and policy in the Global South is a priority for research and policy...
Governance Migration policy MigrationJournal Special Issue
Migration Governance and Policy in the Global SouthBuilding knowledge about migration governance and policy in the Global South is a priority for research and policy...
Migration Migration policy GovernanceJournal Article
What determines administrative capacity in developing countries?This article is currently available for early online view. While it is recognised that effective state institutions are pivotal for economic development, their origins and what explains their cross-country differences are not well understood...
state capacity Administrative capacity Public finance managementJournal Article
Inequality, good governance, and endemic corruptionThis article is currently available for early online view. Can a society suffering contests between rich and poor achieve good governance in the face of endemic corruption?...
Corruption Tax administration data GovernanceJournal Article
What Does the Evidence Tell Us about ‘Thinking and Working Politically’ in Development Assistance?Part of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness
Aid effectiveness Donors evidenceWorking Paper
What does the evidence tell us about ‘thinking and working politically’ in development assistance?This paper critically reviews evidence on ‘thinking and working politically’ in development...
Aid effectiveness Donors evidenceBook Chapter
Governance and the reversal of women's rights: The case of abortion in El SalvadorFrom the book: Towards Gender Equity in Development
Public service delivery Maternal and child health Citizen engagementBook Chapter
Donor-supported approaches to improving extractives governance: Lessons from NigeriaFrom the book: Extractive Industries
Oil Gas Natural resourcesBook Chapter
The role of governance and international norms for managing natural resourcesFrom the book: Extractive Industries
Governance Transparency Natural resourcesBook Chapter
New industrial policy and the extractive industriesFrom the book: Extractive Industries
Natural resources extractives industry GovernanceBook Chapter
Political economy and governanceFrom the book: Extractive Industries
Natural resources Extractives Political economyWorking Paper
Pro-poor growth in Indonesia: Challenging the pessimism of Myrdal’s Asian DramaThis chapter addresses the unrelenting pessimism in Asian Drama about Indonesia’s development prospects...
Governance Poverty Pro-poorWorking Paper
Inequality, good governance and endemic corruptionCan a society suffering contests between rich and poor achieve good governance in the face of endemic corruption? We examine a stylized poor state with weak institutions in which a ‘culture of evasion’ damages state authority...
Corruption Tax administration data GovernanceWorking Paper
What determines administrative capacity in developing countries?While it is recognized that effective state institutions are pivotal for economic development, it is not well understood what their origins are and what explains their cross-country differences...
state capacity Administrative capacity Public finance managementWorking Paper
The role of governance and international norms in managing natural resourcesThe governance of natural resource wealth is widely considered to constitute a key determinant in whether the extraction of natural resources proves to be a blessing or a curse...
Governance Transparency Natural resources