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Fiscal decentralization and efficiency of public services delivery by local governments in GhanaWe estimate the efficiency of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Ghana, and investigate the impact of fiscal decentralization on the efficiency of local public goods and services delivery by MMDAs...
Fiscal decentralization Efficiency Local governmentWorking Paper
Fiscal decentralization and efficiency of public services delivery by local governments in GhanaIn this paper, we estimate the efficiency of Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Ghana, and investigate the impact of fiscal decentralization on the efficiency of local public goods and services delivery by MMDAs...
Fiscal decentralization Efficiency Local governmentWorking Paper
Is multi-party coalition government better for the protection of socially backward classes in India?The paper investigates whether multi-party coalition government is better for the protection of socially backward classes, i.e. Scheduled Castes, in India...
Caste Equality and inequality Local governmentVideo
Role of Local GovernanceConference on Climate Change and Development Policy - Parallel 5.1
Climate change Local governmentWorking Paper
Social and political capital in rural VietnamThis paper exploits five waves of the Vietnam Access to Resources Household Survey (VARHS) to investigate issues of social and political capital in rural Vietnam...
Economic development Families Household surveyWorking Paper
‘Embedded’ Assistance: Finn Church Aid’s Secondment in SomaliaDonors face distinct challenges in operating in fragile states and supporting the building of state capacity...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Human rights Local governmentJournal Article
State Failure, State-Building, and Prospects for a “Functional Failed State” in SomaliaPart of Journal Special Issue Aid and Institution-Building in Fragile States
Economic development Economic policy International agenciesJournal Article
Transition Regimes and Security Sector Reforms in Sierra Leone and LiberiaPart of Journal Special Issue Aid and Institution-Building in Fragile States
Conflict management Economic assistance and foreign aid Local governmentWorking Paper
The Practice of Industrial Policy – Lessons for Africa: Case Studies of Decentralized Co-ordination in ChinaThis paper draws on both successful and failing cases of industrialization in China to analyse the role of local governments in fostering the growth of light manufacturing...
Economic conditions Industrial policy IndustrializationJournal Article
Foreign Aid and Decentralization: Limitations on Impact in Autonomy and ResponsivenessPart of Journal Special Issue Aiding Government Effectiveness in Developing Countries
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development Economic development projectsJournal Article
Aiding Government Effectiveness in Developing CountriesPart of Journal Special Issue Aiding Government Effectiveness in Developing Countries
Economic assistance and foreign aid Government accountability Local governmentJournal Article
Urban Service Delivery in Africa and the Role of International AssistancePart of Journal Special Issue Urban Governance and Service Delivery in sub-Saharan Africa
Local government Urban planning UrbanizationJournal Article
Opposition Politics and Urban Service Delivery in Kampala, UgandaPart of Journal Special Issue Urban Governance and Service Delivery in sub-Saharan Africa
Central planning Economic policy Local governmentPresentation
Ethnic Divisions, Local Governance, and Public Goods Provision: New Avenues for ResearchPresentation by Rachel M. Gisselquist. Title: 'Ethnic Divisions, Local Governance, and Public Goods Provision: New Avenues for Research' (paper by Rachel M. Gisselquist, Stefan Leiderer, and Miguel Nino-Zarazua)...
Research Brief
Aid to Mozambique: A Trade-Off Between Governance and Democracy?In Mozambique donors have shifted focus from project aid to budget support in an effort to reform the public sector and ‘justice, legality and public order’...
Budget Democracy Economic assistance and foreign aidResearch Brief
Divided Authority in Kampala, UgandaFavouritism of government controlled councils is most distinct through interference in local politics rather than through funding mechanisms...
Central planning Economic policy Local government