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We use a sample of 147 countries to investigate the link between democracy and reforms. Democracy may be conducive to … reform, because politicians have the incentive to embrace growth-enhancing reforms to win elections. On the other hand … institutions. The results provide a robust support for the claim that democracy is good for growth-enhancing reforms. …
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Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Policy Impact Study: A Conceptual Framework -- Chapter 3: Past Reforms on People's Participation and Accountability in Bangladesh -- Chapter 4: Governance, People's Participation, Accountability and the Act of 2009 -- Chapter 5: Process of Participatory...
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In a model of evolution driven by conflict between societies more powerful states have an advantage. When the influence of outsiders is small we show that this results in a tendency to hegemony. In a simple example in which institutions differ in their "exclusiveness" we find that these...
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This paper presents the methodological process and results of the OECD 2017 Open-Useful-Reusable Government data Index (OURdata Index). It is meant to present the methodology and outline the data collection and verification process; discuss key findings of the composite indicators including...
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financial health of local governments. I exploit the staggered introduction of a reform that removed the control of auditors …
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The paper provides a first assessment of the range of governance statistics that are available in OECD countries, reaching three main conclusions. First, while several statistics relating to various aspects of governance are already available, they differ in terms of the underlying concepts, the...
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