The purpose of this report is to assess progress to date in implementing the World Bank's strategy for governance and … public sector reform, Reforming Public Institutions and Strengthening Governance: A World Bank Strategy. It is organized … approaches of individual Regions, the Development Research Group, and World Bank Institute. The treatment of governance issues …

discusses the factors which can facilitate the development of accountability and participatory governance mechanisms. Lessons … impact of participatory governance on policymaking, while emerging, is still a work in progress. The paper concludes with … recommendations for how developing country societies might sustain real achievements in participatory governance and domestic …

"This paper examines the conceptual and empirical basis of corruption and governance and concludes that decentralized … local governance is conducive to reduced corruption in the long run. This is because localization helps to break the …

industrial and developing countries differently in some cases. The authors also find that governance plays an important role as …