This study is a comprehensive, empirical analysis of the linkages between governance, institutions, and regional … infrastructure. The empirical results indicate that governance and institutions are crucial for regional infrastructure development … regions) with higher income, stronger institutions, better governance, and more open economies are likely to have higher …

This paper seeks to explore the relationship between economic growth and governance performance in Asian developing …, the state of governance in Asia is not stellar by international comparison. Indeed, a majority of these countries seem to … suffer from a governance deficit. Second, contrary to our expectation, data do not suggest any strong positive link between …

The primary objective of this paper is to find whether or not the governance and institutions matter for enhancing … promotion. One of the conclusions of this paper is that soft infrastructure such as the institutions and governance are … important for enhancing Asias trade. In other words, good governance and institutions help unlock trade potential of a region …

-political institutions, 'elite capture' and political involvement dominate their functioning. And the present trend appears to be towards … further politicization of these institutions. More importantly, even after six years of their existence devolution of powers … departments and the bureaucracy is critical for effective and sustainable irrigation institutions. …

via a combination of adjustment (which involves expenditure switching and reducing polices) and financing. …

innovative regulatory, marketing, financing, incentive and intermediary mechanisms. Further, it envisages a public …

highlighted in literature : institutions and geography. However, it remains controversial as to which of these two is the more … important. The Institutions school assigns primal importance to institutions, whereas the Geography school considers … their hypotheses. It concludes in favour of the Institutions hypothesis as the Geography school does not provide a …

: culture; corruption; and institutions. The last offers the most convincing explanation for mediocre growth. Hence, to raise … corruption; and above all, focused and sustained development of functional capitalistic institutions. …