growth and poverty reduction. We traced a group of Ghanaian parliamentarians to draw lessons after their study and exposure …

in a given governance field. The Power Mapping Tool was first used to analyze the governance effects of Community … wooden “power towers” to show their power in the governance field. The result is a three dimensional sketch that provides …

volatility in the realms of natural resource (NR) governance and devolution in contemporary Sudan, with particular reference to … both state agents and the rural population, and certain problems of governance that are characteristic but not unique to … Sudan. In particular, we argue that volatility is a dimension of poor governance worthy of investigation in its own right …

"Decentralization has the potential to improve the accountability of government and lead to a more efficient provision …

high decentralization and substantial intergovernmental transfer. The highly decentralized and hierarchical administrative …

policy in the last two decades. Decentralization is a process of transitioning from a governance structure in which power is … that rural areas have sizes below this cut-off (Onokerhoraye 1984). Decentralization has become a key issue in development … level governments or agencies. It consists of a transfer of public functions from higher tiers to lower tiers of governance. …

gender equality in human development by making rural service provision and local governance inclusive and responsive to the … service provision and local governance, the gender bias in human development is still pronounced. This casts doubt on the … effectiveness of reservation policies as an instrument for making rural service provision and local governance more gender equitable …

"Fiscal federalism has been argued to intensify regional competition and promote economic growth. This paper is the … structure and centralized merit-based governance structure, local governments have strong incentives to compete with each other …

Investment Priorities for Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Asia Shenggen Fan, Joanna Brzeska, and Ghada Shields …