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 … monopoly of power at the national level by bringing decisionmaking closer to people. Localization strengthens government …

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

"The authors present the latest update of their aggregate governance indicators, together with new analysis of several … issues related to the use of these measures. The governance indicators measure the following six dimensions of governance: (1 …) voice and accountability; (2) political instability and violence; (3) government effectiveness; (4) regulatory quality; (5 …

; and spend more on public investment and government workers. Only one theory explains the effects of democratic age on the …