. Politicians can overcome their credibility deficit in two ways. First, they can build reputations. This requires that they fulfill … commitments to their clients. Endogenizing credibility in this way, the authors find that targeted transfers and corruption are …-electoral promises. They also argue that in the absence of political credibility, political reliance on patrons enhances welfare in the …

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 …

"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 …. They are based on several hundred individual variables measuring perceptions of governance, drawn from 37 separate data …