Recent years have seen a proliferation of ‘composite indicators’ or ‘indexes’ of governance. Such measures can be … useful tools for analysing governance, making public policy, building scientific knowledge, and even influencing ruling … a framework of ten questions to help users and producers of governance indexes to evaluate them and consider key …

recently been called the 'capability trap' in development - which results in many interventions producing new forms that are …

'Leadership' is not a common topic for research in international development. In recent years, however, prominent … studies like the 2008 Growth Commission Report noted the importance of leadership in development. This and other studies … focused on individual leaders - or heroes - when examining 'who leads development'. The current article asks if heroes really …

development policy. This paper focuses on a core topic in development policy: governance. It aims to address two key questions: (1 …In recent years, randomized controlled trials have become increasingly popular in the social sciences. In development …) 'what have the main contributions of randomized controlled trials been to the study of governance?' and (2) 'what could be …

primarily by the positive contribution of more stable inflows of 'governance aid'. We conclude the data do not support the view …

hierarchical contests and comparing the implications of centralized with decentralized governance. Increasing information available …

This paper reviews the political economy of extractive resources and the associated resources sector governance agenda …. The consensus that good sector governance improves the developmental impacts of extractive resources exploitation is … premised on the understanding that institutions matter for development. However, there is no straightforward answer to the …