region in which informality dominates public governance. It includes detailed country analyses which provide comparative … knowledge about the workings of policymaking and budget processes in Latin America, allowing for the formulation of better …

communication technology, bridging the digital gap has become an imperative for the international community, particularly for the … industrialized countries. The objective of this study is to define the role of new communication technologies in shaping good … governance and people-centered development in accordance with the principles contained in the United Nations Millennium …

governance as they apply to the metropolis, and unfolds cases of institutional and programmatic arrangements to tackle such …

International Institute for Governance of Catalonia in November 2003, with support from the government of Catalonia and the Special …: democracy, governance and well-being. The book is a compilation of selected papers presented at the conference that address …, particularly in Latin America. This book aims to contribute to the reflection and debate on the issues of democracy, governance and …

, widespread crime has the potential to weaken trust between citizens and institutions, undermine government reform efforts, and … become an obstacle to development. Yet, the impact of crime on trust remains relatively unexplored in the literature. This … paper analyzes the potential interrelationship between individual victimization and several measures of trust, including …

, widespread crime has the potential to weaken trust between citizens and institutions, undermine government reform efforts, and … become an obstacle to development. Yet, the impact of crime on trust remains relatively unexplored in the literature. This … paper analyzes the potential interrelationship between individual victimization and several measures of trust, including …

This paper develops a semiotic-inferential model of verbal communication for incomplete information games: a language … common language is used, and an inferential step where the receiver may either trust the message's literal meaning or …