centuries. The core-periphery structure of the world economy created in the early decades of the Industrial Revolution has … countries which were in the periphery in 1960 remain in the periphery today. The clearest exceptions are in capitalist Northeast …

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 …

The governance of natural resource wealth is widely considered to constitute a key determinant in whether the … extraction of natural resources proves to be a blessing or a curse. What is meant by governance can span a wide range of … components, while the steps to achieving good governance remain subject to debate and uncertainty. In response to this challenge …

outcomes: economic growth, health and education as two dimensions of human development, and governance, with a focus on …

legitimacy and political leadership; and governance and state capacity. Overall, the selected indicators point to similar trends …

started in the same year as the establishment of the environment ministry, 1993, to assess the perspectives as well as the … evolution of the financing of the environment. Such an approach has large benefits as it helps to (1) capture changes in … donors and levels of funding in the sector; (3) document which subsectors of the environment are receiving more resources …

This study seeks to understand what aid flows have been doing to the environment in eight countries in Eastern, Western … environmental conditions as long as mainstreaming of either biodiversity or climate change or desertification or the environment …