On 10 March 2020, the Bolivian government identified two COVID-19 cases in Bolivians returning from Italy. The national government responded swiftly and sent the country into one of the world's strictest lockdowns on 22 March 2020. However, low state capacity and low government legitimacy...

Most countries regulate political finance and many offer public subsidies to political parties or candidates. Proponents of political finance regulations claim that public money reduces corruption in politics, while opponents worry that public subsidies have no impact on corruption and in some...

How do foreign aid organizations distinguish between “good” NGOs and “bad” NGOs in the local development scene? Most foreign aid donors rely on local NGOs for service delivery and information gathering, and contracts with donors constitute an important source of funding for local NGOs in...