The paper demonstrates the potential of the stochastic frontier-based methods of performance assessment of non-profit associations. They are commonly used for productivity analysis and could serve as an adequate tool for such assessment, especially when dealing with numerous non-profits pursuing...

This paper discusses the role of local communities in economic development from the perspective of a comparative study of two states; Uzbekistan and Japan. First, I describe the basic concepts of local communities in the two countries -mahalla and mura- while noting the similarities between...