The paper analyses homeowners associations (HOAs) in Russia. Systematization of the 20 years' reform trends is given, several periods with different patterns of HOA formation are proposed. Special attention is devoted to the numerous problems that HOAs experience. Among them are immature...

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...