Die Globalisierung wird vorwiegend als ein ökonomisches Phänomen betrachtet, das zur Kommerzialisierung und Privatisierung von immer mehr Lebensbereichen führt. Bereits in ihrer ökonomischen Dimension ist Globalisierung jedoch auch ganz wesentlich ein sozio-kulturelles Phänomen, da sie auf...

"In many developing countries, achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 will require significant increases in expenditures on social services and in foreign assistance. It will also require careful planning of the sector allocation and sequencing of public spending. Especially...

"In many developing countries, achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 will require significant increases in expenditures on social services and in foreign assistance. It will also require careful planning of the sector allocation and sequencing of public spending. Especially...

This paper examines the design of social investment funds (SIFs) and explores the ways they affect agents incentives to propose, select, and implement good projects. Compared with other forms of decentralized service provision, SIFs possess features of administratively delegated authority and...