-industrial economic conditions. We hypothesize that if these countries are arrayed on a continuum of pre-industrial development such as …

We model a firm in an institutional market setting, consisting of a production technology and its governance. The … governance consists of a hierarchical firm structure, a cost efficiency parameter,and an internal pay system. The depth of the …

which consists in highlighting the critical component of presidential governance to public policy and development. The …This Discussion Paper presents an introductory approach to presidential governance in Brazil. The historical … the finding of eight presidential governance patterns, extracted from the combination of presidential decisions on the …

Recent years have seen a proliferation of ‘composite indicators’ or ‘indexes’ of governance. Such measures can be … useful tools for analysing governance, making public policy, building scientific knowledge, and even influencing ruling … a framework of ten questions to help users and producers of governance indexes to evaluate them and consider key …

recently been called the 'capability trap' in development - which results in many interventions producing new forms that are …

Government Procurement (GPA) is emerging as a multi-dimensional tool of trade, governance and development. The thesis of this …-Saharan Africa. To address this, the region itself has initiated a major, long-term, continent-wide infrastructure development … programme which is intended to fix this problem sustainably - namely, the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa …