This paper examines the evidence on the forms of politics likely to promote inclusive social provisioning and enable, as opposed to constrain, improvements in service outcomes. It focuses on eight relatively successful cases of delivery in a range of country contexts and sectors (roads,...

El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo organizó en marzo de 1997 un "Simposio de ciudades y Foro de buenas prácticas en gestión urbana" . En él se debatieron las nuevas ideas sobre el papel de los centros urbanos en el futuro de la región, los problemas que enfrentarán al asumir este papel...

The OECD questions whether non-state services in fragile states may delegitimise the state in the eyes of citizens, arguing that 'state-building' depends on governments' engagement in service management. This article reviews the available evidence to identify what types of engagement are...

Choice modelling has been one of the most active fields in economics over recent years. This valuable new book contains leading contributions from academics and practitioners from across the different areas of study where choice modelling is a key analytical technique, drawn from a recent...

We consider the manner in which the well-established path independence conditions apply to Small and Rosen's (1981) problem of discrete-continuous demand, focussing especially upon the restricted case of discrete choice (probabilistic) demand. We note that the consumer surplus measure promoted...

Within the broad area of probabilistic modelling of individual discrete choice, we develop three strands of discussion. First, we outline a theoretical framework for the modelling of individual discrete choice under risk, distinguishing between three specific sources of randomness; in preference...

As the demands placed on transport systems have increased relative to extensions in supply, problems of network unreliability have become ever more prevalent. The response of some transport users has been to accommodate expectations of unreliability in their decision-making, particularly through...

The ‘Hensher equation’ is a prominent method for valuing the benefits of business travel time savings. This paper derives the equation from first principles, revealing several underpinning assumptions, as follows: (I) production is a function only of labour given fixed capital; (II) the...