Los cuatro ensayos presentados en este libro constituyen un intento por comprender tanto las transformaciones en las formas de representación política en ámbitos rurales como el efecto que estas tienen en la implementación de políticas de ordenamiento territorial en el contexto de grandes...

The governance principle is an important aspect of good governance, and its implementation is believed to have a good impact on governance outcomes, such as corruption reduction and performance improvement. The governance principle has been developed for several types of organisations. However,...

This study investigated the impact of Self-help projects on the socio-economic development of Mkpat-Enin Local Government of Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria. Survey design method was adopted in the study in which fifty-one physical socio-economic development variables were collected from all the...

The recent history of Bangladesh provides an international comparative perspective of how public services can contribute to improved social outcomes. This paper will begin with a brief overview of the process. It will then look at the case of the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED)...

In this study, we provide causal evidence on the capacity of monetary incentives to encourage real-life local leaders managing water and land to improve their procedural fairness. We report results from incentivized decisions and surveys conducted with local leaders in rural Namibia (n=64) and...