We examine the impact of low priority initiatives on criminal behavior. Low priority initiatives mandate that minor marijuana possession offenses be the lowest enforcement priority for police officers. Localities pass these laws because they believe if officers devote fewer resources towards...

Kommunale Wirtschaftstätigkeit ist wieder im Aufschwung. Nach einer Phase, in der staatliche Beteiligungen an Wirtschaftsunternehmen abgebaut wurden und die Kommunen als staatliche Ebene mit der breitesten ökonomischen Betätigung viele Aufgaben an die Privatwirtschaft - oft an...

Kommunale Wirtschaftstätigkeit ist wieder im Aufschwung. Nach einer Phase, in der staatliche Beteiligungen an Wirtschaftsunternehmen abgebaut wurden und die Kommunen als staatliche Ebene mit der breitesten ökonomischen Betätigung viele Aufgaben an die Privatwirtschaft – oft an...

Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) is a ubiquitous reality. In Africa, the wave of PPP has hit states in their infancy – still moulding following only 50 years since independence. The common perspective of PPP on the realms of scholarship is transactional (focused on the delivery-end of...

This paper attends to institutional challenges Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) faces in its attempt to capture private finance for transport infrastructure management. The paper starts with an exposition of the state of the road network in SSA, identifying a major gap in investment. This gap is partly...

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) needs to invest 1.5-2.0 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on roads annually, over at least five years, which amounts to typically a threefold increase in spending. Otherwise the road network will continue to pose a major impediment to achieving the first goal...

Brings out various features of infrastructural development in Gujarat, and provides an explanation in terms of endowments and political economy for the enhanced performance of Gujarat in some of the physical infrastructure segments like electricity, roads, ports. Suggest suitable policy and...

AI is now an important component of sectors such as healthcare, agriculture, public administration and transportation, and is helping to address major challenges such as ageing and climate change. However, there is currently a lack of transparency in algorithmic governance systems, and this is...