development policy. This paper focuses on a core topic in development policy: governance. It aims to address two key questions: (1 …In recent years, randomized controlled trials have become increasingly popular in the social sciences. In development …) 'what have the main contributions of randomized controlled trials been to the study of governance?' and (2) 'what could be …

This paper reviews the political economy of extractive resources and the associated resources sector governance agenda …. The consensus that good sector governance improves the developmental impacts of extractive resources exploitation is … premised on the understanding that institutions matter for development. However, there is no straightforward answer to the …

The central aim of the article is company governance, i.e., researching governance of a company that does not want to … be only financially successful but also direct its governance toward socially responsible governance. The article begins … with the definition of "theoretical backgrounds," in which social responsibility in regard to company governance …