Baiocchi, Gianpaolo and Heller, Patrick and Silva, Marcelo Kunrath | cop. 2011
- Author(s): Baiocchi, Gianpaolo and Heller, Patrick and Silva, Marcelo Kunrath
- Publisher: Stanford university press
- Pages: --
- Keywords: democracy, political participation, local government, civil society, budgeting, municipal government, empowerment, popular participation, brazil
[Partial preview] Looking closely at eight cities in Brazil, this book investigates participatory budgeting to ask whether its reforms truly make a difference in deepening democracy and empowering civil society.
Balding, Christopher | 2011
- Author(s): Balding, Christopher
- Publisher: United nations university. World institute for development economics research (UNU-WIDER)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: democracy, international trade, governance, institutional infrastructure
This study tests two theories as to why democracies might trade more, using a bilateral gravity trade model covering approximately 150 countries from 1950 to 1999. It is shown that quality of governance variables have broad economic and statistical significance.
Ballard, Harry | 2010
- Author(s): Ballard, Harry
- Publisher: Cape peninsula university of technology. Faculty of business
- Pages: --
- Keywords: public administration, education, development strategies, south africa
Is public management a social science or a business subject? This question is discussed with reference to curriculation at universities in South Africa. To better reflect its development orientation, the discipline should be presented as a social science to improve government's service to society.
Balooni, K. and Pulhin, J.M. and Inoue, M. | ca. 2007]
- Author(s): Balooni, K. and Pulhin, J.M. and Inoue, M.
- Publisher: Indiana university. Digital library of the commons (DLC)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, development strategies, community organization, poverty alleviation, self-help, philippines
The study shows that decentralization reforms require highly capable community organizations and self-management capacity. It was found that a mix of site-specific interventions and community endeavors that focus on securing local livelihoods has led to some success.
Banana, A.Y. | 2010]
- Author(s): Banana, A.Y.
- Publisher: Indiana university. Digital library of the commons (DLC)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, natural resources, forest management, administrative reform, poverty alleviation, east africa, ethiopia, kenya, tanzania, uganda