Tag: corrupt practices

• Governance matters 2009 : worldwide governance indicators, 1996-2008

  Abstract: This website reports governance indicators for 212 countries and territories on: voice and accountability, political stability and absence of violence, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law, and corruption control. Author(s): World Bank Source(s): , Published: 2009 World bank group, [Washington, DC] (English ISBN/ISSN: / Link: http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/index.asp

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• South African governance in review : anti-corruption, local government, traditional leadership

  Abstract: The following three issues are discussed: public sector anti-corruption, local government restructuring, and traditional leadership and governance. Key measures by the South-African government to combat corruption are reviewed and administrative and legal weaknesses that remain are highlighted. Author(s): Jackson, Paula Source(s): , ix, 53 p., ill., graphs, tabs Published: 2009 HSRC press, Cape Town…

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• Gerrymandering decentralization : political selection of grants-financed local jurisdictions

  Abstract: This article describes a model that shows how decentralization in developing countries may fuel vote-buying, patronage, and pork-barrel politics, especially in political economy contexts that are inimical to organization of citizens for the broad public interest. Author(s): Khemani, Stuti Source(s): , 30 p., ill., tab draft Published: 2009 Columbia university. Initiative for policy dialogue…

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• Violence and social orders : a conceptual framework for interpreting recorded human history : implications for economic development

  Abstract: This framework for understanding political, economic, and social systems in human history, which is thought to culminate in competitive, open access orders with rich civil society and the impersonal provision of public goods, also explains privileges and rent creation in so-called natural states. Author(s): North, Douglass C.; Wallis, John Joseph; Weingast, Barry R. Source(s):…

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  competition, corrupt practices, developed countries, developing countries, economic development, elite, equal opportunity, political aspects, public services, social development, social history

• Participation and decentralized forest management : social effects of local government initiatives

  Abstract: Though the research from Nicaragua is preliminary, the results suggest a clear correlation between effective participation and the absence of corruption or elite capture by logging companies, but participation alone does not guarantee positive results for resource users. Author(s): Larson, Anne M.; Zeledón, Virginia Source(s): , 29 p., ill., tabs Published: 2004 Indiana university.…

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• Decentralisation and democratic governance : experiences from India, Bolivia and South Africa

  Abstract: The detrimental effects of decentralization on the quality of political and administrative practices in Bolivia, India, and South Africa are examined with special attention to the incidence of corruption, mismanagement and patronage. Author(s): Hadenius, Axel Source(s): , Expert group on development issues (EGDI); 2003/3 x, 166 p., ill., graphs, tabs, 25 cm Expert group…

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• Fiscal decentralisation in Tanzania : for better or for worse?

  Abstract: An important component of local government reform in Tanzania is to increase the fiscal autonomy of local authorities. There is a risk that, in the absence of capacity building and improved integrity, increased autonomy will increase mismanagement and corruption. Author(s): Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge Source(s): , Working paper / Development studies and human rights, Chr. Michelsen…

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  Capacity Building, corrupt practices, decentralization in government, Fiscal policy, Local Government, local taxation, tanzania, tax revenues, taxation