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Corruption in the developing world
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ISBN: 1840644907 Year: 2000 Publisher: Cheltenham Elgar


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The politics of successful governance reforms
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ISBN: 9780415445696 0415445698 Year: 2009 Publisher: London Routledge


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Making decentralization work : democracy, development, and security
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ISBN: 1626373825 9781626373822 9781588267320 1588267326 Year: 2010 Publisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers,

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It is increasingly difficult to find developing countries whose leaders have not debated or implemented some type of decentralization reform. But has decentralization worked? Does it actually help a country to deepen democratic governance, promote economic development, or enhance public security? Under what conditions does it justify the enthusiasm of those who have pushed so successfully for its adoption? The authors of this volume sift through the accumulating evidence to assess how well decentralization has fared. Focusing on consequences rather than causes, their goal is to inform future interventions in support of decentralized governance by showcasing some of the important trade-offs that it has generated so far.

Quality assurance in higher education : a study of developing countries
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ISBN: 0754617122 Year: 2001 Publisher: Aldershot : Ashgate,

Towards sustainable democracy in the Third World
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ISBN: 0333802500 Year: 2001 Publisher: Basingstoke Palgrave

Public administration in the Third World: an international handbook
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ISBN: 0313247307 Year: 1990 Publisher: London Greenwood

Making sense of governance : empirical evidence from 16 developing countries
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ISBN: 1588262677 9781588262677 1626373833 Year: 2004 Publisher: Boulder, Colo. Rienner

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Although governance has been the focus of a considerable body of literature on democratic transitions and consolidation, data to support the claim that the concept is a useful one has been lacking. Now, however, Making Sense of Governance clearly shows the utility of research on governance, presenting empirical evidence from sixteen developing countries.The authors focus on six arenas: civil, political, and economic society and the executive, bureaucracy, and judiciary. Demonstrating conclusively for the first time that perceptions of governance by local stakeholders are realistic indicators of the nature and quality of a political regime, they also reveal the dynamic nature of governance and to what extent it correlates with socioeconomic variables.This comprehensive study is based on interviews in Argentina, Bulgaria, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Tanzania, Thailand, and Togo.

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