Documents et rapports

Moçambique - Projecto para Aproveitar o Dividendo Demográfico (PADD) : Missão de Apoio à Implementação - de 15 a 26 de Abril 2024 (portugais)

The Added Value of Local Democracy: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in India (anglais)

Governments across the world have increasingly devolved powers to locally elected leaders. This paper studies the consequences of local democracy, exploiting a natural experiment in Karnataka, India. Local...

Economics of Political Clientelism and Corruption — A Theoretical Pathway (anglais)

This paper proposes a preliminary economic model of political clientelism and corruption in developing countries with weak rule of law. It explains why this corruption is often chronic and persistent...

Village Governance, Politics, and Participation in Indonesia (anglais)

In 2014, the government of Indonesia passed an ambitious Village Law (Undang-Undang No. 6/ 014 tentang Desa) that significantly increased the autonomy of some 75,000 village governments. The law embodied...

Africa - Sahel Women's Empowerment and Demographics Project : procurement plan : Plan de passation des marches simplifies (français)

Local foundations for better governance : A Review of Ghazala Mansuri and Vijayendra Rao's Localizing Development (Vol. 1of1) (anglais)

In Localizing Development, Mansuri and Rao survey theory and evidence for development strategies based on local community empowerment. This note extends their theoretical argument by focusing on local...

The World Bank Group in Afghanistan : country update (anglais)

The contents of this newsletter focus on World Bank support; status of ongoing operations; and Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund.

A review of the political economy of governance : from property rights to voice (anglais)

Keefer reviews progress made in understanding the effects of different dimensions of governance on economic development, and the sources of good governance. The term governance has been used to embrace...