Investing in climate adaptation will be much more cost-effective than paying for emergency management and recovery after climate-related disasters. There is no simple "business case" for specific adaptation initiatives; governments need to take a very long-term perspective on capital spending....

Books Reviewed: Nick Johnstone and Libby Wood, Private Firms and Public Water: Realizing Social and Environmental Objectives in Developing Countries, David Orden, Robert Paarlberg and Terry Roe, Policy Reform in American Agriculture: Analysis and Prognosis S.R. Harrison, J.L. Herbohn, and K.F....

Although excessive transparency and accountability demands can have a counterproductive effect on organisational performance (Bovens 2005), longstanding hierarchical accountability structures to ensure financial conformance in English local government continue to endure. Interestingly however,...