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The G20 summits in 2009 have proposed major changes in governance of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Most … suggests a reallocation of voting shares to emerging and developing countries, an antedated reform of the quota system, a … delinking of the managing director's election from regional origin and support for the Singapore quota and voice reform of 2006 …
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Entscheidend für den Erfolg von Netzausbauvorhaben ist die Qualität regionaler Governance-Prozesse. Der vorliegende …Successful construction of new circuit lines and pylons depends on the quality of regional governance. This paper …
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Leadership' is not a common topic for research in international development. In recent years, however, prominent studies like the 2008 Growth Commission Report noted the importance of leadership in development. This and other studies focused on individual leaders - or heroes - when examining...
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This paper begins by noting that Uganda has been a public sector reform leader in Africa. It has pursued reforms … and public administration, public financial management, revenue management, procurement, and anti-corruption) - that laws … that new mechanisms work as intended. The paper suggests that government should reframe its reform agenda to address these …
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Public sector reforms are commonplace in developing countries. Much of the literature about these reforms reflects on their failures. This paper asks about the successes and investigates which of two competing theories best explain why some reforms exhibit such positive deviance. These theories...
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Governments can play great roles in their countries, regions, and cities; facilitating or leading the resolution of festering problems and opening new pathways for progress. Examples are more numerous than one might imagine and raise an important question: 'how do governments become great?'....
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abridged version of the story offers instructors a classroom case to discuss leaders and leadership in governance reform. …
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reform. In particular, the work suggests that reforms will tend to be more contextually fitted if: (i) they are driven by … ideas into an approach to doing reform called problem-driven iterative adaptation (PDIA). This approach has deep roots in … various literatures but many observers still ask how PDIA-type reforms could work to foster successful reform in complex …
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. The general motivation behind reform was to enhance the political representation of ordinary citizens in general and that … land domain, reform objectives were as explicit and hard-hitting as they were anywhere else. Reform of land law and land … administration explicitly aimed at putting an end to the bad old days of overcentralization of power in the hands of an executive …
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