This brief examines one particular criticism of Constituency Development Funds (CDFs): they infringe upon the doctrine … essential for maintaining democracy and good governance, specifically the rule of law and the need for public officials to avoid …

reasonably good health the prospects for learning and skill development are bleak … and without that so is our long term future …

infrastructure. The empirical results indicate that governance and institutions are crucial for regional infrastructure development …This study is a comprehensive, empirical analysis of the linkages between governance, institutions, and regional …: every one point improvement in governance results in a 1 to 1.5 point rise in regional infrastructure. Countries (and …

planning and governance are equally responsible. Indian cities are a result of large scale migration over time-a fact which has … often escaped urban planning and governance. Maharashtra is a glaring example of regional disparity and unequal urbanization …

their history, context, evolution, and experiences since its emergence in 1989. Additionally, it is also an attempt to … critically foreground and map out the conceptual ruminations relating to gender, development, empowerment, and participation that …

natural resource management. It calls for building on the existing governance instruments that are diverse from regulation to …

provide a definite view point or approach to the study of evolution of social technology. [Working Paper No. 131] …

Languages have their own laws of evolution, ones that are not too different from those about species. Some languages … born. The history of linguistic evolution is the history of dead languages. Humanity is a melting pot of cultures and …

This paper is the result of a pilot study conducted to track, explore and analyse various aspects of the evolution of … provides the backdrop against which the evolution of business organisations is viewed, i.e. a brief overview of the evolution … organisations in respect of the specified aspects of their business development. Section 5 contains notes and comments based on …