This publication examines the various innovative projects on-going in Latin America, where fledging and developing local government policies are being introduced for reforming ...

This report presents the findings of a survey of public officials in Guyana, on a wide range of civil service issues from personnel management practices to rewards and ...

This book summarizes the responses of Bangladeshi class I (highest level) public-sector officials to a survey on a number of civil service issues, from personnel management ...

Cities and towns are vital for the development of economic systems and social organisations. However, cities face tremendous challenges. They have to simultaneously attract ...

Modernisation of the public sector, reforming intergovernmental fiscal relations, enhancing the local capacity to implement local strategies, and developing the legislative and ...

Much of the devastation caused by the recent earthquake in Turkey was the result of widespread corruption between the construction industry and government officials. Corruption ...

DIVOffers a new perspective on how state legislators make decisions about what public services to provide and how to pay for them /div