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  Successful governance reforms in two Indian States: Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006

  This paper analyses governance reforms in two southern states in India’s federal system, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
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  Extending services over the last mile: bridging the gap between intermediate and local levels

  Expert Group on Development Issues, Department for International Development Cooperation. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden, 2006

  This paper critically explores the service delivery to the grassroots level developing countries. It points out that there is seems to be a lot of difficulty in ensuring that services and other development initiatives actually reach people at the grassroots these countries.
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  The political economy of governance reforms in Uganda

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006

  This paper presents three cases of successful governance reforms in Uganda, designed to promote structural changes in state institutions and change the incentives that shape the behaviour of state actors.
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  Helping developing democracies to get better at delivering services to the poor: some early lessons from the public management and citizenship program, Brazil

  Expert Group on Development Issues, Department for International Development Cooperation. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden, 2006

  This paper outlines the early lessons learned from the Public Management and Citizenship Program set up in Brazil in 1996. The programme is one of ten similar initiatives in the USA, China, Philippines, Africa and South America, which are all supported by the Ford Foundation. The aim is to identify, analyse and disseminate innovative practices amongst sub-national Brazilian governments (i.e.
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  Privatisation of water: public-private partnerships: do they deliver to the poor?

  Development Fund, Norway, 2006

  This document discusses three main themes: how privatisation has been promoted by international financial institutions and other donors as a strategy for financing water services; the effects on the poor of different kinds of privatisation of water services in developing countries; and policy recommendations for the provision of water to the poor.The report shows that the World Bank acknowledge
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  Reforming water policies in Latin America: some lessons from Chile and Ecuador

  International Policy Network, 2006

  This chapter contrasts water policies in Ecuador with those in Chile. The paper argues that following the introduction of a property-rights-based water system, Chile has achieved nearly universal access to water for both urban and rural users, including the poor.
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  Approaches to private participation in water services: a toolkit

  World Bank, 2006

  This paper aims to assist governments in developing countries that are interested in using private participation to help expand access to safe water and sanitation services at reasonable cost.
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  The private sector and development agencies: how to form successful alliances critical issues and lessons learned from leading donor programs

  Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute (GDI), 2006

  The paper examines the main arguments for development agencies to cooperate with private companies in delivering public goods as well as the potential benefits for the private partners. It also elaborates on some risks and limitations of such alliances.
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  Transparency in the profit-making world

  Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University, 2006

  This paper examines the issue of access to corporate information and transparency in the private sector. It lays out the history and reasoning for corporate secrecy, and also addresses transparency concerns raised in particular by the privatisation of essential services.
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  The quality of migration services delivery in South Africa

  Southern African Migration Project, 2005

  In response to critiques against the The South African Department of Home Affairs (DHA) for administrative inefficiency, poor service delivery and corruption, the Southern African Migration Project (SAMP) proposed the Service Quality Survey (SQS project).

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