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  Gatekeepers, elders and accountability in Somalia

  Overseas Development Institute, 2017

  In Somalia, the relationship between formal and informal spheres of governance are being renegotiated. In many areas, the formal state has been absent for a long time, or government agents only recently appointed by the Federal Government of Somalia.
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  Sanctions, benefits, and rights: three faces of accountability

  John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2010

  As countries throughout the world democratise and decentralise, citizen participation in public life should increase. It is said citizens in a decentralised and democratic system of government are governed better because they can punish electorally those who do not deliver on promises.
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  Taxation, governance and state-building: concepts and issues

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2008

  This PowerPoint presentation outlines why taxation matters for development, perspectives on taxation and state-building and the taxation/aid/governance discourse. It shows that taxation matters for developing state capacity for service delivery and in democratic state building. However, it is rarely central in economic and policy debates in aid dependent countries for the following reasons:
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  Paradoxes of public accountability in Malaysia: control mechanisms and their limitations

  International Public Management Review, 2006

  Public accountability has become difficult to ensure. There are a variety of factors, often rooted in the politico-bureaucratic institutions that render accountability mechanisms largely ineffective. This article considers public accountability in Malaysia and its limitations.
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  Do power sharing institutions work? Stable democracy and good governance in divided societies

  John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2005

  Proponents of Consociation Theory argue that institutional power-sharing arrangements serve to reduce societal conflicts and provide political stability and conditions conducive for good governance in divided societies.
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  Democracy’s quality and breakdown: new lessons from Thailand

  Southeast Asia Research Centre, City University, Hong Kong, 2007

  This paper assesses democracy’s quality with reference to Thailand under the recent Thai Rak Thai government. It enumerates some of the conceptual difficulties that arise in these types of assessment exercises and discusses lessons that can be drawn from Thailand. The analysis is based on a framework that involves electoral mandates, policy responsiveness, and accountability
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  Should market liberalisation precede democracy?: causal relations between political preferences and development

  European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 2007

  This paper debates whether democratisation must happen after market liberalisation has taken place. Focusing on the relationship between market development and democracy, the authors ask whether it is true that demand for democracy only emerges after a certain degree of market development is reached, and whether it is likely to be an obstacle to the acceptance of market liberalisation.
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  Personal power networks and economic development in Satun (Thailand) and Perlis (Malaysia)

  Southeast Asia Research Centre, City University, Hong Kong, 2007

  This paper debates whether personal power can be included in the networks analysis of entrepreneurship and economic development in Southeast Asia. A comparison is made of Satun in Southern Thailand and Perlis in Northern Malaysia using the embedded mercantilism approach.
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  Modeling ineffecient institutions

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2006

  Many economists and social scientists have recently emphasised the importance of government institutions for economic growth. This paper develops a model to show why inefficient institutions are built and allowed to persist.
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  Good enough governance revisited

  Blackwell Synergy, 2007

  Good governance has been recognised as an important policy agenda for development organisations but how do these organisations prioritise governance reforms in the context of limited resources. This article suggests that the feasibility of particular interventions can be assessed by analysing the context for change and the implications of the content of the intervention being considered.

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