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作者:Berliner, Daniel
作者单位:Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe
摘要:Institutional reforms often face challenges of poor compliance and implementation at the local level. I analyze these in a context where weak state capacity and limited enforcement make widespread compliance unlikely. South Africa's 2000 Promotion of Access to Information Act tasked the South African Human Rights Commission with monitoring and promoting compliance, but with limited resources and no authority to sanction. I argue that local political competition can generate endogenous incentiv...
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作者:Jacob, Daniel
作者单位:Free University of Berlin
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作者:Roberts, Alasdair
作者单位:University of Massachusetts System; University of Massachusetts Amherst
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作者:Bauhr, Monika
作者单位:University of Gothenburg
摘要:This article calls into question one of the implicit assumptions linking democratic accountability to reduced corruption, namely, that citizens will expose institutions rife with venality and mobilize for better government. Instead, mobilization may be contingent on the type of corruption. The study develops a distinction between need and greed corruption and suggest that citizens are more likely to engage in the fight against corruption when corruption is needed to gain access to fair treatme...
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作者:Schleifer, Philip
作者单位:University of Amsterdam
摘要:What determines the uptake of private sustainability regulation in developing countries? Existing studies point to the local context as the key explanatory factor. In particular, they identify local program characteristics, industry structures, and the regulatory environment as variables influencing program uptake at the point of production. However, examining two very similar certification programs in Brazil's soy and sugarcane industries, this article finds that local conditions fail to acco...
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作者:Rotberg, Robert I.
作者单位:Harvard University