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作者:Herron, Erik S.; Boyko, Nazar; Thunberg, Michael E.
作者单位:West Virginia University
摘要:The development of a neutral, professional bureaucracy has been a profound concern for emerging democracies. International and domestic actors have expended significant resources to encourage the development of the rule of law, yet many postcommunist societies remain mired in corruption. When corrupt behaviors are integrated with a core function of democratic states, such as the implementation of free and fair elections, the implications of failures to professionalize bureaucrats are enhanced....
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作者:Clifton, Judith
作者单位:Universidad de Cantabria
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作者:Molenaers, Nadia; Gagiano, Anna; Smets, Lodewijk
作者单位:University of Antwerp; KU Leuven
摘要:This article presents a new, publicly available data set covering all budget support (BS) suspensions in the period 1999-2014. The data set covers 239 BS suspensions, involving 18 donors and 40 recipient countries. This article shows an aggregate picture of these suspensions, including the reasons why donors suspended, which donors have been active in suspending their BS, and which countries have been undergoing these aid sanctions. From this aggregate picture some patterns drawn out, substant...
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作者:Tawat, Mahama
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作者:Babones, Salvatore
作者单位:University of Sydney
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作者:Clifton, Judith
作者单位:Universidad de Cantabria
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作者:Hood, Christopher
作者单位:University of Oxford
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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