Introduction One of the principal goals of any health care system is to improve health
through the provision of clinical and public health services. Decentralization as a reform …

This is an introduction to a special issue sponsored by UNU‐WIDER focusing on key
governance challenges related to addressing gaps in urban service delivery in sub …

Urban disasters and the practice of emergency management present obvious cross-regional
characteristics given the increasing complexity of urban development and operating …

The goal of this paper is to suggest that municipalities can facilitate the central government's
ability to carry out its desired policy goals. Using three institutional variables that provide …

A series of trends have emerged across Europe which have stimulated change in local
government, local democracy and local leadership particularly where local government and …

This article introduces a new concept to the study of decentralization processes: policy
dynamism. At its core is the notion that the sequential and temporal process of health …

This chapter outlines the distinctive features and challenges of politics, governance, and
leadership at the meso-level within national states, that is, provinces, regions, and states. It …

My first progress report introduced the recently established Ibrahim Index of African
governance in the context of efforts to improve good governance in the global South …

Proposals to re-energize African decentralization usually include providing local authorities
with more financial resources and administrative capacities or giving civil society direct …

Why do governments pursue obesity legislation? And is the case of Brazil unique compared
with other nations when considering the politics of policy reform? Using a nested analytic …