In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the potential of transparency—the
provision of information to the public—to improve governance in both developed and …

When and how do governments deliver public goods and services in response to citizen
preferences? We review the current literature on government responsiveness, with a focus …

Mobile phones are close to ubiquitous in develo** countries; Internet and broadband
access are becoming commonplace. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) …

Empirical evidence of tangible impacts of social accountability initiatives is mixed. This meta-
analysis reinterprets evaluations through a new lens: the distinction between tactical and …

Environmental governance occurs through and is shaped by communication. We propose a
typology of public communication, classifying it by directionality (one-way or two-way) and …

Despite the rapid growth in enrollment rates across the develo** world, there are major
concerns about the quality of education that children receive. Across numerous develo** …

In the context of an exponential rise in access to information in the last two decades, this
special issue explores when and how information might be harnessed to improve …

Understanding the politics of education reform is crucial to assess the challenges facing the
SDG of quality education. This article surveys the small academic literature on the politics of …

Politics is widely regarded as affecting and being affected by the performance of public
services, yet little research differentiates between services in exploring these effects. The …

I argue that if citizens systematically underestimate what their government can and should
do for them, then they will hold politicians to a lower standard and sanction poor performers …