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Journal Article

Problems of Publicness and Access Rights: Perspectives from the Water Domain

Evaluates the concept of global public goods in terms of its usefulness for guiding debates on people's access to freshwater resources, and argues that more attention needs to be paid to two issues—first, the divergence of perception of the nature of the good and of how it should be accessed...

1 February 2003

Working Paper

Decentralisations in Practice in Southern Africa

Decentralisation, like good governance or sustainable development, is one of those concepts everyone from the World Bank to top officials in national governments seem to think is a "good thing." But the meaning attached vary widely. And while donors and governments all want to support it - it is...

1 January 2003

Book

Democratic Transition in Conflict-Torn Societies

This three-book series is the product of an IDS-based research programme, funded by the Department for International Development, which explored variations in democratic institutions in countries emerging from violent conflict.

1 January 2003

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