Ð The policy problems posed by a lack of state capacity in developing societies now attract the attention of a growing number of scholars. Both the government failure paradigm, with its ``top-down'' emphasis, and the social capital theory, with its stress on ``bottom-up'' approaches, provide analytical frameworks that can be used to comprehend the symptoms of state incapacity reported by the mu...

In India, where energy access is limited, how does the public react to the government’s inability to provide the citizens with basic energy services, such as electricity and clean cooking fuel? We answer this question using a survey conducted in two rural villages of Uttar Pradesh. First, we examine the association between a respondent’s opinion on state intervention and policy failure. Specifi...

E-government policy has characteristics different from most other public policies. As it influences how to manage institutions, how to decide policies, and how to implement them, it is an area that spans different policy fields. E-government is, secondly, often a policy aimed to overcome “government failure”. These “government failures” are considered as problems to be solved through e-governme...

The authors examine the economic implications of animal diseases and control programmes at the national level, including the role of government in animal health, the effect of regulations and the use of cost-benefit analysis. Special attention is paid to the role of economic analysis in government decision-making processes. Economics provides a framework for gathering information and for the pr...

The goal of this article is the analysis of Ahmadinejad government's foreign policy according to the critical theory of international relations. Whether it seems foreign policy of Mahmood Ahmadinejad, government is different from his before and after governments. Perhaps it could be provided more detailed and objective analysis from foreign policy of Islamic Republic of Iran during Ahmadinejad ...

From 1968 to 1973, Brazil experienced unprecedented economic growth thanks the reform policies in political and spherespolicies of military government. However, after 1974, due changes domestic international environment multiple subjective objective reasons, coupled with impact global oil crisis, Brazil’s economy gradually declined. And 1980, it entered what was known as "lost decade". The arti...