The rapid growth in the past decade transparency and accountability initiatives (TAIs) extractive industries sector reflects attempts to devise institutional mechanisms make governments accountable for extraction, allocation use of revenues that, if well invested, could alleviate socio‐economic inequalities among citizens. Understanding measuring impact effectiveness these is a matter proposing empirically validating causal link between interventions governance improvements. To do this...

Abstract This article advances the idea that coalition formation and maintenance in highly fragmented presidential regimes is not only crucial to overcoming policy deadlock, but some cases, critical ensuring government survival. To advance this argument, looks at demise of legislative coalitions Ecuador between 1979 2006. The empirical data suggest paradoxically, became more difficult sustain after adoption institutional reforms intended strengthen president's powers. those reforms, it...

1. Pushing Reforms through the Eye of a Needle 2. A Proposed Model for Legislative Cooperation 3. Presidential Success in Fragmented Legislature 4. Party Brokers and Voting Unity Ecuadorian Congress 5. at Margins: Pivotal Players Coalition Making 6. Ghost Coalitions Economic 7. Coalitions, Institutional Change Democratic Accountability

Summary The prevalence of underweight children worldwide fell from 31per cent in 1990 to 26 per 2008 (UNICEF 2009). However, progress is still slow and very uneven. Half the countries have made on hunger, but levels malnutrition did not improve 28 got worse 24. case Peru appears be an encouraging exception rule. With support CARE others organisations civil society donor community, Peruvian Government has generated political momentum overcome obstacles create national coordination structures...

Luego de tres décadas gobiernos elegidos por sufragio universal, ecuador presenta serias deficiencias en las dimensiones constitucional y social la democracia.si bien existen elecciones libres limpias, el irrespeto a instituciones democráticas, ausencia un estado derecho consolidado marcadas asimetrías sociales dan cuenta los deficitarios rendimientos del régimen.a pesar que presidente correa ha contado con todas condiciones para propiciar cambio formas gobernar país, viejas prácticas

The power relations that underlie poverty and exclusion can make or break development programmes, if not understood addressed at all stages of design implementation. Political economy analysis represent distinct but complementary approaches to making sense in the context initiatives. Both are used provide organisations with a better understanding key actors their interests, enabling constraining structures, conditions narratives which actions take place. These include both observable less...

This paper looks at the intervening role that local political elites play to translate government transfers into effective public spending. We want know whether mayors spend IGTs provide basic services or infrastructure works, and such investments are instrumental secure their advantage as incumbents. To test these arguments, we use a combined dataset of finances between 2001 2015 electoral results for 2009 2014 municipal elections in Ecuador. find do respond incentives make strategic...

In this article we take a comparative look at strategic opportunities and barriers for action on nutrition in Pakistan's four provinces the post-devolution context. Provinces have faced historically common constraints of lack comprehensive policy minimal allocations by state, driven low visibility nutrition, siloed working sectors weak coalitions. also face contextual impediments poverty, patriarchy, inadequate health WASH coverage, with two constrained inequitable power structures. Recent...

This study describes the main actors (formal and informal) involved in budget-making process Ecuador, presents evidence regarding political economic determinants of fiscal performance. It also discusses whether different institutional arrangements governing budget affect incentives for composition budget. paper seeks to fill a gap scholarly literature by analyzing formal rules, incentives, coalition dynamics relevant players behind design, approval, execution, oversight budgets. The current...