This paper examines the economic and political determinants of observed variations in quality budgetary institutions 31 selected African countries from 2005 to 2017. The is measured using World Bank?s Country Policy Institution Assessment score. empirical analysis utilises Ordinary Least Squares, two-stage least squares, two-step generalized method moment, random effects probit mixed models. mo...

Significant changes in the global setting over the course of the last few decades resulted in an increasing prominence for the pursuit of transnational justice and individual accountability. The aftermath of the terrifying attacks on America on September 3. Making deep democratic decentralisation work • Moves towards democratic decentralisation in India • Elementary schools: Cake for the rich, ...

  This is undoubtedly recognized that economic performance for each country over time is related to a great extent to its political, institutional and legal environment. In fact, these institutions and policies are that determine the governance quality.   In a panel data study, we applied newly developed indices to examine the effects of good governance on FDI for fifteen middle-income countri...

The purpose of this paper is the empirically examination of the effect of the Institutional Quality Components (Voice and Accountability, political stability and Absence of Violence and Terrorism, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law and control of corruption) on the prediction of total stock price index. The study was carried out using data extracted from 53 countries from...

Voice over the Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems such as Adobe ConnectNow, Skype, ooVoo, etc. may include the use of software applications for telerehabilitation (TR) therapy that can provide voice and video teleconferencing between patients and therapists. Privacy and security applications as well as HIPAA compliance within these protocols have been questioned by information technologists, prov...

In this paper, we examine the relationship and links between governance quality tax compliance behaviour across taxpayers in East Malaysia otherwise known as Borneo. The hypotheses were tested using structural equation modelling of partial least squares. Four proxies examined study, namely, Voice Accountability (VA), Political Stability (PS), Government Effectiveness (GE), Rule Law (RL). Result...

For the past two decades, student perception surveys have become standard tools in data collection efforts. At state level, however, “student voice” is still used sparingly. In this study, we examine ways which including survey results might alter accountability determinations. Reconstructing system Massachusetts, draw on a unique set of data, add to state’s formula at maximally feasible dosage...