Examines the fundamental issue of how citizens get government officials to provide them with the roads, schools, and other public services they need by studying

Explains the uneven success of India's slum dwellers in demanding and securing essential public services from the state.

The debate on the future orientation of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is increasingly shaped by the role of agriculture in providing public goods, and

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A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the