A market-based solution to a sanitation issue in a marginalised area

Neo-liberal ideology, as an abstract technique of self-governance and population management, is often viewed as tolerant of extreme inequality within a market economy. However, the range of policy proposals that flow from the ideology are not necessarily insensitive to development projects in marginalised areas. Sensitivity to market mechanisms may inject pragmatism in contexts where states are unable or unwilling to supply capability enhancing public goods. Through an analysis of the Center for Urban and Regional Excellence’s proof-of-concept development project in India, this article argues that a market-oriented framework can be useful in mitigating collective action problems.     

Assessing the impacts of a peer-to-peer training programme for women in Peru

This article reports on research that aimed to assess the economic and social impacts of a peer-to-peer training programme targeted to women in Peru, looking at overall and differentiated impacts according to design features, on a sample of 300 women in participant and non-participant communities. The study found significant positive impacts on women’s time devoted to work outside the house and in their saving propensity, although no significant change on time allocated to domestic activities. It also detected some effects on an index of family cohesion and on home improvements. Finally, there was evidence that some design features influence the magnitude and significance of these impacts.     

论民事再审适用检察建议的机制完善

民事再审检察建议是一种柔性的检察监督形式,已被我国检察机关广泛践行.基于检察监督的周延性考量,民事再审检察建议在适用对象上宜扩展至与判决、裁定具有类似裁判性质的决定、命令等.在检察建议的适用级别上,宜打破“同级”之限制.除了认定事实错误的裁判文书宜采抗诉这一监督形式外,对于其他错误的裁判文书宜采检察建议的监督形式.在程...     

注册会计师虚假陈述的民事责任性质

界定注册会计师因虚假陈述而引发的民事责任性质,是因虚假陈述而受损者寻求法律救济的现实基础。注册会计师对利益关系第三人的民事责任是一种民事侵权责任。     

警察权与公民权博弈地位的差异

警察权与公民权之间的对立统一使二者之间存在博弈关系,但由于二者在博弈地位上存在差异,致使实质博弈难以展开。应当从适度控制警察权与适度扩展公民权两个方面着手,消除二者之间的差异,达成“双赢”格局。     

后民法典时代商法独立性的理论证成及其在中国的实现

独立商法的出现既是社会经济发展到一定阶段的必然产物,同时也是各种主客观因素综合作用的结果.商法制度并非完全脱胎于民法,而是有其独立的发展路径.商法一经出现即对社会经济发展、社会结构变化、社会道德观念更新产生了深刻影响.从其历史演变来看,几乎所有文明国家都曾受到商法制度和商法精神的熏陶,对商法的重视程度也与一国社会经济的...     

公共管理与公众舆论

自18世纪开始兴起的公众舆论推动了近代西方民主思想的形成,而20世纪公共管理的勃兴正是这种民主思想体制化的必然结果。对于公众舆论的理性与非理性认识分野,受制于背后复杂的权力博弈。在近代公众舆论观向现代公众舆论观转型的过程中,公众权力论逐渐让位于管理控制论。由于国家-市场-市民社会的关系失衡,当代公众舆论面临着环境危机。在目前善治的要求下,公共管理从公共利益出发,必须以保护公众舆论的自由和多元为己任,确立自身被监督者、反馈者和配给者的多重角色,做到有所为和有所不为。     

Reflections on relationships: the nature of partnership according to five NGOs in southern Mexico

This article is based on interviews with several staff members of NGOs located in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, regarding partnerships between them and their funding sources, such as foundations or agencies of the North that do or support development work in the South. The motive behind the interviews was an interest in the word ‘partnerships’, in particular strategic ones. Do partnerships exist now and, if they do, what does it mean for the NGOs to have a partnership with a funding source? The general conclusion was that strategic partnerships have indeed existed in the past, and may again emerge in the future, but that currently they exist only sporadically, given the distinct ways of viewing and carrying out development work within NGOs on the one hand, and foundations or agencies on the other.     

《民法典》抵押物转让规则新解——兼评《民法典》第406条

《民法典》第406条修改了原《物权法》第191条关于禁止抵押物转让的规则,允许抵押人在设定抵押权后转让抵押物.新规则虽然有利于促进物尽其用,鼓励交易,但是由此也可能给抵押权人监管抵押物或实现抵押权造成困难.因此有必要赋予禁止转让特约以公示能力,在违反经公示的禁止转让特约后,转让合同有效但不能发生物权变动的效力,从而兼顾...