Governance and the “Karnataka Model of Development” Gopal Kadekodi, Ravi Kanbur and Vijayendra Rao; Change in Karnataka Over the Last Generation: Villages and the Wider Context James Manor; The Political Economy of Gram Panchayats in South India Timothy Besley, Rohini Pande and Vijayendra Rao; Dynamics of Local Governance in Karnataka Kripa Ananthpur; Federalism, Urban Decentralization and Citizen Participation Ramesh Ramanathan; Systematic Hierarchies and Systemic Failures: Gender and Health Inequities in Koppal District Gita Sen, Aditi Iyer and Asha George; To Be or Not to Be: Problems in Locating Women in Public Policy Devaki Jain