Table 8 Legal-institutional barriers identified by municipalities.

From: Drivers and barriers of intermunicipal cooperation in local service delivery

 

N (non-cooperating municipalities)

Mean rank (non-cooperating municipalities)

N (cooperating municipalities)

Mean rank (cooperating municipalities)

Mann-Whitney U

p-value

Limited state support

94

54.21

14

56.46

630.500

0.794

Political instability

90

51.45

14

59.25

594.000

0.673

  1. Source: Authors.