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 |