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dc.contributor.authorAndrews, Matt
dc.contributor.authorPritchett, Lant
dc.contributor.authorWoolcock, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-24 23:55
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-03 09:09:28
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T13:51:37Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T13:51:37Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier624551
dc.identifierOCN: 976483623en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31857
dc.description.abstractGovernments play a major role in the development process, and constantly introduce reforms and policies to achieve developmental objectives. Many of these interventions have limited impact, however; schools get built but kids don’t learn, IT systems are introduced but not used, plans are written but not implemented. These achievement deficiencies reveal gaps in capabilities, and weaknesses in the process of building state capability. This book addresses these weaknesses and gaps. It starts by providing evidence of the capability shortfalls that currently exist in many countries, showing that many governments lack basic capacities even after decades of reforms and capacity-building efforts. The book then analyzes this evidence, identifying capability traps that hold many governments back—particularly related to isomorphic mimicry (where governments copy best practice solutions from other countries that make them look more capable even if they are not more capable) and premature load bearing (where governments adopt new mechanisms that they cannot actually make work, given weak extant capacities). The book then describes a process that governments can use to escape these capability traps. Called PDIA (problem-driven iterative adaptation), this process empowers people working in governments to find and fit solutions to the problems they face. The discussion about this process is structured in a practical manner so that readers can actually apply tools and ideas to the capability challenges they face in their own contexts. These applications will help readers devise policies and reforms that have more impact than those of the past.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economyen_US
dc.subject.otherforeign aid
dc.subject.otherreform
dc.subject.otherpolicy
dc.subject.othergovernment
dc.subject.otherpolitics
dc.subject.othercapability
dc.subject.otherdevelopment
dc.subject.otherpoverty
dc.subject.otherpdia
dc.subject.otherservices
dc.subject.otherAccountability
dc.titleBuilding State Capability: Evidence, Analysis, Action
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198747482.001.0001
oapen.relation.isPublishedByb9501915-cdee-4f2a-8030-9c0b187854b2
oapen.relation.isFundedBy5b8f8357-4e82-466a-b29d-e58dc1800698
oapen.relation.isbn9780198747482
oapen.pages288
oapen.place.publicationOxford, UK
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia pages: Accountability - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accountability; Developing country - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developing_country
oapen.identifier.ocn976483623


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