Building state capability : : evidence, analysis, action / / Matt Andrews, Lant Pritchett, and Michael Woolcock.

Governments 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 children don't learn, IT systems are introduced but not used, plans are wr...

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Place / Publishing House:Oxford : : Oxford University Press,, 2017.
Year of Publication:2017
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (276 pages) :; illustrations, tables
Notes:This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the "long voyage of discovery"
  • The big stuck in state capability
  • Looking like a state : the seduction of isomorphic mimicry
  • Premature load bearing : doing too much too soon
  • Capability for policy implementation
  • What type of organization capability is needed?
  • The challenge of building (real) state capability for implementation
  • Doing problem-driven work
  • The searchframe : doing experimental iterations
  • Managing your authorizing environment
  • Building state capability at scale through groups.