Building state capability : evidence, analysis, action / Matt Andrews, Lant Pritchett, and Michael Woolcock.
2017
JC11
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Title
Building state capability : evidence, analysis, action / Matt Andrews, Lant Pritchett, and Michael Woolcock.
Author
Andrews, Matt, 1972- author.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191810343 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number
JC11
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.1
Summary
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 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 analyses this evidence, identifying capability traps that hold many governments back.
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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 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 analyses this evidence, identifying capability traps that hold many governments back.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 5, 2017).
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Print version: 9780198747482
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