The limits of institutional reform in development : changing rules for realistic solutions /

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"This book explains why many institutional reforms in developing countries have limited success and suggests ways to overcome these limits. The author argues that reforms often fail to make governments better because they are introduced as signals to gain short-term support. These signals intro...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Andrews, Matt, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Institution building > Developing countries.
Economic development > Developing countries.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
Economic development.
Economic history.
Institution building.
Verwaltungsreform
Politische Reform
Institutionalismus
Developing countries > Economic conditions.
Developing countries.
Entwicklungsländer
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Change rules, change governments, and develop?
  • 2. Deconstructing the puzzling evidence of reform
  • 3. Overlooking the change context
  • 4. Reforms as overspecified and oversimplified solutions
  • 5. Limited engagement, limited change
  • 6. Expecting reform limits in development
  • 7. Problem-driven learning sparks institutional change
  • 8. Finding and fitting solutions that work
  • 9. Broad engagement, broader (and deeper) change
  • 10. Reforming rules of the development game itself.

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