Building state capability : (Record no. 38027)
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| fixed length control field | 02797cam a22001817i 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780198747482 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Andrews, Matt, |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Building state capability : |
| Sub Title | evidence, analysis, action / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Matt Andrews, Lant Pritchett, and Michael Woolcock. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | First edition. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xii, 257 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-249) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "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 - 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 implement policies and reforms that have more impact than those of the past.'-- |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Economic policy. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Pritchett, Lant, |
| Relator term | author. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Woolcock, Michael J. V., |
| Relator term | author. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
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