Institutions Taking Root
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Institutions Taking Root

Building State Capacity in Challenging Contexts

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eBook - PDF

Institutions Taking Root

Building State Capacity in Challenging Contexts

About this book

Building and operating successful public institutions is a perennial and long-term challenge for governments, which is compounded by the volatile conditions found in fragile settings. Yet some government agencies do manage to take root and achieve success in delivering results earning legitimacy and forging resilience in otherwise challenging contexts. Drawing on mixed-method empirical research carried out on nine public agencies in Lao PDR, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, and Timor Leste, this volume identifies the shared causal mechanisms underpinning institutional success in fragile states by examining the inner workings of these institutions, along with the external operational environment and sociopolitical context in which they exist. Successful institutions share and deploy a common repertoire of internal and external operational strategies. In addition they connect this micro-institutional repertoire to the macro-sociopolitical context along three discernible pathways to institutional success. Institutional development is a heavily contextual, dynamic, and non-linear process but certain actionable lessons emerge for policy-makiers and development partners.

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Yes, you can access Institutions Taking Root by Naazneen H. Barma, Elisabeth Huybens, Lorena Vinuela in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Economics & Development Economics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
World Bank
Year
2014
eBook ISBN
9781464802690
Topic
Economics
Subtopic
Development Economics
Index
Economics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. About the Contributors
  6. Abbreviations and Acronyms
  7. Overview: Institutions Taking Root: Building State Capacity in Challenging Contexts
  8. PART I: THE GAMBIA
  9. PART II: LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
  10. PART III: SIERRA LEONE
  11. PART IV: TIMOR-LESTE
  12. Boxes
  13. Figures
  14. Map
  15. Tables