{"product_id":"building-state-capability-evidence-analysis-action-paperback","title":"Building State Capability: Evidence, Analysis, Action - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatt Andrews\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLant Pritchett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Woolcock\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGovernments 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. \u003cbr\u003eThis 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\u003cbr\u003ethat readers can actually apply tools and ideas to the capability challenges they face in their own contexts. These applications will help readers devise policies and reforms that have more impact than those of the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatt Andrews, \u003cem\u003eSenior Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School\u003c\/em\u003e, Lant Pritchett, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School\u003c\/em\u003e, Michael Woolcock, \u003cem\u003eLead Social Development Specialist, Development Research Group, World Bank\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMatt Andrews is Associate Professor of Public Policy. His research focuses on public sector reform, particularly budgeting and financial management reform, and participatory governance in developing and transitional governments. Recent articles focus on forging a theoretical understanding of the nontechnical factors influencing success in reform processes. Specific emphasis lies on the informal institutional context of reform, as well as leadership structures within government-wide networks. This research developed out of his work in the provincial government of Kwa-Zulu Natal in South Africa and more recently from his tenure as a Public Sector Specialist working in the Europe and Central Asia Region of the World Bank. He brings this experience to courses on public management and development. He holds a BCom (Hons) degree from the University of Natal, Durban (South Africa), an MSc from the University of London, and a PhD in Public Administration from the Maxwell School, Syracuse\u003cbr\u003eUniversity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLant Pritchett is Professor of the Practice of International Development at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. In addition, he is a Senior Fellow of the Center for Global Development. He was co-editor of the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Development Economics\u003c\/em\u003e and worked as a consultant to Google.org. He has held a number of positions at the World Bank and has been part of the team who produce many World Bank reports, including: \u003cem\u003eWorld Development Report 1994; Assessing Aid: What Works, What Doesn't and Why\u003c\/em\u003e (1998); \u003cem\u003eBetter Health Systems for India's Poor\u003c\/em\u003e (2003); \u003cem\u003eWorld Development Report 2004\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eEconomic Growth in the 1990s\u003c\/em\u003e (2005). In addition he has authored and co-authored over 50 papers that have been published in refereed journals and edited volumes. In 2006 he published his first single-authored book, \u003cem\u003eLet Their People Come\u003c\/em\u003e, and in 2013 his second, \u003cem\u003eThe Rebirth of Education: Schooling Ain't Learning\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Woolcock is Lead Social Development Specialist in the World Bank's Development Research Group. He is also a (part-time) Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. His current research focuses on strategies for enhancing state capability for implementation, on crafting more effective interaction between informal and formal justice systems, and on using mixed methods to assess 'complex' development interventions. In addition to more than 50 journal articles and book chapters, he is the co-author or co-editor of seven books, including \u003cem\u003eContesting Development: Participatory Projects and Local Conflict Dynamics in Indonesia\u003c\/em\u003e (with P. Barron and R. Diprose; Yale University Press 2011), which was a co-recipient of the best book prize by the American Sociological Association's section on international development. He has served for many years on the World Bank's Social Development Board and co-founded the Justice for the Poor program. \u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47204221059321,"sku":"9780198853039","price":66.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/cDM2NkVySnd5YTFGcVpqZURKdU81QT09.webp?v=1768015814","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/building-state-capability-evidence-analysis-action-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}