Development Strategies : Integrating Governance and Growth

A frontier challenge for development strategy is to move beyond prescribing optimal economic policies, and instead -- taking a broad view of the interactions between economic, political and social constraints and dynamics -- to identify entry point...

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Main Authors: Levy, Brian, Fukuyama, Francis
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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GDP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/11709174/development-strategies-integrating-governance-growth
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topic ABUSES
ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTING
ADJUDICATION
ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY
AMBITION
ASSETS
AUTHORITARIAN RULE
AUTHORITY
AUTOCRACY
BEST PRACTICE
BUILDING STATE CAPACITY
BUREAUCRACY
BY ELECTION
CHECKS AND BALANCES
CITIZEN
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
CITIZENS
CITIZENSHIP
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL WAR
COLLAPSE
COMMUNISM
COMMUNIST
CONFIDENCE
CONSENSUS
CONSTITUENCY
CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
CORRUPT
CORRUPT BUREAUCRACY
CORRUPTION
CORRUPTION CHARGES
DECENTRALIZATION
DECISION-MAKERS
DECISION-MAKING
DEMOCRACIES
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS
DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS
DEMOCRATIZATION
DICTATORSHIP
DISCRETION
DIVISION OF LABOR
DYSFUNCTIONAL GOVERNANCE
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIC REFORMS
ECONOMICS
ELECTION
ELECTORAL DEMOCRACY
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FORMAL INSTITUTIONS
FRAUD
FREE MEDIA
FREE PRESS
GANGS
GDP
GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES
GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS
GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
GOVERNANCE REFORM
GOVERNANCE REFORMS
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
GOVERNORS
HUMAN RIGHTS
ILLIBERAL DEMOCRACY
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCREMENTALISM
INCUMBENT
INDEPENDENT MEDIA
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS
INSTITUTIONAL REFORM
INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
INVESTIGATION
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
JUDICIARY
JUSTICE
LABOR UNIONS
LAWS
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
LIBERALISM
MAJORITY RULE
MARKET ECONOMIES
MARKET ECONOMY
MILITARY REGIMES
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
MONARCHY
MONOPOLY
MULTIPARTY ELECTIONS
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
NATIONS
PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES
PATRONAGE
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICE
POLITICAL CHANGE
POLITICAL DEMOCRACY
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL ELITES
POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POLITICAL LEADERS
POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
POLITICAL LEGITIMACY
POLITICAL MOBILIZATION
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL POWER
POLITICAL PROCESS
POLITICAL REFORMS
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLITICAL SENSITIVITY
POLITICAL SYSTEM
POLITICIANS
POLITICS OF GROWTH
POPULAR PARTICIPATION
POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
POPULISM
POWER POLITICS
PRESIDENCY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC BUREAUCRACY
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC INFORMATION
PUBLIC INTEREST
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
PUBLIC RESOURCES
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCE
PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SPENDING
REPUBLIC
REVOLUTION
REVOLUTIONS
RULE OF LAW
RULING PARTY
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOCIAL CHANGE
SOCIAL CONSTRAINTS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL GROUPS
SOCIAL LEARNING
SOCIAL POLICIES
SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS
SOVEREIGNTY
SPECIALIZATION
STATE AUTHORITY
STATE FAILURE
STATE FUNCTIONS
STATE INSTITUTIONS
STATE INTERVENTION
TRADE POLICY
TRANSPARENCY
VIOLENCE
VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS
VOTING
WEALTH OF NATIONS
spellingShingle ABUSES
ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTING
ADJUDICATION
ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY
AMBITION
ASSETS
AUTHORITARIAN RULE
AUTHORITY
AUTOCRACY
BEST PRACTICE
BUILDING STATE CAPACITY
BUREAUCRACY
BY ELECTION
CHECKS AND BALANCES
CITIZEN
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
CITIZENS
CITIZENSHIP
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL WAR
COLLAPSE
COMMUNISM
COMMUNIST
CONFIDENCE
CONSENSUS
CONSTITUENCY
CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
CORRUPT
CORRUPT BUREAUCRACY
CORRUPTION
CORRUPTION CHARGES
DECENTRALIZATION
DECISION-MAKERS
DECISION-MAKING
DEMOCRACIES
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS
DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS
DEMOCRATIZATION
DICTATORSHIP
DISCRETION
DIVISION OF LABOR
DYSFUNCTIONAL GOVERNANCE
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIC REFORMS
ECONOMICS
ELECTION
ELECTORAL DEMOCRACY
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FORMAL INSTITUTIONS
FRAUD
FREE MEDIA
FREE PRESS
GANGS
GDP
GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES
GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS
GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
GOVERNANCE REFORM
GOVERNANCE REFORMS
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
GOVERNORS
HUMAN RIGHTS
ILLIBERAL DEMOCRACY
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCREMENTALISM
INCUMBENT
INDEPENDENT MEDIA
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS
INSTITUTIONAL REFORM
INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
INVESTIGATION
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
JUDICIARY
JUSTICE
LABOR UNIONS
LAWS
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
LIBERALISM
MAJORITY RULE
MARKET ECONOMIES
MARKET ECONOMY
MILITARY REGIMES
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
MONARCHY
MONOPOLY
MULTIPARTY ELECTIONS
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
NATIONS
PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES
PATRONAGE
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICE
POLITICAL CHANGE
POLITICAL DEMOCRACY
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL ELITES
POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POLITICAL LEADERS
POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
POLITICAL LEGITIMACY
POLITICAL MOBILIZATION
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL POWER
POLITICAL PROCESS
POLITICAL REFORMS
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLITICAL SENSITIVITY
POLITICAL SYSTEM
POLITICIANS
POLITICS OF GROWTH
POPULAR PARTICIPATION
POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
POPULISM
POWER POLITICS
PRESIDENCY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC BUREAUCRACY
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC INFORMATION
PUBLIC INTEREST
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
PUBLIC RESOURCES
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCE
PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SPENDING
REPUBLIC
REVOLUTION
REVOLUTIONS
RULE OF LAW
RULING PARTY
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOCIAL CHANGE
SOCIAL CONSTRAINTS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL GROUPS
SOCIAL LEARNING
SOCIAL POLICIES
SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS
SOVEREIGNTY
SPECIALIZATION
STATE AUTHORITY
STATE FAILURE
STATE FUNCTIONS
STATE INSTITUTIONS
STATE INTERVENTION
TRADE POLICY
TRANSPARENCY
VIOLENCE
VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS
VOTING
WEALTH OF NATIONS
Levy, Brian
Fukuyama, Francis
Development Strategies : Integrating Governance and Growth
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 5196
description A frontier challenge for development strategy is to move beyond prescribing optimal economic policies, and instead -- taking a broad view of the interactions between economic, political and social constraints and dynamics -- to identify entry points capable of breaking a low-growth logjam, and initiating a virtuous spiral of cumulative change. The paper lays out four distinctive sequences via which the different dimensions might interact and evolve over time, and provides country-specific illustrations of each. Each sequence is defined by the principal focus of its initial step: 1) State capacity building provides a platform for accelerated growth via improved public sector performance and enhanced credibility for investors; strengthened political institutions and civil society come onto the agenda only over the longer term; 2) Transformational governance has as its entry point the reshaping of a country's political institutions. Accelerated growth could follow, insofar as institutional changes enhance accountability, and reduce the potential for arbitrary discretionary action -- and thereby shift expectations in a positive direction; 3) For 'just enough governance', the initial focus is on growth itself, with the aim of addressing specific capacity and institutional constraints as and when they become binding -- not seeking to anticipate and address in advance all possible institutional constraints; 4) Bottom-up development engages civil society as an entry point for seeking stronger state capacity, lower corruption, better public services, improvements in political institutions more broadly -- and a subsequent unlocking of constraints on growth. The sequences should not be viewed as a technocratic toolkit from which a putative reformer is free to choose. Recognizing that choice is constrained by history, the paper concludes by suggesting an approach for exploring what might the scope for identifying practical ways forward in specific country settings.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Levy, Brian
Fukuyama, Francis
author_facet Levy, Brian
Fukuyama, Francis
author_sort Levy, Brian
title Development Strategies : Integrating Governance and Growth
title_short Development Strategies : Integrating Governance and Growth
title_full Development Strategies : Integrating Governance and Growth
title_fullStr Development Strategies : Integrating Governance and Growth
title_full_unstemmed Development Strategies : Integrating Governance and Growth
title_sort development strategies : integrating governance and growth
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/11709174/development-strategies-integrating-governance-growth
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19915
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spelling okr-10986-199152021-04-23T14:03:52Z Development Strategies : Integrating Governance and Growth Levy, Brian Fukuyama, Francis ABUSES ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ADJUDICATION ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY AMBITION ASSETS AUTHORITARIAN RULE AUTHORITY AUTOCRACY BEST PRACTICE BUILDING STATE CAPACITY BUREAUCRACY BY ELECTION CHECKS AND BALANCES CITIZEN CITIZEN PARTICIPATION CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL WAR COLLAPSE COMMUNISM COMMUNIST CONFIDENCE CONSENSUS CONSTITUENCY CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM CORRUPT CORRUPT BUREAUCRACY CORRUPTION CORRUPTION CHARGES DECENTRALIZATION DECISION-MAKERS DECISION-MAKING DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS DEMOCRATIZATION DICTATORSHIP DISCRETION DIVISION OF LABOR DYSFUNCTIONAL GOVERNANCE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMICS ELECTION ELECTORAL DEMOCRACY FINANCIAL CRISIS FORMAL INSTITUTIONS FRAUD FREE MEDIA FREE PRESS GANGS GDP GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNANCE REFORM GOVERNANCE REFORMS GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY GOVERNORS HUMAN RIGHTS ILLIBERAL DEMOCRACY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCREMENTALISM INCUMBENT INDEPENDENT MEDIA INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS INSTITUTIONAL REFORM INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY INVESTIGATION INVESTMENT CLIMATE JUDICIARY JUSTICE LABOR UNIONS LAWS LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT LIBERALISM MAJORITY RULE MARKET ECONOMIES MARKET ECONOMY MILITARY REGIMES MINISTRY OF FINANCE MONARCHY MONOPOLY MULTIPARTY ELECTIONS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONS PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES PATRONAGE PER CAPITA INCOME POLICE POLITICAL CHANGE POLITICAL DEMOCRACY POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL ELITES POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL LEADERS POLITICAL LEADERSHIP POLITICAL LEGITIMACY POLITICAL MOBILIZATION POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL PROCESS POLITICAL REFORMS POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL SENSITIVITY POLITICAL SYSTEM POLITICIANS POLITICS OF GROWTH POPULAR PARTICIPATION POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY POPULISM POWER POLITICS PRESIDENCY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC BUREAUCRACY PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC INFORMATION PUBLIC INTEREST PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCE PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING REPUBLIC REVOLUTION REVOLUTIONS RULE OF LAW RULING PARTY SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL CONSTRAINTS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL GROUPS SOCIAL LEARNING SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS SOVEREIGNTY SPECIALIZATION STATE AUTHORITY STATE FAILURE STATE FUNCTIONS STATE INSTITUTIONS STATE INTERVENTION TRADE POLICY TRANSPARENCY VIOLENCE VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS VOTING WEALTH OF NATIONS A frontier challenge for development strategy is to move beyond prescribing optimal economic policies, and instead -- taking a broad view of the interactions between economic, political and social constraints and dynamics -- to identify entry points capable of breaking a low-growth logjam, and initiating a virtuous spiral of cumulative change. The paper lays out four distinctive sequences via which the different dimensions might interact and evolve over time, and provides country-specific illustrations of each. Each sequence is defined by the principal focus of its initial step: 1) State capacity building provides a platform for accelerated growth via improved public sector performance and enhanced credibility for investors; strengthened political institutions and civil society come onto the agenda only over the longer term; 2) Transformational governance has as its entry point the reshaping of a country's political institutions. Accelerated growth could follow, insofar as institutional changes enhance accountability, and reduce the potential for arbitrary discretionary action -- and thereby shift expectations in a positive direction; 3) For 'just enough governance', the initial focus is on growth itself, with the aim of addressing specific capacity and institutional constraints as and when they become binding -- not seeking to anticipate and address in advance all possible institutional constraints; 4) Bottom-up development engages civil society as an entry point for seeking stronger state capacity, lower corruption, better public services, improvements in political institutions more broadly -- and a subsequent unlocking of constraints on growth. The sequences should not be viewed as a technocratic toolkit from which a putative reformer is free to choose. Recognizing that choice is constrained by history, the paper concludes by suggesting an approach for exploring what might the scope for identifying practical ways forward in specific country settings. 2014-09-02T17:15:08Z 2014-09-02T17:15:08Z 2010-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/11709174/development-strategies-integrating-governance-growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19915 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 5196 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research