Making Reforms Work in the Caribbean : A Collective Action Approach to Growth
The Caribbean Growth Forum (CGF) was thus designed to respond to these concerns: to be both a forum of dialogue to identify needed reforms, and a catalyst for the implemen¬tation of agreed reform priorities, creating the needed accelerators to make...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/19886878/making-reforms-work-caribbean-collective-action-approach-growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20082 |
| Summary: | The Caribbean Growth Forum (CGF) was
thus designed to respond to these concerns: to be both a
forum of dialogue to identify needed reforms, and a catalyst
for the implemen¬tation of agreed reform priorities,
creating the needed accelerators to make reforms happen,
while keeping in mind the political economy factors that
have impeded reforms in the past. Since inception, the CGF
process has been solidly grounded on few core principles:
(i) tailor¬ing: the approach is based on locally defined
problems and solutions (home grown); (ii)
ac¬tion-orientation: prioritization and sequencing of
reforms (e.g., combining gradual reforms with longer term
structural changes) and their translation into clear,
achievable and measur¬able targets, dashboards and roadmaps
for implementation; (iii) transparency: making both targets
and the process public to increase participation and shared
commitments, thus creat¬ing a routine culture of public
reporting to track progress openly (introduce behavioral
chang¬es); (iv) flexibility: to ensure that the process
allows for adjustments if targets are not reached and to
create space for innovation; and (v) accountability:
infusing a sense of shared re¬sponsibility across the
coalition that is supporting change, thus moving from a
blaming cul¬ture to a culture of finding solutions by doing;
and, eventually, anchoring the process around a small group
of responsible government officials and support them in
delivering policies. |
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