State-Community Synergies in Development : Laying the Basis for Collective Action

If states would interact more synergistically with communities, they could tap local energies and resources for development-- and help create a development-oriented society and polity in the process. The authors analyze experience in several countries to identify the actions required for state-commu...

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Main Authors:	Das Gupta, Monica, Grandvoinnet, Helene, Romani, Mattia
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	central-local government relations land reform nonfarm income local level community participation access to information accountability agricultural production agricultural sector agriculture average productivity case studies civil society client feedback clinics collective action common good community leaders community level community members corruption decision-making processes developing countries development process economic growth economists empirical evidence employment entitlements environmental problems exploitation farmers farms health care housing human development income incomes inequality institutional change institutional changes insurance interest rates livestock living conditions local authorities local communities local institutions local officials market institutions marketing national level new technologies policy research political commitment political conditions political economy political leadership poor community poverty alleviation poverty reduction productivity public funds public goods public sector public services quality control reducing poverty rural areas rural communities rural development rural poor sanctions savings service delivery sharecropping social development social status technical support unequal distribution vested interests wage rates wages
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spelling	okr-10986-213512021-04-23T14:04:01Z State-Community Synergies in Development : Laying the Basis for Collective Action Das Gupta, Monica Grandvoinnet, Helene Romani, Mattia central-local government relations land reform nonfarm income local level community participation access to information accountability agricultural production agricultural sector agriculture average productivity case studies civil society client feedback clinics collective action common good community leaders community level community members corruption decision-making processes developing countries development process economic growth economists empirical evidence employment entitlements environmental problems exploitation farmers farms health care housing human development income incomes inequality institutional change institutional changes insurance interest rates land reform livestock living conditions local authorities local communities local institutions local level local officials market institutions marketing national level new technologies policy research political commitment political conditions political economy political leadership poor community poverty alleviation poverty reduction productivity public funds public goods public sector public services quality control reducing poverty rural areas rural communities rural development rural poor sanctions savings service delivery sharecropping social development social status technical support unequal distribution vested interests wage rates wages If states would interact more synergistically with communities, they could tap local energies and resources for development-- and help create a development-oriented society and polity in the process. The authors analyze experience in several countries to identify the actions required for state-community synergies in development. Two actions that seem especially important: 1) Broadening the distribution of power within communities, to facilitate collective action and reduce the potential for local capture. In rural areas, much can be done by expanding access to credit, strengthening tenants' rights, and expanding non-crop sources of income. 2) Creating state-community alliances to improve the effectiveness of local public sector institutions and the delivery of services. Case studies from East Asia and Latin America show that such alliances can effect rapid improvements in local institutions, benefiting not only communities but also politicians seeking support and legitimacy. Local bureaucratic reform, combined with more egalitarian community social organizations, allows the creation of powerful coalitions and synergies for rapid, self-sustaining development. This model has been used to achieve outcomes ranging from better health care and drought relief to the generation of agrarian and industrial economic growth. In China and Taiwan, China, these state-community synergies helped produce not only for local consumption but for a rich export market. The cases show that with creative political thinking it is possible to effect rapid change even in poor institutional settings. The Brazilian experience shows how difficult institutional change is in highly inegalitarian settings, but also how such obstacles can be overcome by changes designed to bring grassroots electoral pressure to bear on local government. Experience elsewhere shows, however, how fragile such efforts can be if political support from above is prematurely withdrawn. 2015-01-26T17:57:07Z 2015-01-26T17:57:07Z 2000-09 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21351 en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2439 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific Latin America & Caribbean South Asia East Asia Latin America Brazil China India Korea, Republic of
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topic	central-local government relations land reform nonfarm income local level community participation access to information accountability agricultural production agricultural sector agriculture average productivity case studies civil society client feedback clinics collective action common good community leaders community level community members corruption decision-making processes developing countries development process economic growth economists empirical evidence employment entitlements environmental problems exploitation farmers farms health care housing human development income incomes inequality institutional change institutional changes insurance interest rates land reform livestock living conditions local authorities local communities local institutions local level local officials market institutions marketing national level new technologies policy research political commitment political conditions political economy political leadership poor community poverty alleviation poverty reduction productivity public funds public goods public sector public services quality control reducing poverty rural areas rural communities rural development rural poor sanctions savings service delivery sharecropping social development social status technical support unequal distribution vested interests wage rates wages
spellingShingle	central-local government relations land reform nonfarm income local level community participation access to information accountability agricultural production agricultural sector agriculture average productivity case studies civil society client feedback clinics collective action common good community leaders community level community members corruption decision-making processes developing countries development process economic growth economists empirical evidence employment entitlements environmental problems exploitation farmers farms health care housing human development income incomes inequality institutional change institutional changes insurance interest rates land reform livestock living conditions local authorities local communities local institutions local level local officials market institutions marketing national level new technologies policy research political commitment political conditions political economy political leadership poor community poverty alleviation poverty reduction productivity public funds public goods public sector public services quality control reducing poverty rural areas rural communities rural development rural poor sanctions savings service delivery sharecropping social development social status technical support unequal distribution vested interests wage rates wages Das Gupta, Monica Grandvoinnet, Helene Romani, Mattia State-Community Synergies in Development : Laying the Basis for Collective Action
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description	If states would interact more synergistically with communities, they could tap local energies and resources for development-- and help create a development-oriented society and polity in the process. The authors analyze experience in several countries to identify the actions required for state-community synergies in development. Two actions that seem especially important: 1) Broadening the distribution of power within communities, to facilitate collective action and reduce the potential for local capture. In rural areas, much can be done by expanding access to credit, strengthening tenants' rights, and expanding non-crop sources of income. 2) Creating state-community alliances to improve the effectiveness of local public sector institutions and the delivery of services. Case studies from East Asia and Latin America show that such alliances can effect rapid improvements in local institutions, benefiting not only communities but also politicians seeking support and legitimacy. Local bureaucratic reform, combined with more egalitarian community social organizations, allows the creation of powerful coalitions and synergies for rapid, self-sustaining development. This model has been used to achieve outcomes ranging from better health care and drought relief to the generation of agrarian and industrial economic growth. In China and Taiwan, China, these state-community synergies helped produce not only for local consumption but for a rich export market. The cases show that with creative political thinking it is possible to effect rapid change even in poor institutional settings. The Brazilian experience shows how difficult institutional change is in highly inegalitarian settings, but also how such obstacles can be overcome by changes designed to bring grassroots electoral pressure to bear on local government. Experience elsewhere shows, however, how fragile such efforts can be if political support from above is prematurely withdrawn.
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author	Das Gupta, Monica Grandvoinnet, Helene Romani, Mattia
author_facet	Das Gupta, Monica Grandvoinnet, Helene Romani, Mattia
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title	State-Community Synergies in Development : Laying the Basis for Collective Action
title_short	State-Community Synergies in Development : Laying the Basis for Collective Action
title_full	State-Community Synergies in Development : Laying the Basis for Collective Action
title_fullStr	State-Community Synergies in Development : Laying the Basis for Collective Action
title_full_unstemmed	State-Community Synergies in Development : Laying the Basis for Collective Action
title_sort	state-community synergies in development : laying the basis for collective action
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State-Community Synergies in Development : Laying the Basis for Collective Action

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