Can Islands of Effectiveness Thrive in Difficult Governance Settings? The Political Economy of Local-level Collaborative Governance

Can Islands of Effectiveness Thrive in Difficult Governance Settings? The Political Economy of Local-level Collaborative Governance

Many low-income countries contend with a governance syndrome characterized by a difficult combination of seeming openness, weak institutions, and strong inter-elite contestation for power and resources. In such countries, neither broad-based policy...

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Main Author: Levy, Brian
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ACCOUNTABILITY
AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
BANKS
BEST PRACTICE
BINDING CONSTRAINTS
BRIBE
BRIBES
BUREAUCRACY
BUREAUCRATIC ACTORS
BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS
COALITIONS
COLLECTIVE ACTION
CONSTITUTIONS
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CORRUPT
CORRUPTION
CREDIBLE COMMITMENT
DECISION MAKING
DECISION-MAKING
DEMOCRACY
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
DISCRETION
DYSFUNCTIONAL GOVERNANCE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMICS
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPIRICAL BASIS
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS
ENVIRONMENTS
EQUILIBRIUM
EXCHANGE OF IDEAS
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FISHERIES
FISHING
FORMAL INSTITUTIONS
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS
HISTORIANS
INCOME
INITIATIVE
INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
INTEGRITY
JUSTICE
LEADERSHIP
LEGAL FRAMEWORKS
LOCAL COMMUNITY
LOCAL LEVELS
MARGINAL COST
MONOPOLY
NATIONAL LEVEL
PATRONAGE
POLICY MEASURES
POLICY REFORM
POLICY REFORMS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL DYNAMICS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL ELITES
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL STABILITY
POLITICAL STRUGGLE
POLITICIANS
POOR PERFORMANCE
PRESIDENCY
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PROCUREMENT
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC AGENCIES
PUBLIC BUREAUCRACY
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC GOOD
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC RESOURCES
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCE
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICE PROVISION
PUBLIC SERVICES
REVOLUTIONS
SANCTION
SANCTIONS
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
SERVICE DELIVERY
SOCIAL COST
SOCIAL LEARNING
SOCIAL NORMS
SOCIAL RETURNS
SOCIAL SCIENCES
STATE FAILURE
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPARENT INFORMATION
VIOLENCE
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