Problem-Driven Political Economy Analysis : The World Bank's Experience

Problem-driven political economy analysis holds considerable promise to help development practitioners identify what policies and strategies are most likely to succeed in addressing difficult and persistent development challenges. This volume is the result of a systematic effort to take stock of what the World Bank has learned from efforts to mainstream this approach. The eight cases presented here are good practice examples that illustrate and reflect on what the Bank has been able to achieve in this area so far. Each chapter begins with a discussion of the specific development challenge that

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Fritz, Verena
Other Persons:	Levy, Brian (contributor) ; Ort, Rachel (contributor)
Publisher:	Washington : World Bank Publications
Subject:	Entwicklungsländer \| Developing countries \| Entwicklung \| Economic development \| Wirtschaftspolitik \| Economic policy \| Theorie \| Theory \| Entwicklungspolitik \| Development policy \| Welt \| World
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Extent:	Online-Ressource (289 p)
Series:	Directions in Development Directions in Development--Public Sector Governance
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Problem-Driven Political Economy in Action: Overview and Synthesis of the Case Studies; Introduction; A Problem-Driven Approach; Figure 1.1 Layers and Key Aspects of Problem-Driven Political Economy Analysis; Figures; Table 1.1 Problem-Driven Political Economy-Eight Development Challenges; Tables; Diagnosing the Political Drivers of Decision Making; "Evidencing" Political Economy Analysis; Table 1.2 Types of Evidencing Used in the Eight Country Chapters; Policy Implications of Political Economy Assessments Figure 1.2 The Spectrum of Reform SpaceTable 1.3 From Diagnosis to Recommendation: What the Assessments Proposed; From Recommendation to Action; Some Wider Lessons; Notes; Bibliography; Part 1 The Political Economy of Resource Allocation; Chapter 2 Dealing with a Resource Shock: Political Economy Analysis and Its Impacts in Mongolia; Introduction; Figure 2.1 GDP Growth and Volatility; Country-Level PEA; Maps; Map 2.1 Mongolia; Figure 2.2 Key Commodity Prices and Political Economy Events and Turning Points; Figure 2.3 The Rapid Rise of per Capita GDP since the Late 1990s Figure 2.4 Inflation, 2001-12Figure 2.5 Overall Fiscal Balance, 2000-12; Political Economy Aspects of Key Spending Areas: Public Investments and Cash Transfers; Figure 2.6 Rapidly Rising Capital Expenditures, 2003-11; Table 2.1 Evolution of Key Social Transfers, 2003-12; Conclusion: PEA and World Bank Engagement during a Resource Boom; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 3 Assessing Public Opinion in the Political Economy of Reform: The Case of Energy Subsidy Reform in Morocco; Introduction: Subsidy Reform in Morocco, More Than a Technical Issue Morocco's Subsidy Regime: Technical Challenges, Political Economy Drivers of Decision Making, and a History of Partial ReformTable 3.1 Distribution of Subsidies among Income Quintiles; Figure 3.1 Development of Subsidy Payments, 2003-11; The Challenge of Acceptability: Capturing Public Views on a Potential Reform to Subsidies for Butane Gas; Table 3.2 Social Protection Reform Options Envisaged by the Government Used in a Quantitative Survey; Boxes; Box 3.1 Choice Variables to Determine Profiles; Figure 3.2 Awareness of Subsidy System According to Socioprofessional Category Figure 3.3 Perception of the Subsidy System: Who Benefits the Most?Figure 3.4 Degree of Utility Attributed to Price Variations and Social Protection Programs; Figure 3.5 Reaction to DH 5 Increase in Price of Butane Gas; Box 3.2 Key Conclusions; Moving toward Impact: Evolving Efforts at Subsidy Reforms; Table 3.3 Overview of Energy Subsidy Reform in Morocco, June 2012; Notes; Bibliography; Part 2 Political Economy Drivers of National Infrastructure Reforms; Chapter 4 The Dominican Republic: Moving from Exit to Voice-Shifting Incentives in the Power Sector High Growth, Limited Inclusiveness, and Poor Public Service Delivery in the Dominican Republic
ISBN:	978-1-4648-0121-1 ; 978-1-4648-0122-8
Other identifiers:	hdl:10986/16389 [Handle]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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