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Governance And The Implementation Of Technology Policy In Less Developed Countries

Ahrens, Joachim - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 11 (2002) 4-5, pp. 441-476

implementing public policies. Crafting public institutions which ensure accountability, transparency, and predictability of policy …This study discusses key issues of technology policy in less developed countries from a governance perspective. In … design of the public administration and the public-private interface are crucial ingredients of an effective governance …

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Who really leads development?

Andrews, Matt - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

.Leadership. is not a common topic for research in international development. In recent years, however, prominent studies like the 2008 Growth Commission Report noted the importance of leadership in development. This and other studies focused on individua

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How do governments become great? Ten cases, two competing explanations, one large research agenda

Andrews, Matt - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

Governments can play great roles in their countries, regions, and cities; facilitating or leading the resolution of festering problems and opening new pathways for progress. Examples are more numerous than one might imagine and raise an important question

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Overcoming the limits of institutional reform in Uganda

Andrews, Matt; Bategeka, Lawrence - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

This paper begins by noting that Uganda has been a public sector reform leader in Africa. It has pursued reforms actively and consistently for three decades now, and has produced many laws, processes and structures that are .best in class. in Africa (and

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Explaining positive deviance in public sector reforms in development

Andrews, Matt - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

Public sector reforms are commonplace in developing countries. Much of the literature about these reforms reflects on their failures. This paper asks about the successes and investigates which of two competing theories best explain why some reforms exhibi

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Does successful governance require heroes? The case of Sergio Fajardo and the city of Medell.n: A reform case for instruction

Fajardo, Alejandro; Andrews, Matt - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014

The city of Medell.n, Colombia was a cauldron of violence with 185 homicides per 100,000 people in 2002. By 2006, this rate had declined to 32.5. Such successful transformation was termed the .Medell.n miracle. and credited to policies of the city.s mayor

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Escaping Capability Traps Through Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA)

Andrews, Matt; Pritchett, Lant; Woolcock, Michael - In: World Development 51 (2013) C, pp. 234-244

Many development initiatives fail to improve performance because they promote isomorphic mimicry—governments change what they look like, not what they do. This article proposes a new approach to doing development, Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA), which contrasts with standard...

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Can one retell a Mozambican reform story through problem-driven iterative adaptation?

Andrews, Matt - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014

Many public sector reforms in developing countries fail to make governments more functional. This is typically because reforms introduce new solutions that do not fit the contexts in which they are being placed. This situation reflects what has recently b

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