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Does successful governance require heroes? : the case of Sergio Fajardo and the city of Medellín ; a reform case for instruction

Fajardo, Alejandro; Andrews, Matt - 2014

abridged version of the story offers instructors a classroom case to discuss leaders and leadership in governance reform. …

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Explaining positive deviance in public sector reforms in development

Andrews, Matt - 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 exhibit such positive deviance. These theories...

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Explaining positive deviance in public sector reforms in development

Andrews, Matt - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 74 (2015), pp. 197-208

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Who really leads development?

Andrews, Matt - 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 individual leaders - or heroes - when examining...

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Overcoming the limits of institutional reform in Uganda

Andrews, Matt; Bategeka, Lawrence - 2013

This paper begins by noting that Uganda has been a public sector reform leader in Africa. It has pursued reforms … that new mechanisms work as intended. The paper suggests that government should reframe its reform agenda to address these …

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Explaining positive deviance in public sector reforms in development

Andrews, Matt - 2013

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

Andrews, Matt - 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: 'how do governments become great?'....

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

Fajardo, Alejandro; Andrews, Matt - 2014

abridged version of the story offers instructors a classroom case to discuss leaders and leadership in governance reform. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343237

Building State Capability: Evidence, Analysis, Action

Andrews, Matt; Pritchett, Lant; Woolcock, Michael - 2017

Governments play a major role in the development process, and constantly introduce reforms and policies to achieve developmental objectives. Many of these interventions have limited impact, however; schools get built but children don't learn, IT systems are introduced but not used, plans are...

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

Andrews, Matt - 2014

reform. In particular, the work suggests that reforms will tend to be more contextually fitted if: (i) they are driven by … ideas into an approach to doing reform called problem-driven iterative adaptation (PDIA). This approach has deep roots in … various literatures but many observers still ask how PDIA-type reforms could work to foster successful reform in complex …

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