NGOs and state development -- Theorizing NGOs and the state : territoriality, governance, capacity, legitimacy -- Kenya … as case study : historical portraits of NGOs and the state -- Territoriality : NGOs and the broadcasting of state power … administrative capacity : isomorphism through learning in the civil service -- Have NGOs decreased perceptions of state legitimacy …

We expect effective state institutions to matter in a country's ability to respond to crises. Yet notably in the first … relationships in the cross-country data, drawing on measures of the state, COVID's health impact, and pandemic policy response. In … between state effectiveness and pandemic health outcomes does in fact pertain. Our findings also offer insight into how …