| Description |
1 online resource (xxix, 380 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
New frontiers of social policy |
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New frontiers of social policy.
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| Contents |
Overview: Institutions taking root : building state capacity in challenging contexts / Lorena Viñuela, Naazneen H. Barma, and Elisabeth Huybens -- The Gambia : balancing structural constraints and hegemonic politics / Lorena Viñuela -- The Gambia case study : Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs / Lorena Viñuela and Helle M. Alvesson -- The Gambia case study : Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education / Helle M. Alvesson and Lorena Viñuela -- The institution-building context in Lao PDR / Naazneen H. Barma and Stephanie Robert Oksen -- Lao PDR case study : électricité du Laos / Naazneen H. Barma and Stephanie Robert Oksen -- Lao PDR case study : Ministry of Public Works and Transport / Naazneen H. Barma and Stephanie Robert Oksen -- The institution-building context in Sierra Leone / Marco Larizza and Brendan Glynn -- Sierra Leone case study : Ministry of Finance and Economic Development / Lorena Viñuela and Ousman Barrie -- Sierra Leone case study : local councils / Marco Larizza and Brendan Glynn -- The institution-building context in Timor-Leste / Catherine Anderson and Elisabeth Huybens -- Timor-Leste case study : Ministry of Social Solidarity / Catherine Anderson -- Timor-Leste case study : Ministry of Health / Catherine Anderson -- Timor-Leste case study : the central bank of Timor-Leste / Lorena Viñuela |
| Summary |
Building and operating successful public institutions is a perennial and long-term challenge for governments, which is compounded by the volatile conditions found in fragile settings. Yet some government agencies do manage to take root and achieve success in delivering results earning legitimacy and forging resilience in otherwise challenging contexts. Drawing on mixed-method empirical research carried out on nine public agencies in Lao PDR, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, and Timor Leste, this volume identifies the shared causal mechanisms underpinning institutional success in fragile states by examining the inner workings of these institutions, along with the external operational environment and sociopolitical context in which they exist. Successful institutions share and deploy a common repertoire of internal and external operational strategies. In addition they connect this micro-institutional repertoire to the macro-sociopolitical context along three discernible pathways to institutional success. Institutional development is a heavily contextual, dynamic, and non-linear process but certain actionable lessons emerge for policy-makiers and development partners.-- Publisher description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed December 30, 2015) |
| Subject |
Institution building -- Developing countries
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Institutional economics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Institution building.
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Institutional economics.
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Developing countries.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Barma, Naazneen, editor.
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Huybens, Elisabeth, editor.
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Viñuela, Lorena, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781464802706 |
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146480270X |
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