The politics of successful governance reforms
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The politics of successful governance reforms
Routledge, 2009
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  Iwate
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  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book examines the factors that give rise to successful governance reforms in developing countries, focusing on the importance of political commitment, supportive institutions, and the timing of reforms. It reviews the lessons arising from the design and implementation of successful governance reforms in Brazil, India, Uganda and other parts of Africa through comparative analysis of experience with public financial management, anti-corruption, civil service reform, and innovations in service delivery.
The contributors suggest that three factors are critical in explaining positive outcomes:
strong, consistent commitment from politicians to initiate and sustain reforms;
a high level of technical capacity and some degree of insulation from societal interests, at least in the early phases, for designing and managing reforms;
incremental approaches with cumulative benefits are more likely to produce sustainable results.
Explicit attention to the political feasibility of reform, identifying and building incentives for reform, and a more gradual and piecemeal approach are all integral to the success of future governance reforms.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction: The Politics of Successful Governance Reforms Mark Robinson 2 Manoeuvring Past Clientelism: Institutions and Incentives to Generate Constituencies in Support of Governance Reforms Anne Marie Goetz 3 Successful Governance Reforms in Two Indian States: Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh James Manor 4 The Political Economy of Governance Reforms in Uganda Mark Robinson 5 Governance Reform and Institutional Change in Brazil: Federalism and Tax Aaron Schneider 6 State Capacity, Accountability and Economic Development in Africa Brian Levy 7 The Politics of Successful Governance Reforms: Lessons of Design and Implementation Mark Robinson
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