The Limits of Institutional Reform in Development

Changing Rules for Realistic Solutions

• Author(s): Matt Andrews,
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 254
• ISBN_10: 1107016339
  ISBN_13: 9781107016330
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development , Political Science / General , Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration , Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy , Political Science / Public Policy / General , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries ,

Description:... This book explains why many institutional reforms in developing countries have limited success and suggests ways to overcome these limits. The author argues that reforms often fail to make governments better because they are introduced as signals to gain short-term support. These signals introduce unrealistic best practices that do not fit developing country contexts and are not considered relevant by implementing agents. The result is a set of new forms that do not function. However, there are realistic solutions emerging from institutional reforms in some developing countries. Lessons from these experiences suggest that reform limits, although challenging to adopt, can be overcome by focusing change on problem solving through an incremental process that involves multiple agents.