World development report 2017 governance and the law

• Main Author: Group, World Bank
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Herndon THE WORLD BANK 2017; World Bank; World Bank Publications; The World Bank
• Edition: 1
• Series: A World Bank Group Flagship Report
• Subjects: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development; Economic development; POLITICAL SCIENCE; INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCE; DEVELOPMENT POLICY; LEGAL INSTITUTIONS; PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM; STATE CAPACITY; FOREIGN AID; INCENTIVES; CORRUPTION; SERVICE DELIVERY; MANAGING RISK; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; ACCOUNTABILITY; TRANSPARENCY; CONTESTABILITY; CITIZEN AGENCY; MEDIA; CAPTURE; ELITE BARGAINS; EQUITY; GOVERNANCE; CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT; RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT; COORDINATION; COOPERATION; PUBLIC GOODS; MIDDLE-INCOME TRAP; DECENTRALIZATION; VIOLENCE; COMMITMENT; PRO-POOR GROWTH; SECURITY; TRANSNATIONALISM

Why are carefully designed, sensible policies too often not adopted or implemented? When they are, why do they often fail to generate development outcomes such as security, growth, and equity? And why do some bad policies endure? This book addresses these fundamental questions, which are at the hear...