Facilitating learning and discovery-oriented industrial policy in Albania

Matt Andrews () and Peter Harrington
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Matt Andrews: Center for International Development at Harvard University
Peter Harrington: Center for International Development at Harvard University

No 431, CID Working Papers from Center for International Development at Harvard University

Abstract: Industrial policy initiatives demand a lot of knowledge from policymakers. Knowledge is often limited, however, especially when policies emerge from top-down technical experts or outsiders with limited contextual experience. Such policies are prone to mistakes. These can, however, be avoided by developing policies through collaborative ‘discovery processes’. Establishing organizations to do ‘discovery’ work is challenging, however, especially when challenges are urgent, resources lacking, and corruption concerns rife. In such settings, it may be more practical and effective to build listening and response capabilities into incumbent policy systems through rapid, temporary discovery processes. This paper provides a case narrative of an experiment with this idea, recounting the story of a problem-driven learning and discovery-oriented approach undertaken to reinvigorate a struggling sector in Albania in 2014.

Keywords: Industrial Policy; Albania (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-03
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