Escaping Capability Traps Through Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA)

Matt Andrews, Lant Pritchett and Michael Woolcock

No wp-2012-064, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Many reform initiatives in developing countries fail to achieve sustained improvements in performance because they are merely isomorphic mimicry—that is, governments and organizations pretend to reform by changing what policies or organizations look like rather than what they actually do. The flow of development resources and legitimacy without demonstrated improvements in performance, however, undermines the impetus for effective action to build state capability or improve performance.

Keywords: Economic development; Economic policy; Public administration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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