Bureaucracy and Development

Adnan Khan (), Guo Xu (), Robin Burgess () and Timothy Besley
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Adnan Khan: Department of Economics, London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom
Guo Xu: Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
Robin Burgess: Department of Economics, London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom

Annual Review of Economics, 2022, vol. 14, issue 1, 397-424

Abstract: In recent years, there has been increasing interest in whether and how bureaucratic effectiveness contributes to development. Just what makes for an effective bureaucracy and what are the building blocks of state capacity remain subject to debate. This article reviews the arguments connecting contemporary research using administrative data and field experiments to wider discussions of the origins of state capacity. Most current research has focused on understanding specific features of the environment in which bureaucrats operate. We connect this to discussions of bureaucratic systems, specifically the relationship to politics, citizens, firms, and nongovernmental organizations.

Keywords: government; state capacity; bureaucracy; public administration; regulation; service delivery; economic development; political economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 D73 H83 L51 O11 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1146/annurev-economics-080521-011950

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