Bureaucracy and Development

Timothy Besley, Robin Burgess, Adnan Khan and Guo Xu

No 29163, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

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 paper 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 been 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 NGOs.

JEL-codes: D72 D73 H83 O11 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-08
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Published as Timothy Besley & Robin Burgess & Adnan Khan & Guo Xu, 2022. "Bureaucracy and Development," Annual Review of Economics, vol 14(1).

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