Explaining Positive Deviance in Public Sector Reforms in Development

Matt Andrews

No wp-2013-117, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Public sector reforms are commonplace in developing countries. Much of the literature about these reforms reflects on their failures. This paper asks about the successes and investigates which of two competing theories best explain why some reforms exhibit such positive deviance. These theories are called 'solution- and leader-driven change' and 'problem-driven iterative adaptation'. They are used to analyse data emerging from a case survey involving thirty cases from Princeton University's Innovations for Successful Society programme.

Keywords: Bureaucracy; Economic development; Economic growth; Public finance; Public administration; Technological innovations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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