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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812976103321

Titolo

Building state capacity in Africa : new approaches, emerging lessons / / edited by Brian Levy, Sahr Kpundeh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2004

ISBN

1-280-08506-1

9786610085064

1-4175-5006-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 377 pages : illustrations ; ; 24 cm

Collana

WBI development studies

Altri autori (Persone)

LevyBrian <1954->

KpundehSahr John

Disciplina

320.6/096

Soggetti

Infrastructure (Economics) - Africa

Africa Politics and government 1960-

Africa Economic policy

Africa Economic conditions 1960-

Africa Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Jointly prepared by the World Bank Institute and the Africa Region Vice Presidency of the World Bank."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- 1. Governance and Economic Development in Africa: Meeting the Challenge of Capacity Building -- 2. Comparative Experience with Public Service Reform in Ghana, Tanzania, and Zambia -- 3. Building State Capacity in Africa: Learning from Performance and Results -- 4. Reforming Pay Policy: Techniques, Sequencing, and Politics -- 5. Cabinets, Budgets, and Poverty: Political Commitment to Poverty Reduction -- 6. Public Expenditure Accountability in Africa: Progress, Lessons, and Challenges -- 7. Emerging Legislatures: Institutions of Horizontal Accountability -- 8. Process Interventions Versus Structural Reforms: Institutionalizing Anticorruption Reforms in Africa -- 9. The Politics of Decentralization in Africa: A Comparative Analysis -- 10. Education Decentralization in Africa: A Review of Recent Policy and Practice -- 11. Reflections -- Index.