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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972037303321

Titolo

Problem-driven political economy analysis : the World Bank's experience / / Verena Fritz, Brian Levy, and Rachel Ort, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , 2014

ISBN

9781464801228

1464801223

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (pages cm)

Collana

Directions in development

Altri autori (Persone)

FritzVerena

LevyBrian <1954->

OrtRachel

Disciplina

338.9109172/4

Soggetti

Infrastructure (Economics) - Developing countries - Management

Developing countries Economic policy Case studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the authors and editors -- Abbreviations -- Problem-driven political economy in action : overview and synthesis of the case studies / Verena Fritz and Brian Levy -- The political economy of resource allocation -- Dealing with a resource shock : political economy analysis and its impacts in Mongolia / Verena Fritz -- Assessing public opinion in the political economy of reform : the case of energy subsidy reform in Morocco / Dorothée Chen, Andrea Liverani, and Judith Krauss -- Political economy drivers of national infrastructure reforms -- The Dominican Republic : moving from exit to voice : shifting incentives in the power sector / Carlos Rufín, Davide Zucchini, Roby Senderowitsch, and Miguel Eduardo Sánchez -- High growth, limited inclusiveness, and poor public service delivery in the Dominican Republic -- Using political economy assessment to reorient sectoral strategy : infrastructure reform in Zambia / Brian Levy and Patricia Palale -- Political economy challenges of national-local interactions in sectors -- Developing commercial agriculture in Ghana / David W. Throup, Chris Jackson, Katherine Bain, and Rachel Ort -- Continuity and change in postconflict Sierra Leone : politics matters for infrastructure sector reform / Marco Larizza, Vivek Srivastava, and



Kavita Sethi -- Formal rules, clientelism, and the allocation of project funds across villages in Papua New Guinea / Yasuhiko MatsudaZahid Hasnain, Philip Keefer, and Nicholas Menzies -- Strengthening local service delivery in the Philippines : the use of political economy to craft bank operational strategies / Yasuhiko Matsuda -- Notes -- References -- Boxes.

Sommario/riassunto

Problem-driven political economy analysis holds considerable promise to help development practitioners identify what policies and strategies are most likely to succeed in addressing difficult and persistent development challenges. This volume is the result of a systematic effort to take stock of what the World Bank has learned from efforts to mainstream this approach. The eight cases presented here are good practice examples that illustrate and reflect on what the Bank has been able to achieve in this area so far. Each chapter begins with a discussion of the specific development challenge that