Institutions taking root : building state capacity in challenging contexts / / Naazneen H. Barma, Elisabeth Huybens, and Lorena Viñuela, editors

• Pubblicazione: Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Group, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (415 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.9172/4
• Soggetto topico: Institution building - Developing countries; Institutional economics - Developing countries
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): BarmaNaazneen H.; HuybensElisabeth; ViñuelaLorena
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Contributors; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Overview: Institutions Taking Root: Building State Capacity in Challenging Contexts; Literature Review: Building State Capacity in Challenging Contexts; Research Design: Explaining Institutional Success; Pathways to Institutional Success: Navigating the Evolving Sociopolitical Context; Core Institutional Repertoire: Shared Underpinnings of Success; Tables; 0.1 Repertoire of Practices; Policy Implications; Conclusion; Notes; References; PART I: THE GAMBIA ; Chapter 1. The Gambia: Balancing Structural Constraints and Hegemonic PoliticsNotes; Chapter 2. The Gambia Case Study: Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs; Institutional Success; Figures; 2.1 Performance of Key CPIA Indicators, 2005-10; 2.1 CPIA Scores; 2.2 Central Bank Financing as a Share of the Previous Year''s Tax Revenue, 2001-10; 2.3 Overall Deficit as a Share of GDP, 2001-10; 2.4 Tax Revenue, 2001-10; 2.5 Domestic Revenue, 2001-10; 2.6 Net ODA and Official Aid Received, 2000-10; 2.7 Net ODA Received, 2000-10; Sociopolitical and Historical Context ; 2.8 GNI per Capita, Atlas, 1980-2010External Operational Environment; 2.9 Wages and Salaries as a Share of Domestic Revenues, 2001-10; Internal Institutional Workings; 2.2 Milestones of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs; Boxes; 2.1 The IFMIS Project; Challenges; Conclusions; PEFA Complete Indicator Set; Notes; References; Chapter 3. The Gambia Case Study: Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education; Institutional Success; 3.1 Enrollment in Lower Basic Education, 2000-09; 3.2 Enrollment in Upper Basic Education, 2000-09; 3.3 Enrollment in Secondary School, 2004-09 ; 3.4 Enrollment in Higher Education, 2004-093.5 Primary School Completion Rate, Total, 1992-2010; Map; 3.1 Gross Enrollment Ratio, Basic Education, 2009-10; 3.6 Primary School Completion Rate, Female, 1992-2010; 3.7 Ratio of Girls to Boys in Primary and Secondary Education, 2000 and 2010; 3.8 Progression to Secondary School, Female, 2000-10; 3.9 Perceptions of Household Heads on the Quality of Public Education, 2007; 3.10 Satisfaction with Primary Education Services in the Six Regions; Solutions for Governance Challenges ; 3.1 Timeline of Key Events in the Ministry of Basic and Secondary EducationExternal Operational Environment; 3.11 Public Spending on Education, Total, 2010; 3.12 Public Spending on Education, Total, 2000 and 2010; 3.1 The Innovations of the Coordinating Committee Meetings; Internal Institutional Workings; 3.2 Building the Directorate of Planning; Challenges; Conclusion; Annex 3A; 3A.1 The Gambia: National and Regional Study Sample, 2011; 3A.2 Focus Group Discussants for the Regional Study; 3A.3 Interviewees for the Regional Study; Notes; References; PART II: LAO PEOPLE''S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ; Chapter 4. The Institution-Building Context in Lao PDR
• Sommario/riassunto: Building and operating successful public institutions is a perennial and long-term challenge for governments, which is compounded by the volatile conditions found in fragile settings. Yet some government agencies do manage to take root and achieve success in delivering results earning legitimacy and forging resilience in otherwise challenging contexts. Drawing on mixed-method empirical research carried out on nine public agencies in Lao PDR, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, and Timor Leste, this volume identifies the shared causal mechanisms underpinning institutional success in fragile states by exa
• Titolo autorizzato: Institutions taking root
• ISBN: 1-4648-0270-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460028803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New frontiers of social policy.