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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xiii, 377 pages : illustrations ; ; 24 cm
• Disciplina: 320.6/096
• Soggetto topico: Infrastructure (Economics) - Africa
• Soggetto geografico: Africa Politics and government 1960-; Africa Economic policy; Africa Economic conditions 1960-; Africa Social policy
• Altri autori: LevyBrian <1954-> KpundehSahr John
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Building state capacity in Africa
• ISBN: 1-280-08506-1; 9786610085064; 1-4175-5006-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812976103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: WBI development studies.