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The Limits of Institutional Reform in Development

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Developing countries commonly adopt reforms to improve their governments yet they usually fail to produce more functional and effective governments. Andrews argues that reforms often fail to make governments better because they are introduced as signals to gain short-term support. These signals introduce unrealistic best practices that do not fit developing country contexts and are not considered relevant by implementing agents. The result is a set of new forms that do not function. However, there are realistic solutions emerging from institutional reforms in some developing countries. Lessons from these experiences suggest that reform limits, although challenging to adopt, can be overcome by focusing change on problem solving through an incremental process that involves multiple agents.

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  • Andrews,Matt, 2014. "The Limits of Institutional Reform in Development," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9781107684881.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:cbooks:9781107684881
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    1. International Monetary Fund, 2014. "United Arab Emirates: Selected Issues," IMF Staff Country Reports 2014/188, International Monetary Fund.
    2. Matt Husain, 2018. "Dichotomy of development aid’s ambition and neoliberal imperatives: A case‐study of private‐sector development in Bangladesh," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 36(S2), pages 803-814, September.
    3. Jonathan Glennie, 2015. "The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor , William Easterly, New York: Basic Books , 2014, pp. 416, £ 16.99, ISBN 978-0465031252 Aid on the Edge of Chaos. Re," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 51(6), pages 763-765, June.

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