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Institutions Taking Root : Building State Capacity in Challenging Contexts

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  • Naazneen H. Barma
  • Elisabeth Huybens
  • Lorena Vinuela

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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 examining the inner workings of these institutions, along with the external operational environment and sociopolitical context in which they exist. Successful institutions share and deploy a common repertoire of internal and external operational strategies. In addition they connect this micro-institutional repertoire to the macro-sociopolitical context along three discernible pathways to institutional success. Institutional development is a heavily contextual, dynamic, and non-linear process but certain actionable lessons emerge for policy-makiers and development partners.

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  • Naazneen H. Barma & Elisabeth Huybens & Lorena Vinuela, 2014. "Institutions Taking Root : Building State Capacity in Challenging Contexts," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 20030.
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    1. Edwin M. Truman, 2009. "A Blueprint for Sovereign Wealth Fund Best Practices," Revue d'Économie Financière, Programme National Persée, vol. 9(1), pages 429-451.
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    1. Making the case for case studies in development practice
      by ? in Let's Talk Development on 2015-02-23 20:00:00
    2. Building trusted institutions in fragile and conflict-affected countries
      by ? in World Bank Blogs on 2015-04-22 20:50:00
    3. The Seeds and Roots of Change
      by ? in World Bank Blogs on 2014-12-01 23:26:00
    4. What’s the Secret to Institutions Successfully “Taking Root”?
      by ? in World Bank Blogs on 2014-10-27 22:05:00
    5. How do we get down to the nitty gritty on ‘Doing Development Differently’?
      by ? in From Poverty to Power on 2015-05-07 11:30:00

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