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How Do Governments Become Great?: Ten Cases, Two Competing Explanations, One Large Research Agenda

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Governments can play great roles in their countries, regions, and cities; facilitating or leading the resolution of festering problems and opening new pathways for progress. Examples are more numerous than one might imagine and raise an important question: 'how do governments become great?'. This paper identifies ten cases of great governments to answer four dimensions of this question: What kinds of interventions or changes help governments achieve greatness? Who leads these interventions or changes, and how? When do the interventions occur, and why?

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  • Matt Andrews, 2013. "How Do Governments Become Great?: Ten Cases, Two Competing Explanations, One Large Research Agenda," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2013-091, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    1. Andrews,Matt, 2013. "The Limits of Institutional Reform in Development," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9781107016330, January.
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