Making Politics Work for Development: Harnessing Transparency and Citizen Engagement

by Cláudio Ferraz, Corinne Stephenson, Ernesto Dal Bo, et al.

Governments fail to provide the public goods needed for development when its leaders knowingly and deliberately ignore sound technical advice or are unable to follow it, despite the best of intentions, because of political constraints. This report focuses on two forces--citizen engagement and transparency--that hold the key to solving government failures by shaping how political markets function. Citizens are not only queueing at voting booths, but...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146480771X
• ISBN13: 9781464807718
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.5" x 9.1"