The Limits of Institutional Reform in Development: Changing Rules for Realistic Solutions

by Matt Andrews

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107684889
• ISBN13: 9781107684881
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"