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World Development Report 2017

Why are carefully designed, sensible policies too often not adopted or implemented? When they are, why do they often fail to generate development outcomes such as security, growth, and equity? And why do some bad policies endure? This book addresses these fundamental questions, which are at the hear...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
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Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2017
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Online Access:https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/774441485783404216/main-report
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/25880
https://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-0950-7
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description Why are carefully designed, sensible policies too often not adopted or implemented? When they are, why do they often fail to generate development outcomes such as security, growth, and equity? And why do some bad policies endure? This book addresses these fundamental questions, which are at the heart of development. Policy making and policy implementation do not occur in a vacuum. Rather, they take place in complex political and social settings, in which individuals and groups with unequal power interact within changing rules as they pursue conflicting interests. The process of these interactions is what this Report calls governance, and the space in which these interactions take place, the policy arena. The capacity of actors to commit and their willingness to cooperate and coordinate to achieve socially desirable goals are what matter for effectiveness. However, who bargains, who is excluded, and what barriers block entry to the policy arena determine the selection and implementation of policies and, consequently, their impact on development outcomes. Exclusion, capture, and clientelism are manifestations of power asymmetries that lead to failures to achieve security, growth, and equity. The distribution of power in society is partly determined by history. Yet, there is room for positive change. This Report reveals that governance can mitigate, even overcome, power asymmetries to bring about more effective policy interventions that achieve sustainable improvements in security, growth, and equity. This happens by shifting the incentives of those with power, reshaping their preferences in favor of good outcomes, and taking into account the interests of previously excluded participants. These changes can come about through bargains among elites and greater citizen engagement, as well as by international actors supporting rules that strengthen coalitions for reform.
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spelling wb-10986-258802025-04-15T10:57:32Z World Development Report 2017 Rapport sur le développement dans le monde 2017 Governance and the Law Loi et gouvernance World Bank Group governance coordination commitment cooperation incentives citizen engagement elite bargains international influence development policy pro-poor growth contestability corruption managing risk legal institutions violence security capture middle-income trap public-private partnership equity public goods responsive government service delivery state capacity accountability decentralization public service reform citizen agency transparency media transnationalism foreign aid Why are carefully designed, sensible policies too often not adopted or implemented? When they are, why do they often fail to generate development outcomes such as security, growth, and equity? And why do some bad policies endure? This book addresses these fundamental questions, which are at the heart of development. Policy making and policy implementation do not occur in a vacuum. Rather, they take place in complex political and social settings, in which individuals and groups with unequal power interact within changing rules as they pursue conflicting interests. The process of these interactions is what this Report calls governance, and the space in which these interactions take place, the policy arena. The capacity of actors to commit and their willingness to cooperate and coordinate to achieve socially desirable goals are what matter for effectiveness. However, who bargains, who is excluded, and what barriers block entry to the policy arena determine the selection and implementation of policies and, consequently, their impact on development outcomes. Exclusion, capture, and clientelism are manifestations of power asymmetries that lead to failures to achieve security, growth, and equity. The distribution of power in society is partly determined by history. Yet, there is room for positive change. This Report reveals that governance can mitigate, even overcome, power asymmetries to bring about more effective policy interventions that achieve sustainable improvements in security, growth, and equity. This happens by shifting the incentives of those with power, reshaping their preferences in favor of good outcomes, and taking into account the interests of previously excluded participants. These changes can come about through bargains among elites and greater citizen engagement, as well as by international actors supporting rules that strengthen coalitions for reform. L’édition 2017 du Rapport sur le développement dans le monde aborde les questions fondamentales suivantes : pourquoi des politiques prometteuses sont-elles souvent conçues sans être adoptées ou mises en œuvre ? Et pour quelles raisons, lorsque ces politiques sont mises en œuvre, échouent-elles souvent à générer les résultats attendus en matière de sécurité, de croissance et de lutte contre les inégalités ? Par ailleurs, pourquoi certaines mesures politiques qui s’avèrent être inefficaces ou mal conçues perdurent-elles? 2017-01-23T16:55:44Z 2017-01-23T16:55:44Z 2017-01-30 Book Livre Libro https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/774441485783404216/main-report 978-1-4648-0950-7 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/25880 10.1596/978-1-4648-0950-7 https://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-0950-7 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Washington, DC: World Bank
spellingShingle governance
coordination
commitment
cooperation
incentives
citizen engagement
elite bargains
international influence
development policy
pro-poor growth
contestability
corruption
managing risk
legal institutions
violence
security
capture
middle-income trap
public-private partnership
equity
public goods
responsive government
service delivery
state capacity
accountability
decentralization
public service reform
citizen agency
transparency
media
transnationalism
foreign aid
World Bank Group
World Development Report 2017
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topic governance
coordination
commitment
cooperation
incentives
citizen engagement
elite bargains
international influence
development policy
pro-poor growth
contestability
corruption
managing risk
legal institutions
violence
security
capture
middle-income trap
public-private partnership
equity
public goods
responsive government
service delivery
state capacity
accountability
decentralization
public service reform
citizen agency
transparency
media
transnationalism
foreign aid
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