The Limits of Institutional Reform in Development · Changing Rules for Realistic Solutions by Andrews, Matt -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

The Limits of Institutional Reform in Development Title page Copyright page Contents Acknowledgments Preface 1 Change Rules, Change Governments, and Develop?

2 Deconstructing the Puzzling Evidence of Reform

Reforms with Limited Results Institutional Reforms Do Have Varied Impacts Common Arguments Do Not Explain Varied and Poor Results A New Perspective on This Puzzling Evidence

3 Overlooking the Change Context

If It Weren't for Context When Context Is Overlooked, “History Repeats Itself” in Reforms How Institutional Contexts Impact Institutional Reforms Getting Serious About Context

4 Reforms as Overspecified and Oversimplified Solutions

Reform Is a Complicated Thing The Problem of Overspecified, Oversimplified Reform Explaining the Failure of Complex Reforms Getting More Flexible – and Specific – about Content

5 Limited Engagement, Limited Change

The Illusory Promise of “Champions” The Problem of Limited Reform Engagement Agency and Institutional Reform Getting Inclusive about Agency

6 Expecting Reform Limits in Development

7 Problem-Driven Learning Sparks Institutional Change

8 Finding and Fitting Solutions That Work

Reforms Can Be Relevant Reforms Can Be Found and Fitted to Context How Reforms Are Found and Fitted through Purposive Muddling

9 Broad Engagement, Broader (and Deeper) Change

Convening and Connecting for Change Institutional Change Comes with Help Broad Engagement, through Mobilization, Facilitates Broad Change Reform Through Broadly Mobilized Agents

10 Reforming Rules of the Development Game Itself

Is Change Possible in the Development Game? A Summary of This Book's Argument How Much Change Should One Expect in the Development Community? Conclusion: Tipping the Scale in Favor of Change

References Index