Making Politics Work for Development: Harnessing Transparency and Citizen Engagement

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

Too often, even reform leaders in countries fail to adopt and implement policies that they know are necessary for sustained economic development. They are encumbered by adverse political incentives, running the risk of losing office should they try to do the right thing. When technically sound policies are selected on paper, implementation through the public system can run into perverse norms of behavior among public officials and citizens to extract...

• 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"