Institutional reforms are common across the globe, but often produce limited results. They lead to new laws that are not properly implemented, and new organizations with poor capacities. Matt Andrews explains why reform results are frequently limited and offers solutions for overcoming those limits.
This book is a story of one village, Yantian, and its remarkable economic and social transformation. With Yantian as a case study, Anthony Saich shows how village outcomes are shaped by factors like path dependence, social structures, economic resources and local entrepreneurship.