We often observe that more successful efforts to establish complex state capabilities are problem driven; focused relentlessly on solving a…
Efforts to build state capability often take the form of commonly used, highly designed and engineered best practice solutions that have…
In this report Andrews takes a specific look at whether Sweden has
contributed to increased realism in poor country reform of ’public…
The acronym ‘PFM’ stands for Public Financial Management: But what is public financial management? This short note tries to demystify the…
Externally supported Public Financial Management (PFM) reforms often have limited success in developing countries. The reforms commonly…
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Governments can play great roles in their countries, regions, and cities; facilitating or leading the resolution of festering problems and…
Development requires change. Change is difficult; most observers believe it demands some degree of leadership. But what does this mean: who…
In many nations today the state has little
capability to carry out even basic functions like security, policing,
regulation or core…
Will reforms emerging from the 2008 crisis have a global impact and influence developing countries? Evidence suggests that this happened…