How (Not) to Fix Problems That Matter (Record no. 30654)
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| Standard number or code | 10.1596/1813-9450-8289 |
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| System control number | (The World Bank)8289 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bridges, Kate. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | How (Not) to Fix Problems That Matter |
| Medium | [electronic resource] : |
| Remainder of title | Assessing and Responding to Malawi's History of Institutional Reform / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Bridges, Kate. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Washington, D.C. : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | The World Bank, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2017. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (34 p.) |
| 520 3# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Malawi can be understood as a microcosm of institutional reform approaches in developing countries more broadly. A common feature of such approaches, whether implemented by government or donors, is reform initiatives that yield institutions that "look like" those found in higher-performing countries but rarely acquire the same underlying functionality. This paper presents a retrospective analysis of previous institutional reform projects in Malawi, as well as interviews with Malawi-based development practitioners. The paper finds a plethora of interventions that, merely by virtue of appearing to be in conformity with "best practices" elsewhere, are deemed to be successful yet fail to fix underlying problems, sometimes in contradiction to internal and public narratives of positive progress. This unhappy arrangement endures because a multitude of imperatives, incentives, and norms appear to keep governments and donors from more closely examining why such intense, earnest, and long-standing efforts at reform have, to date, yielded so few successes. This paper seeks to promote a shift in approach to institutional reform, offering some practical recommendations for reform-minded managers, project teams, and political leaders in which the focus is placed on crafting solutions to problems that Malawians themselves nominate, prioritize, and enact. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Capacity Building |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Civil Service |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | De Facto Governments |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Democratic Government |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Development Effectiveness |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Economics and Institutions |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Governance |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Institutions |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Public Sector Development |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Public Sector Management and Reform |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Reform |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Technology Innovation |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bridges, Kate. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Woolcock, Michael. |
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| Main entry heading | Print Version: |
| Display text | Bridges, Kate. |
| Title | How (Not) to Fix Problems That Matter: Assessing and Responding to Malawi's History of Institutional Reform |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2017. |
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| Uniform title | Policy research working papers. |
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| Uniform title | World Bank e-Library. |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/1813-9450-8289">http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/1813-9450-8289</a> |
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