Governance for development in Africa

solving collective action problems

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Governance for development in Africa

solving collective action problems

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"Drawing on in-depth empirical research spanning a number of countries in Africa, Booth and Cammack's path-breaking book offers both an accessible overview of issues surrounding governance for development on the continent, whilst also offering a bold new alternative. In doing so, they controversially argue that externally imposed 'good governance' approaches make unrealistic assumptions about the choices leaders and officials are, in practice, able to make. As a result, reform initiatives and assistance programmes supported by donors regularly fail, while ignoring the potential for addressing the causes rather than the symptoms of this situation. In reality, the authors show, anti-developmental behaviours stem from unresolved - yet in principle soluble - collective action problems." -- Publisher website.

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Publisher
Zed Books
Language
English
Pages
160

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Table of Contents

Introduction
From 'good governance' to governance that works
The country contexts
Maternal health : why is Rwanda doing better than Malawi, Niger and Uganda?
The politics of policy incoherence and provider indiscipline
The space for local problem-solving and practical hybridity
Conclusion
Bibliography
index.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-154) and index.

Published in
London, New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
351.6
Library of Congress
JQ1875 .B668 2013, JQ1875.A55, JQ1875 .B66 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 160 pages
Number of pages
160

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL30409850M
Internet Archive
governancefordev0000boot
ISBN 10
1780325959, 1780325940
ISBN 13
9781780325958, 9781780325941, 9781780325972, 9781780325989
LCCN
2013387551
OCLC/WorldCat
852225130

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