The limits of institutional reform in development : changing rules for realistic solutions / Matt Andrews.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Change rules, change governments, and develop? -- 2. Deconstructing the puzzling evidence of reform -- 3. Overlooking the change context -- 4. Reforms as overspecified and oversimplified solutions -- 5. Limited engagement, limited change -- 6. Expecting reform limits in development -- 7. Problem-driven learning sparks institutional change -- 8. Finding and fitting solutions that work -- 9. Broad engagement, broader (and deeper) change -- 10. Reforming rules of the development game itself.

"This book explains why many institutional reforms in developing countries have limited success and suggests ways to overcome these limits. The author argues that reforms often fail to make governments better because they are introduced as signals to gain short-term support. These signals introduce unrealistic best practices that do not fit developing country contexts and are not considered relevant by implementing agents. The result is a set of new forms that do not function. However, there are realistic solutions emerging from institutional reforms in some developing countries. Lessons from these experiences suggest that reform limits, although challenging to adopt, can be overcome by focusing change on problem solving through an incremental process that involves multiple agents."--Publisher's website

Print version record.

English.

eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide