Matching Reforms to Institutional Realities : A Framework for Assessing Social Service Delivery Reform Strategies in Developing Countries

The paper is based on the premise that effective institutional reforms for service delivery require a carefully-considered institutional "fitting" process as opposed to transplantation of "international best practices." The paper asks how the specific institutional contexts of a given country limit options for service delivery reforms, and therefore how a feasible set of reform options may vary systematically across countries.

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Main Authors: Fiszbein, Ariel, Matsuda, Yasuhiko
Format: Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012-07
Subjects:ACCOUNTABILITY, ANTI-CORRUPTION, BEST PRACTICES, BUDGET ALLOCATIONS, BUDGET CONSTRAINT, CABINET, CENTRAL FUNDS, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS, CITIES, COLLAPSE, CORRUPTION, DEBT, DECENTRALIZATION, DELIVERY OF SERVICES, DEMOCRACIES, DEMOCRACY, DEVOLUTION, DISTRICTS, EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, EFFICIENCY LOSSES, ELECTION, ELECTIONS, ELECTORAL SUPPORT, ELECTORATE, EMPLOYMENT, ETHNIC MINORITIES, EXPENDITURE, EXPENDITURE ALLOCATION, EXPENDITURE ASSIGNMENTS, EXTERNALITIES, FEDERAL CONSTITUTION, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, FEDERAL LAW, FEDERAL TRANSFERS, FEDERAL TREASURY, FEDERALISM, FISCAL ADJUSTMENT, FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION, FISCAL DISCIPLINE, FISCAL FRAMEWORK, FISCAL TRANSFER, GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY, GOVERNOR, GOVERNORS, HARD BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, LARGE CITIES, LEGISLATION, LOCAL ELECTIONS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, MATCHING GRANTS, MAYORS, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, MUNICIPALITIES, MUNICIPALITY, NATIONAL ELECTIONS, NET CURRENT REVENUES, PARTY DISCIPLINE, PATRONAGE, POLICY DISCUSSION, POLICY PRIORITIES, POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY, POLITICAL COMPETITION, POLITICAL PARTIES, POLITICAL PARTY, POLITICAL PATRONAGE, POLITICIAN, POLITICIANS, PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS, PUBLIC ECONOMICS, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC FINANCE, PUBLIC FUNDS, PUBLIC POLICY, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC SPENDING, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, REVENUE SOURCES, RULE OF LAW, SAFETY NETS, SANCTIONS, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SERVICE PROVISION, SOCIAL SERVICES, STATE GOVERNMENT, SUB-NATIONAL, SUB-NATIONAL ENTITIES, SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, TAX, TAX BURDEN, TAX COLLECTION, TAXATION, USER FEES, VILLAGE,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16508458/matching-reforms-institutional-realities-framework-assessing-social-service-delivery-reform-strategies-developing-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11944
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