A Review of the Political Economy of Governance: From Property Rights to Voice

Keefer reviews progress made in understanding the effects of different dimensions of governance on economic development, and the sources of good governance. The term governance has been used to embrace concepts that are heterogeneous both with respect to their effects on economic development and their genesis. Future progress in developing policy responses to bad governance will depend on separately examining these heterogeneous elements-the security of property rights, the quality of bureaucratic performance, corruption, voice, and accountability. Future progress will also depend on explicitly linking problems of governance to the overarching political environment and the incentives of governments to correct those problems.

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Main Author: Keefer, Philip
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2004-05
Subjects:ACCOUNTABILITY, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES, ADMINISTRATIVE APPARATUS, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, AUTHORITY, AUTONOMY, BAD GOVERNANCE, BAD POLICIES, BUREAUCRACY, BUREAUCRATIC EFFICIENCY, BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY, CENTRAL BANKS, CENTRAL PLANNING, CITIZENS, CIVIL SOCIETY, COMMUNISM, CONSTITUENCIES, CORRUPTION, CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS, COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS, CURRENT COSTS, DECISION MAKERS, DEMOCRACY, DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS, DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE, DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, DEMOCRATIZATION, ECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC OUTCOMES, ECONOMIC POLICIES, ECONOMIC RIGHTS, ELECTORAL COMPETITION, EQUILIBRIUM, FISCAL, FISCAL CRISIS, FUTURE RESEARCH, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GOVERNANCE COMPONENTS, GOVERNANCE FAILURES, GOVERNANCE INDICATORS, GOVERNANCE RESEARCH, GOVERNMENT ACTION, GOVERNMENT CREDIBILITY, GOVERNMENT DECISION, GOVERNMENT DECISION MAKING, GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS, GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE, GOVERNMENT POLICIES, GOVERNMENT REGULATION, GOVERNMENT SPENDING, INCOME INEQUALITY, INEFFICIENCY, INEQUALITY, INFLATION, INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LAWS, MEASUREMENT ERROR, NATIONAL INCOME, NATIONS, PER CAPITA INCOMES, POLICY VOLATILITY, POLITICAL COMPETITION, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICAL INSTABILITY, POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, POLITICAL INTERFERENCE, POLITICAL LEADERS, POLITICAL RISK, POLITICAL STABILITY, POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY, POLITICIANS, PRIVATIZATION, PRODUCTIVITY, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC POLICY, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE, REGULATORY QUALITY, RESEARCH AGENDA, REVERSE CAUSALITY, RISK PREMIUM, RULE OF LAW, SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS, SOCIAL CONDITIONS, SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL WELFARE, STATE INSTITUTIONS, STATE OWNERSHIP, TAX COLLECTION, TAX LAW, TAX RATES, TRADE BARRIERS, WEALTH POLITICAL ECONOMY ANALYSIS, GOVERNANCE, INVESTMENT CLIMATE, DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY, POLITICAL CONDITIONS, PUBLIC SECTOR INSTITUTIONS,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/05/4811928/review-political-economy-governance-property-rights-voice
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14078
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