Looking Like a State: Techniques of Persistent Failure in State Capability for Implementation

In many nations today the state has little capability to carry out even basic functions like security, policing, regulation or core service delivery. Enhancing this capability, especially in fragile states, is a long-term task. Countries like Haiti or Lib

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Pritchett, Lant ; Woolcock, Michael ; Andrews, Matt
Institutions:	World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU/WIDER), United Nations University
Subject:	organizations \| capability \| isomorphic mimicry \| expectations

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Series:	Working Paper Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number UNU-WIDER Research Paper WP2012/63 2 pages long
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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