Evaluation and Development: The Institutional Dimension

by Wiesner,Eduardo

• ISBN13: 9780765804235
• ISBN10: 0765804239
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-04-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The Institutional Dimension.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
The Role of Institutions in Development	p. 1
Institutions in development: the country, research, and operational challenges	p. 3
Institutions, markets, and development outcomes	p. 7
Comments	p. 24
Comments	p. 30
Floor discussion	p. 32
Institutions, policies, and development outcomes	p. 34
Comments	p. 47
Comments	p. 50
Floor discussion	p. 53
Reinvigorating state institutions	p. 55
Comments	p. 72
Comments	p. 77
Floor discussion	p. 80
Institutions and Governance Structures	p. 81
Fostering fiscally responsive and accountable governance: lessons from decentralization	p. 83
Comments	p. 97
Comments	p. 102
Floor discussion	p. 107
Transaction cost economics and public sector rent-seeking in developing countries: toward a theory of governance failure	p. 108
Comments	p. 124
Comments	p. 127
Floor discussion	p. 131
Performance contracts: a tool for improving public services?	p. 132
Comments	p. 148
Comments	p. 151
Floor discussion	p. 153
Reforming budgetary institutions in Latin America: the case for a national fiscal council	p. 155
Comments	p. 171
Comments	p. 173
Floor discussion	p. 176
Credible regulatory policy: options and evaluation	p. 178
Comments	p. 190
Comments	p. 196
Floor discussion	p. 199
Institutional Development and Social Capital	p. 201
Defining social capital: an integrating view	p. 203
An institutional framework for learning from failed states	p. 218
Comments	p. 231
Comments	p. 233
Floor discussion	p. 237
Learning from early childcare and education programs	p. 239
Comments	p. 253
Comments	p. 256
Floor discussion	p. 260
Institutional structure and social security systems: lessons from the Chilean experience	p. 262
Comments	p. 277
Comments	p. 280
Floor discussion	p. 283
The Implications of Neoinstitutional Economics for Evaluation	p. 285
Evaluation as an incentive instrument	p. 287
Implications for evaluation	p. 291
Postscript: The Institutional Dimension of Evaluation	p. 313
List of Authors and Discussants	p. 318
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