Governance Reform: Getting the Fit Right. (8th December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Levy, Brian
• Is Part Of: Public administration and development. Volume 35:Number 4(2015:Oct.)
• Page Start: 238
• Page End: 249
• Publication Date: 2015-12-08
• Subjects: governance -- governance reform -- good fit -- working with the grain -- public management; Developing countries -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; Public administration -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Développement communautaire -- Pays en voie de développement -- Périodiques; Pays en voie de développement -- Administration -- Périodiques; Pays en voie de développement -- Conditions économiques -- Périodiques; Pays en voie de développement -- Conditions sociales -- Périodiques; 350
• DOI: 10.1002/pad.1734
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0271-2075

Abstract

Summary: This article builds on recent literature on political settlements and new institutional economics to suggest a "good‐fit" alternative to the "best practices" approaches that until recently have dominated efforts at governance reform. It introduces a typology for distinguishing systematically among different groups of countries and maps the typology to four alternative approaches to governance reform. The article then offers a set of "good‐fit" hypotheses as to the conditions under which each of the approaches is likely to be effective. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.