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World Development Report 1997 : The State in a Changing World
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- World Bank.
- Series:
- World Bank e-Library.
- World Development Report
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Corporate Law.
- Debt Markets.
- Economic Theory and Research.
- Environment.
- Environmental Economics and Policies.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Law and Development.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Public Sector Corruption and Anticorruption Measures.
- Local Subjects:
- Corporate Law.
- Debt Markets.
- Economic Theory and Research.
- Environment.
- Environmental Economics and Policies.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Law and Development.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Public Sector Corruption and Anticorruption Measures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 pages)
- Other Title:
- World Development Report
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 1997
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This is the twentieth in the annual series assessing major development issues. The report is devoted to the role and effectiveness of the state: what it should do, how it should do it, and how it can improve in a rapidly changing world. Governments with both centrally-planned and mixed economies are shrinking their market role because of failed state interventions. This report takes an opposite stance: that state's role in the institutional environment underlying the economy, that is, its ability to enforce a rule of law to underpin transactions, is vital to making government contribute more effectively to development. It argues against reducing government to a minimalist state, explaining that development requires an effective state that plays a facilitator role in encouraging and complementing the activities of private businesses and individuals. The report presents a state reform framework strategy: First, focus the state's activities to match its capabilities; and second, look for ways to improve the state's capability by re-invigorating public institutions. Successful and unsuccessful examples of states and state reform provide illustrations.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-01565-9
- 9786610015658
- 0-585-22901-5
- OCLC:
- 1027156653
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