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How do governments become great? Ten cases, two competing explanations, one large research agenda
Governments can play great roles in their countries, regions, and cities; facilitating or leading the resolution of festering problems and opening new pathways for progress. Examples are more numerous than one might imagine and raise an important question: 'how do governments become great?'. This paper identifies ten cases of great governments to answer four dimensions of this question: What kinds of interventions or changes help governments achieve greatness? Who leads these interventions or changes, and how? When do the interventions occur, and why? How are these changes sustained and implemented to ensure they yield results? The paper suggests two sets of answers to these concerns, combining such into rival theories that could explain how governments get great: 'solution- and leader-driven change' and 'problem-driven iterative adaptation'. It proposes using these two theories in future research about how governments foster the kinds of achievements one could call great and argues this research should employ a version of theory-guided process tracking (TGPT) called 'systematic process analysis'.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2013/091
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government
Economic Development: General
International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
- Subject
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government
governance
development
leadership
reform
growth
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Andrews, Matt
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
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Helsinki
- (when)
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2013
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Andrews, Matt
- The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
Time of origin
- 2013
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