Escaping Capability Traps Through Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA)

World Development

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 234-244

  Andrews, Matt ^a   Pritchett, Lant ^a   Woolcock, Michael ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Governance; Reform; States

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LEARNING; REFORM PROCESS; STANDARD (REGULATION); STATE ROLE;

EID: 84880612146     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.05.011     Document Type: Article

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