Understanding Policy Change – How to Apply Political Economy Concepts in Practi…

Understanding Policy ChangeHow to Apply Political Economy Concepts in Practice\nAuthor(s): Cristina Corduneanu-Huci, Alexander Hamilton, Issel Masses Ferrer\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: World Bank Publications, United States\nImprint: World Bank Publications\nISBN-13: 9780821395387, 978-0821395387\nSynopsis\nHow does the social and political context in which decision-makers find themselves in affect their ability to realize their reform goals? How does this context facilitate or inhibit specific reform agendas and projects? How can we operationalize and evaluate these risks and opportunities in order to decide what reforms and projects are feasible given the circumstances? This book provides the reader with the full panoply of political economy tools and concepts necessary to understand, analyze, and integrate how political and social factors may influence the success or failure of their policy goals. Starting with the empirical puzzle of why corruption, rent seeking, and a lack of.