02519nam a2200361 i 4500 31369 BD-DhAAL 20161006141959.0 161006s2013 enk b 001 0 eng d 2013387551 9781780325958 (hardback) 1780325959 (hardback) 9781780325941 (paperback) 1780325940 (paperback) 9781780325972 (ePub ebook) 9781780325989 (Kindle ebook) BTCTA eng BTCTA rda BDX UKMGB YDXCP CDX CUV MUU CUD DLC BD-DhAAL JQ1875 .B668 2013 351.6 23 Booth, David, 1945- author. 20575 Governance for development in Africa : solving collective action problems / David Booth and Diana Cammack. London ; New York : Zed Books, 2013 xi, 160 pages ; 22 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-154) and index. Introduction -- From 'good governance' to governance that works -- The country contexts -- Maternal health : why is Rwanda doing better than Malawi, Niger and Uganda? -- The politics of policy incoherence and provider indiscipline -- The space for local problem-solving and practical hybridity -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- index. "Drawing on in-depth empirical research spanning a number of countries in Africa, Booth and Cammack's path-breaking book offers both an accessible overview of issues surrounding governance for development on the continent, whilst also offering a bold new alternative. In doing so, they controversially argue that externally imposed 'good governance' approaches make unrealistic assumptions about the choices leaders and officials are, in practice, able to make. As a result, reform initiatives and assistance programmes supported by donors regularly fail, while ignoring the potential for addressing the causes rather than the symptoms of this situation. In reality, the authors show, anti-developmental behaviours stem from unresolved - yet in principle soluble - collective action problems." -- Publisher website. BIGD 31369 Africa Politics and government 21st century. 20576 Cammack, Diana Rose, 1945- author. 20577 ddc BK 37832 37832 0 0 ddc 0 351_600000000000000_BOO 0 59671 IGS IGS GEN 2016-09-25 Trim Education 2371.00 0 351.6 BOO 3010031369 2016-10-02 1 2371.00 2016-09-25 BK