Diagnostic Tools for Governance in Fragile States : Lessons, Trends and Suggestions

The purpose of this issues note is to review the experience in and outside the World Bank of using different diagnostic tools in fragile state situations. It will identify trends in the use of such tools, lessons learnt, and arrive at suggestions f...

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Main Authors: Hyden, Goran, Agborsangaya -Fiteu, Ozong
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topic ACCOUNTABILITY
AGGREGATE ANALYSIS
AMBITION
ANTICORRUPTION
ANTICORRUPTION STRATEGY
AUTHORITY
BANKS
BUSINESS COMMUNITY
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CITIZEN
CIVIL SERVICE
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL WAR
COALITIONS
CONSENSUS
CONSTITUTION
CORRUPT
CORRUPTION
COUNTRY GOVERNANCE
COUNTRY RANKINGS
DATA COLLECTION
DEFICITS
DEFINITION OF GOVERNANCE
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS
DEMOCRATIZATION
DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ELECTORAL SYSTEM
ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
FINANCE MANAGEMENT
FOREIGN POLICY
FORMAL INSTITUTIONS
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES
GOVERNANCE DIAGNOSTIC
GOVERNANCE ENVIRONMENT
GOVERNANCE ISSUES
GOVERNANCE PROBLEMS
GOVERNANCE QUALITY
GOVERNANCE REFORM
GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
GOVERNMENT LEGITIMACY
HUMAN RESOURCES
HUMAN RIGHTS
IMPROVING GOVERNANCE
INCOME
INEQUALITY
INFORMAL PRACTICES
INITIATIVE
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTEGRITY
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
JUSTICE
LEADERSHIP
LEGITIMACY
LEVELS OF GOVERNANCE
LOCAL BUSINESS
LOCAL GOVERNANCE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS
LOCAL INSTITUTIONS
LOW INCOME COUNTRIES
MEDIA
NATIONAL PLANNING
NATIONS
PEER REVIEW
POLICE
POLICY CHOICES
POLICY DIALOGUE
POLICY OUTCOMES
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ANALYSIS
POLITICAL CONFLICT
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL ELITE
POLITICAL INSTABILITY
POLITICAL STABILITY
POLITICAL SYSTEM
POOR GOVERNANCE
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY
QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE
QUALITY OF PUBLIC
REFORM AGENDA
REFORM PROGRAM
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS
REPRESENTATIVES
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RULE OF LAW
SERVICE DELIVERY
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL GROUPS
SOCIAL STRUCTURES
SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
STATE COLLAPSE
STATE INSTITUTIONS
TECHNOCRATIC APPROACH
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSPARENCY
VESTED INTERESTS
VIOLENCE
WORLDWIDE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
spellingShingle ACCOUNTABILITY
AGGREGATE ANALYSIS
AMBITION
ANTICORRUPTION
ANTICORRUPTION STRATEGY
AUTHORITY
BANKS
BUSINESS COMMUNITY
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CITIZEN
CIVIL SERVICE
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL WAR
COALITIONS
CONSENSUS
CONSTITUTION
CORRUPT
CORRUPTION
COUNTRY GOVERNANCE
COUNTRY RANKINGS
DATA COLLECTION
DEFICITS
DEFINITION OF GOVERNANCE
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS
DEMOCRATIZATION
DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ELECTORAL SYSTEM
ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
FINANCE MANAGEMENT
FOREIGN POLICY
FORMAL INSTITUTIONS
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES
GOVERNANCE DIAGNOSTIC
GOVERNANCE ENVIRONMENT
GOVERNANCE ISSUES
GOVERNANCE PROBLEMS
GOVERNANCE QUALITY
GOVERNANCE REFORM
GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
GOVERNMENT LEGITIMACY
HUMAN RESOURCES
HUMAN RIGHTS
IMPROVING GOVERNANCE
INCOME
INEQUALITY
INFORMAL PRACTICES
INITIATIVE
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTEGRITY
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
JUSTICE
LEADERSHIP
LEGITIMACY
LEVELS OF GOVERNANCE
LOCAL BUSINESS
LOCAL GOVERNANCE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS
LOCAL INSTITUTIONS
LOW INCOME COUNTRIES
MEDIA
NATIONAL PLANNING
NATIONS
PEER REVIEW
POLICE
POLICY CHOICES
POLICY DIALOGUE
POLICY OUTCOMES
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ANALYSIS
POLITICAL CONFLICT
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL ELITE
POLITICAL INSTABILITY
POLITICAL STABILITY
POLITICAL SYSTEM
POOR GOVERNANCE
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY
QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE
QUALITY OF PUBLIC
REFORM AGENDA
REFORM PROGRAM
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS
REPRESENTATIVES
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RULE OF LAW
SERVICE DELIVERY
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL GROUPS
SOCIAL STRUCTURES
SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
STATE COLLAPSE
STATE INSTITUTIONS
TECHNOCRATIC APPROACH
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSPARENCY
VESTED INTERESTS
VIOLENCE
WORLDWIDE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
Hyden, Goran
Agborsangaya -Fiteu, Ozong
Diagnostic Tools for Governance in Fragile States : Lessons, Trends and Suggestions
relation Conflict, Crime and Violence Issue Note;
description The purpose of this issues note is to review the experience in and outside the World Bank of using different diagnostic tools in fragile state situations. It will identify trends in the use of such tools, lessons learnt, and arrive at suggestions for the future. Because governance has continued to be a major concern in the international community, over the years this has led to a growing diversity in the application of the concept. With this diversification the types of assessment in use have also increased, a process that reflects two things. First, each agency tends to design an assessment to meet its own program needs. Second, diagnostic tools have often fallen short of expectations leading agencies to develop new ones, including more recently political economy studies that go beyond what was at least until recently mainstream types of assessing governance. Accepting the diversity of definitions and assessments, this note does not intend to review the whole field. A diagnostic tool here refers to the approach and methodology used in assessing governance. Choice of tool has a direct bearing on how an activity is designed and carried out. Making the right choice, therefore, is important. A tool may become 'main stream' and the original rationale for its use disappears. It is applied because everyone else is using it or there is pressure to use the same tool as others. A shift to other tools, however, may become necessary because existing tools do not deliver. Such a shift is occurring in the governance field where a focus on institutions is being increasingly complemented, if not replaced, by a studies of underlying political economy factors. This Note tries to trace this process by highlighting both specific and more general experiences with tools used to assess governance. Fragile states or situations are not typical but they give rise to governance challenges that more than other contexts test the limits of particular tools. This becomes an especially important issue given that what works in countries that are not fragile seems to fall short of the same achievement in fragile situations.
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Agborsangaya -Fiteu, Ozong
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title Diagnostic Tools for Governance in Fragile States : Lessons, Trends and Suggestions
title_short Diagnostic Tools for Governance in Fragile States : Lessons, Trends and Suggestions
title_full Diagnostic Tools for Governance in Fragile States : Lessons, Trends and Suggestions
title_fullStr Diagnostic Tools for Governance in Fragile States : Lessons, Trends and Suggestions
title_full_unstemmed Diagnostic Tools for Governance in Fragile States : Lessons, Trends and Suggestions
title_sort diagnostic tools for governance in fragile states : lessons, trends and suggestions
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
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url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/186101468160519863/Diagnostic-tools-for-governance-in-fragile-states-lessons-trends-and-suggestions
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spelling okr-10986-272782021-04-23T14:04:41Z Diagnostic Tools for Governance in Fragile States : Lessons, Trends and Suggestions Hyden, Goran Agborsangaya -Fiteu, Ozong ACCOUNTABILITY AGGREGATE ANALYSIS AMBITION ANTICORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION STRATEGY AUTHORITY BANKS BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CITIZEN CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL WAR COALITIONS CONSENSUS CONSTITUTION CORRUPT CORRUPTION COUNTRY GOVERNANCE COUNTRY RANKINGS DATA COLLECTION DEFICITS DEFINITION OF GOVERNANCE DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS DEMOCRATIZATION DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ELECTORAL SYSTEM ELECTORAL SYSTEMS FINANCE MANAGEMENT FOREIGN POLICY FORMAL INSTITUTIONS GLOBAL GOVERNANCE GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES GOVERNANCE DIAGNOSTIC GOVERNANCE ENVIRONMENT GOVERNANCE ISSUES GOVERNANCE PROBLEMS GOVERNANCE QUALITY GOVERNANCE REFORM GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT LEGITIMACY HUMAN RESOURCES HUMAN RIGHTS IMPROVING GOVERNANCE INCOME INEQUALITY INFORMAL PRACTICES INITIATIVE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT JUSTICE LEADERSHIP LEGITIMACY LEVELS OF GOVERNANCE LOCAL BUSINESS LOCAL GOVERNANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS LOCAL INSTITUTIONS LOW INCOME COUNTRIES MEDIA NATIONAL PLANNING NATIONS PEER REVIEW POLICE POLICY CHOICES POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY OUTCOMES POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ANALYSIS POLITICAL CONFLICT POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL ELITE POLITICAL INSTABILITY POLITICAL STABILITY POLITICAL SYSTEM POOR GOVERNANCE POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE QUALITY OF PUBLIC REFORM AGENDA REFORM PROGRAM REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS REPRESENTATIVES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RULE OF LAW SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL GROUPS SOCIAL STRUCTURES SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STATE COLLAPSE STATE INSTITUTIONS TECHNOCRATIC APPROACH TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPARENCY VESTED INTERESTS VIOLENCE WORLDWIDE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS The purpose of this issues note is to review the experience in and outside the World Bank of using different diagnostic tools in fragile state situations. It will identify trends in the use of such tools, lessons learnt, and arrive at suggestions for the future. Because governance has continued to be a major concern in the international community, over the years this has led to a growing diversity in the application of the concept. With this diversification the types of assessment in use have also increased, a process that reflects two things. First, each agency tends to design an assessment to meet its own program needs. Second, diagnostic tools have often fallen short of expectations leading agencies to develop new ones, including more recently political economy studies that go beyond what was at least until recently mainstream types of assessing governance. Accepting the diversity of definitions and assessments, this note does not intend to review the whole field. A diagnostic tool here refers to the approach and methodology used in assessing governance. Choice of tool has a direct bearing on how an activity is designed and carried out. Making the right choice, therefore, is important. A tool may become 'main stream' and the original rationale for its use disappears. It is applied because everyone else is using it or there is pressure to use the same tool as others. A shift to other tools, however, may become necessary because existing tools do not deliver. Such a shift is occurring in the governance field where a focus on institutions is being increasingly complemented, if not replaced, by a studies of underlying political economy factors. This Note tries to trace this process by highlighting both specific and more general experiences with tools used to assess governance. Fragile states or situations are not typical but they give rise to governance challenges that more than other contexts test the limits of particular tools. This becomes an especially important issue given that what works in countries that are not fragile seems to fall short of the same achievement in fragile situations. 2017-06-20T21:49:23Z 2017-06-20T21:49:23Z 2011-07 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/186101468160519863/Diagnostic-tools-for-governance-in-fragile-states-lessons-trends-and-suggestions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27278 English en_US Conflict, Crime and Violence Issue Note; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research