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State-Community Synergies in Development : Laying the Basis for Collective Action

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dc.contributor.authorDas Gupta, Monica
dc.contributor.authorGrandvoinnet, Helene
dc.contributor.authorRomani, Mattia
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-26T17:57:07Z
dc.date.available2015-01-26T17:57:07Z
dc.date.issued2000-09
dc.description.abstractIf states would interact more synergistically with communities, they could tap local energies and resources for development-- and help create a development-oriented society and polity in the process. The authors analyze experience in several countries to identify the actions required for state-community synergies in development. Two actions that seem especially important: 1) Broadening the distribution of power within communities, to facilitate collective action and reduce the potential for local capture. In rural areas, much can be done by expanding access to credit, strengthening tenants' rights, and expanding non-crop sources of income. 2) Creating state-community alliances to improve the effectiveness of local public sector institutions and the delivery of services. Case studies from East Asia and Latin America show that such alliances can effect rapid improvements in local institutions, benefiting not only communities but also politicians seeking support and legitimacy. Local bureaucratic reform, combined with more egalitarian community social organizations, allows the creation of powerful coalitions and synergies for rapid, self-sustaining development. This model has been used to achieve outcomes ranging from better health care and drought relief to the generation of agrarian and industrial economic growth. In China and Taiwan, China, these state-community synergies helped produce not only for local consumption but for a rich export market. The cases show that with creative political thinking it is possible to effect rapid change even in poor institutional settings. The Brazilian experience shows how difficult institutional change is in highly inegalitarian settings, but also how such obstacles can be overcome by changes designed to bring grassroots electoral pressure to bear on local government. Experience elsewhere shows, however, how fragile such efforts can be if political support from above is prematurely withdrawn.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2439
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/21351
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 2439
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectcentral-local government relations
dc.subjectland reform
dc.subjectnonfarm income
dc.subjectlocal level
dc.subjectcommunity participation
dc.subjectaccess to information
dc.subjectaccountability
dc.subjectagricultural production
dc.subjectagricultural sector
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectaverage productivity
dc.subjectcase studies
dc.subjectcivil society
dc.subjectclient feedback
dc.subjectclinics
dc.subjectcollective action
dc.subjectcommon good
dc.subjectcommunity leaders
dc.subjectcommunity level
dc.subjectcommunity members
dc.subjectcorruption
dc.subjectdecision-making processes
dc.subjectdeveloping countries
dc.subjectdevelopment process
dc.subjecteconomic growth
dc.subjecteconomists
dc.subjectempirical evidence
dc.subjectemployment
dc.subjectentitlements
dc.subjectenvironmental problems
dc.subjectexploitation
dc.subjectfarmers
dc.subjectfarms
dc.subjecthealth care
dc.subjecthousing
dc.subjecthuman development
dc.subjectincome
dc.subjectincomes
dc.subjectinequality
dc.subjectinstitutional change
dc.subjectinstitutional changes
dc.subjectinsurance
dc.subjectinterest rates
dc.subjectland reform
dc.subjectlivestock
dc.subjectliving conditions
dc.subjectlocal authorities
dc.subjectlocal communities
dc.subjectlocal institutions
dc.subjectlocal level
dc.subjectlocal officials
dc.subjectmarket institutions
dc.subjectmarketing
dc.subjectnational level
dc.subjectnew technologies
dc.subjectpolicy research
dc.subjectpolitical commitment
dc.subjectpolitical conditions
dc.subjectpolitical economy
dc.subjectpolitical leadership
dc.subjectpoor community
dc.subjectpoverty alleviation
dc.subjectpoverty reduction
dc.subjectproductivity
dc.subjectpublic funds
dc.subjectpublic goods
dc.subjectpublic sector
dc.subjectpublic services
dc.subjectquality control
dc.subjectreducing poverty
dc.subjectrural areas
dc.subjectrural communities
dc.subjectrural development
dc.subjectrural poor
dc.subjectsanctions
dc.subjectsavings
dc.subjectservice delivery
dc.subjectsharecropping
dc.subjectsocial development
dc.subjectsocial status
dc.subjecttechnical support
dc.subjectunequal distribution
dc.subjectvested interests
dc.subjectwage rates
dc.subjectwages
dc.titleState-Community Synergies in Development : Laying the Basis for Collective Actionen
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okr.crossref.titleState-Community Synergies in Development: Laying the Basis for Collective Action
okr.date.disclosure2000-09-30
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:35:53.100530Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.guid136101468770932591
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2439
okr.identifier.reportWPS2439
okr.language.supporteden
okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryBrazil
okr.region.countryChina
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.region.countryKorea, Republic of
okr.region.geographicalEast Asia
okr.region.geographicalLatin America
okr.topicGovernance::Governance Indicators
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Economics & Finance
okr.topicPoverty Reduction
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Assessment
okr.topicPublic Sector Development::Decentralization
okr.topicAgriculture::Agricultural Knowledge & Information Systems
okr.topicEnvironment::Environmental Economics & Policies
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Banks & Banking Reform
okr.unitPoverty and Human Resources, Development Research Group
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