Building state capacity in Africa
Subtitle: new approaches, emerging lessons
By: edited by Brian Levy, Sahr Kpundeh
Contributors: Levy, Brian; Kpundeh, Sahr John
Series: WBI development studies
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
Subjects: Infrastructure (Economics) -- Africa; Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-; Africa -- Economic policy; Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960-; Africa -- Social policy
Description: "Building State Capacity in Africa draws on the experiences of public sector reform implementation in more than a dozen African countries to address such topics as the relationship between governance and economic development, public expenditure and accountability, anticorruption reform, decentralization, political structures, and the delivery of public services."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "Jointly prepared by the World Bank Institute and the Africa Region Vice Presidency of the World Bank."

Includes bibliographical references and index