Grindel, M.; Thomas, J. (1991): Public Choices and Policy Change: The Political Economy of Reform in Developing Countries. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore.  Home/Search   Document Not in Database   Summary   Related Articles   Check

....repay a loan, the implementation of credit schemes is strongly affected by the consequences of moral hazard. Finally, the weak political voice of the rural population in most parts of the developing world is an obstacle to the introduction of state based social security systems in rural areas. As Grindel and Thomas (1991) have pointed out, policy reforms and their translation into action heavily depend on the attitude of the political elite and the government administration. Since the rural population is not considered a powerful interest group, the pressure and incentive for an enlargement of the existing system ....

Grindel, M.; Thomas, J. (1991): Public Choices and Policy Change: The Political Economy of Reform in Developing Countries. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore.

.... fire fighting approach to problem solving rather than being one component of a long term policy dialogue integrating decisionmaking, research, analysis, and outreach (Herbst 1993) Research programs with long lifelines may generate research products that are no longer as relevant or timely (Grindle and Thomas 1991). The failure to use research to evaluate the impacts of policies on an ongoing basis mitigates against fine tuning a policy to ensure that it achieves its ultimate objectives. One key reason for this apparent short term approach is that policy researchers have not ensured the sufficient ....

Grindle, M. S., and J. W. Thomas. 1991. Public choices and policy change: The political economy of reform in developing countries. Baltimore, Md., U.S.A.: Johns Hopkins University Press.

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