Working with the Grain and Swimming against the Tide

Resource type
Journal Article
Author/contributor
Title
Working with the Grain and Swimming against the Tide
Abstract
Research into the governance of public goods provision in Africa suggests that, on their own, bottom–up pressures from voters and service users are only a weak factor in improving performance. It confirms the importance of working with politicians and service providers as well as clients. However, getting ‘uptake’ of these findings into the practice of development agencies is difficult. In the dissemination of previous studies, certain propositions about the power of information and community monitoring have been heavily over-sold because they satisfy practitioners' hunger for simple, upbeat messages. Incentives, ideologies and vested interests inhibit the adoption of more complex findings.
Publication
Public Management Review
Volume
14
Issue
2
Pages
163-180
Date
February 1, 2012
ISSN
1471-9037
Accessed
22/09/2020, 09:57
Library Catalogue
Taylor and Francis+NEJM
Extra
Publisher: Routledge _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2012.657959
Citation
Booth, D. (2012). Working with the Grain and Swimming against the Tide. Public Management Review, 14(2), 163–180. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2012.657959