Political Economy in Practice

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New World Bank Blog Post: What a political economy perspective can contribute to development effectiveness

 

This interesting recent blog post by Verena Fritz at the World Bank looks at smart ways of working with existing political economy dynamics to promote developmental change. She calls this approach 'ju-jitsu' because of its focus on reinforcing positive 'drivers of change' that already exist rather than trying to force through reforms that go against prevailing incentives.

https://blogs.worldbank.org/governance/what-a-political-economy-perspective-can-contribute-to-development-effectiveness