Service delivery as a measure of change: state capacity and development

SOURCE: State of the nation: South Africa 2008
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2009
TITLE AUTHOR(S): D.Hemson, J.Carter, G.Karuri-Sebina
SOURCE EDITOR(S): P.M.Kagwanja, K.Kondlo
KEYWORDS: CAPACITY BUILDING, POST APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA, SERVICE INDUSTRIES
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Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 5736
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/4961
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/4961

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Abstract

This chapter considers state capacity in a number of dimensions, analyses the constraints and limits to capacity, explores the relationship between policy and capacity, and examines the future prospects for a resolution of the issues currently hampering state capacity.