Building administrative capacity for development: limits and prospects
| Author | M. Shamsul Haque,Alexandre de Avila Gomide,M. Ramesh,Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira |
| DOI | 10.1177/00208523211002605 |
| Published date | 01 June 2021 |
| Date | 01 June 2021 |
| Subject Matter | Introduction |
Introduction
International
Review of
Administrative
Sciences
Building administrative
capacity for development:
limits and prospects
M. Shamsul Haque
National University of Singapore, Singapore
M. Ramesh
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira
Fundac¸~
ao Getulio Vargas, Brazil
Alexandre de Avila Gomide
Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brazil
Introduction
There is an established cross-disciplinary intellectual tradition of studying state
capacity, especially in political science and political sociology (Cingolani, 2013,
2018). The concept has recently shifted more toward the administrative dimension
of state capacity, that is, administrative capacity, which is being widely used in
public administration and policy studies (El-Taliawi and Van der Wal, 2019).
The practical significance of this capacity is highlighted in terms of its necessity
for economic performance, industrial growth, policy implementation, and overall
national development (Cingolani, 2013; El-Taliawi and Van der Wal, 2019). In this
age of globalization, administrative capacity needs to be expanded to deal with
the worldwide context of intensive competition, complexity, and uncertainty
(Farazmand, 2009), and to effectively address financial crises, security threats,
Corresponding author:
M. Shamsul Haque, Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge
Crescent, Singapore 119260.
Email: polhaque@nus.edu.sg
International Review of Administrative
Sciences
2021, Vol. 87(2) 211–219
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