Download This PaperThe Challenge of Public Capabilities for Successful Productive Development Policies: Hopeless Task or Pragmatic Program?
46 Pages Posted: 25 Apr 2017
Date Written: March 2016
Abstract
This paper discusses the organizational structure and technical, operational and political capabilities required for successful productive development policies (PDPs). It also discusses how countries can match their PDPs to existing capabilities, as well as expand their capabilities in the long run. The specific difficulties associated with PDPs are also discussed.
Keywords: Government performance, Industrial policy
JEL Classification: H10, H11, L50, O25
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Cornick, Jorge and Fernández-Arias, Eduardo and Stein, Ernesto Hugo, The Challenge of Public Capabilities for Successful Productive Development Policies: Hopeless Task or Pragmatic Program? (March 2016). IDB Working Paper No. IDB-WP-636, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2956680 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2956680
Eduardo Fernández-Arias
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
1300 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20577
United States
Ernesto Hugo Stein
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) ( email )
1300 New York Avenue, NW
Research Department
Washington, DC 20577
United States
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