Minding Weber more than ever ? The impacts of state sapacity and bureaucratic autonomy on development

Luciana Cingolani; Kaj Thomsson; Denis de Crombrugghe

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.02.016

Minding Weber more than ever ? The impacts of state sapacity and bureaucratic autonomy on development

Luciana Cingolani^*, Kaj Thomsson, Denis de Crombrugghe

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

State capacity has attracted renewed interest over the last years, notably in the study of violent conflict. Yet, this concept is conceived differently depending on where the interest lies. In this article, we focus on bureaucratic autonomy as a distinct concept and discuss its connection to state capacity in detail. Using panel data over 1990–2010 and a novel indicator of autonomy, we estimate the separate effect of state capacity and bureaucratic autonomy on child mortality and tuberculosis prevalence. The evidence suggests that bureaucratic autonomy has a stronger impact than commonly used measures of state capacity or traditional macroeconomic variables.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	191-207
Journal	World Development
Volume	72
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.02.016
Publication status	Published - 2015

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