Political transition, policy learning and failures to learn: a global South perspective.

This paper examines how political transition influences policy learning and change from a developing country perspective. Using the policy learning literature as an organising frame, the paper attempts to answer four related questions: Is political transition associated with any form of policy learn...

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Publicado en:International Development Planning Review Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 165 - 190
Autor principal: Kaye-Essien, Charles Wharton
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Liverpool University Press / Journals 2020
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        Ghana
        Government agencies
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          Other federal government public administration
          Other provincial and territorial public administration
          Other local, municipal and regional public administration
          Developing countries
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      ab: This paper examines how political transition influences policy learning and change from a developing country perspective. Using the policy learning literature as an organising frame, the paper attempts to answer four related questions: Is political transition associated with any form of policy learning? If so, what is learnt? Who are the learners and in what instances do policy actors fail to learn? To answer these questions, the paper uses mixed methods comprising semi-structured interviews with policymakers and analyses of data from five medium-term policy documents in Ghana. Results from the study indeed suggest that governments learn from their predecessors and pursue incremental policy making practices. Findings also suggested that while state agencies learn from policy instruments over time, such efforts are often hampered by financial and human resource incapacities.
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