Big Stuck

The Big Stuck in State Capability and Premature Load Bearing, Some New Evidence

July 5, 2019

written by Lant Pritchett In the book Building State Capability one of the explanations of the very slow progress shown in acquiring effective and capability administration in developing countries was […]

How did China Create “Directed Improvisation”?

May 10, 2017

written by Lant Pritchett Yuen-Yuen Ang, a Professor of Political Science at University of Michigan came to speak at Harvard the other day and I was lucky enough to hear […]