The Politics of Successful Governance Reforms

The contributors suggest that three factors are critical in explaining positive outcomes:
- strong, consistent commitment from politicians to initiate and sustain reforms;
- a high level of technical capacity and some degree of insulation from societal interests, at least in the early phases, for designing and managing reforms;
- incremental approaches with cumulative benefits are more likely to produce sustainable results.
Explicit attention to the political feasibility of reform, identifying and building incentives for reform, and a more gradual and piecemeal approach are all integral to the success of future governance reforms.