ERC Starting Grant · 2025
State Capacity and Development
State capacity — the ability of the state to raise revenue and provide public goods — is considered essential for economic development. This ability is still lacking in many developing countries today, and important lessons can be drawn from countries that have been successful in developing an effective state in the past. The over-arching goal of STATE-DEV is to advance our understanding of the development of state capacity, with particular emphasis on three essential pillars: 1) the drivers of demand for state capacity; 2) the quality of the state's bureaucracy, a crucial element of the supply side of state capacity; 3) the institutional elements that facilitate or hinder corruption in the…
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