INTRODUCTION PART I: THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT 1.
Institutions in development: the country, research, and operational
challenges 2. Institutions, markets, and development outcomes 3.
Institutions, policies, and development outcomes 4. Reinvigorating state
institutions PART 2: INSTITUTIONS AND GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES 5. Fostering
fiscally responsive and accountable governance: lessons from
decentralization 6. Transaction cost economics and public sector
rent-seeking in developing countries: toward a theory of governance failure
7. Performance contracts: a tool for improving public services? 8.
Reforming budgetary institutions in Latin America: the case for a national
fiscal council 19. Credible regulatory policy: options and evaluation PART
3: INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL CAPITAL 10. Defining social
capital: an integrating view 11. An institutional framework for learning
from failed states 12. Learning from early childcare and education programs
13. Institutional structure and social security systems: lessons from the
Chilean experience PART 4: THE IMPLICATIONS OF NEOINSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS
FOR EVALUATION 14. Evaluation as an incentive instrument 15. Implications
for evaluation POSTSCRIPT: THE INSTITUTIONAL DIMENSION OF EVALUATION
