Graham Teskey, Global Lead for Governance, Abt Global * This article was originally published as a chapter in the Elgar Companion for the World Bank, 2024. Introduction A case can be made that 2007 to 2014 marked the high point of ‘governance’ in development. In academia, a number of influential books were published highlighting evidence …
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A second-hand dealer in ideas: reflections on thirty years scribbling about governance
Graham Teskey, Principal Lead for Governance, Abt Global 1 “The ideas of economists and philosophers… are more powerful than is commonly understood. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority… are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler… I …
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