Mazzucato, Mariana;
Qobo, M;
Kattel, Rainer;
(2022)
Building State Capacities and Dynamic Capabilities to Drive Social and Economic Development: The Case of South Africa.
In: Qobo, Mzukisi and Soko, Mills and Ngwenya, Nomfundo Xenia, (eds.)
The Future of the South African Political Economy Post-COVID 19.
(pp. 43-74).
Springer International Publishing: Cham, Switzerland.
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Abstract
One of the biggest lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic is that public sector capacity to manage a crisis of this proportion is dependent on the cumulative investments that a state has made, especially to bolster dynamic capabilities. For South Africa, an array of institutional weaknesses and governance failures at the municipal and national levels have undermined the ability of the state to deliver on its developmental mandate. Tackling grand challenges requires strengthening institutional capabilities of the state across different spheres of government, especially at the coalface of public service delivery at the local level. Our approach in this chapter places an emphasis on a different type of state: one that is characterized by innovative institutions and that embodies public value and can catalyze new types of growth.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Building State Capacities and Dynamic Capabilities to Drive Social and Economic Development: The Case of South Africa |
| ISBN-13: | 9783031105753 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-031-10576-0_3 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10576-0_3 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Macroeconomics of Covid-19, Economic policy responses to Covid19, Economic crisis management South Africa in a time of crisis Economic choices in pandemics South Africa’s economic revival |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Inst for Innovation and Public Purpose |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10173381 |
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