Making Space for Purpose-Driven Work in Bureaucracies

<p>Learn more about <a href="https://danhonig.info/" target="_blank">Dan Honig's research and contributions to the field of international  development</a>, and stay tuned for his forthcoming book titled 'Mission-Driven Bureaucrats'. </p><p>Read  <a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691197357/patchwork-leviathan" target="_blank"><i>Patchwork Leviathan: Pockets of Bureaucratic Effectiveness in Developing States</i></a><i> </i>by Erin Metz McDonnell.</p><p>Read <a href="https://bsc.cid.harvard.edu/publications/south-sudans-capability-trap-building-state-disruptive-innovation" target="_blank"><i>South Sudan's Capability Trap: Building a State with Disruptive Innovation</i></a> by Greg Larson, Peter Biar Ajak, and Lant Pritchett. </p><p>Read <a href="https://www.cgdev.org/publication/limits-accounting-based-accountability-education-and-far-beyond-why-more-accounting-will" target="_blank"><i>The Limits of Accounting-Based Accountability in Education (and Far Beyond): Why More Accounting Will Rarely Solve Accountability Problems</i></a> by Dan Honig and Lant Pritchett.</p><p>Read <a href="https://buildingstatecapability.com/2018/06/28/account-based-accountability-and-aid-effectiveness/" target="_blank"><i>Account-based accountability and Aid Effectiveness</i></a> by Lant Pritchett.</p><p>Read <a href="https://www.povertyactionlab.org/evaluation/effect-increased-autonomy-vs-performance-pay-procurement-officers-performance-pakistan" target="_blank"><i>The Effect of Increased Autonomy vs. Performance Pay on Procurement Officers’ Performance in Pakistan</i></a> by Oriana Bandiera, Michael Best, Adnan Khan, and Andrea Prat.</p><p> </p>