Can Public Discussion Enhance Program Ownership?

Can Public Discussion Enhance Program Ownership?
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Volume/Issue:
2004/163
Series:
IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Peter Isard, and Allan Drazen
Publisher:
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Published Date:
September 2004
DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451857962.001
ISBN:
9781451857962
ISSN:
1018-5941
Page:
31
We use the concepts of deliberative democracy from political science and cheap talk from economics to develop a better understanding of how public discussion can contribute to building and demonstrating ownership of IMF programs and hence to program success. We argue that ownership is more complex than many discussions of it would suggest, since it must include not only the willingness to carry out a program, but also the technical capacity and especially the political ability to do so. Public discussion can serve a number of purposes, each of which can be better understood by moving to a more formal treatment. We illustrate our points by means of simple examples. We also consider some of the drawbacks of public discussion, especially as applied to IMF programs.
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Can Public Discussion Enhance Program Ownership?

Author(s):
Peter Isard, and Allan Drazen
Published Date:
September 2004
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