Building Government Accountability and Leading Reform
September 20-21, 2012, Robertson Hall Bowl 016, Bowl 1 & Bernstein Gallery
Pre-Event Activities: Thursday September 20
12:30-1:30 Jean-Paul Faguet, London School of Economics, on his book about why some local governments in Bolivia perform better than others, 005 Robertson Hall (bring your own lunch)
8:15-8:45 Continental Breakfast
Bowl 16, Robertson Hall
8:45-8:55 Video: Leading Institutional Transformation
9:15-10:15 Public Sector Turnarounds/Pockets of Effectiveness: Moderator Jorge de los Santos, Ed Campos (World Bank Institute); Jennifer Widner for ISS; Harry Garnett (formerly Lead Public Sector Management Specialist in the Africa Region of the World Bank) Discussant: Chuck Cameron, Professor of Politics & International Affairs
10:15-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-11:45 Capability Traps: Moderator Jennifer Widner, Matt Andrews, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard; Michael Woolcock, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
Discussants: Carles Boix, Professor of Politics & International Affairs; John Waterbury, former president of the American University of Beirut and affiliate, The Woodrow Wilson School
11:45-12:10 Related Research I: Moderator: Jennifer Widner. Jacob Shapiro, Professor of Politics & International Affairs, and Jean-Paul Faguet, Reader, London School of Economics, on new research related to the morning’s themes
12:15-1:00 Lunch break: Tour Related Princeton research projects in the Bernstein Gallery. [Reviewers will meet in breakout room 020 for this period.]
1:00-2:00 Cities and State Performance: Moderator, Ed Campos. David Stasavage, Professor of Politics and Chair of the Politics Department, New York University; Laura Bacon, Associate Director ISS, Brandon Fuller, The Urban Project, New York University
- Center of Government Panel: Improving Cabinet Office Performance - Robertson 005
- Transparency and New Technologies - Robertson 011
- Dampening Election Violence: Political Party Consultation - Robertson 020
3:15-3:45 Related Research at Princeton University II: Miguel Centeno, Professor of Sociology and Chair, Department of Sociology; Andreas Wimmer, Professor of Sociology; Leonard Wantchekon, Professor of Politics; Jacob Shapiro, Professor of Politics & International Affairs
4:15 Closing Remarks: Jennifer Widner: some of the key things we have learned
Mark Beissinger, Director, Princeton Institute for International & Regional Studies
Follow up events: Watch for ISS announcements. Our cabinet office performance series continues October 25 with a noon talk by Governor Mitch Daniels, Indiana, on improving effectiveness and coordination at the center of government.
