{"type":"script","doc_desc":{"producers":[{"name":"Reproducibility WBG","abbr":"DECDI","affiliation":"World Bank - Development Impact Department","role":"Verification and preparation of metadata"}],"prod_date":"2025-12-11","version":"1"},"project_desc":{"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Galileu Kim","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"galileukim@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Rita Ramalho","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"rramalho@ifc.org"},{"name":"Tanu Kumar","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"tkumar2@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Stuart Russell","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"srussell2@worldbank.org"}],"title_statement":{"title":"Reproducibility package for Institutional Capacity For Policy Implementation: An Analytical Framework","idno":"RR_WLD_2025_510"},"data_statement":"All data sources are publicly available and included in the reproducibility package.","software":[{"name":"R","version":"4.5.2"}],"scripts":[{"title":"Reproducibility package for Institutional Capacity For Policy Implementation: An Analytical Framework","date":"2025-12","notes":"Computational reproducibility verified by Development Impact (DECDI) Analytics team, World Bank.","instructions":"See README in reproducibility package.","file_name":"RR_WLD_2025_510","zip_package":"RR_WLD_2025_510.zip","dependencies":"R dependencies are listed in the file renv.lock."}],"repository_uri":[{"name":"Reproducible Research Repository (World Bank)","uri":"https:\/\/reproducibility.worldbank.org"}],"production_date":"2025-12-11","abstract":"State capacity is an important pre-requisite for policy implementation, yet at the country-level it is difficult to measure, assess, and reform. We propose a focus on institutional capacity: the ability of public institutions to implement the specific policy mandates for which they are responsible. Based on a review of existing literature, we define the different dimensions that compose institutional capacity and group them into two cross-cutting categories: organizational dimensions (personnel, financial resources, information systems, and management practices) and governance dimensions (transparency, independence, and accountability). We propose measures for organizational and governance dimensions using existing data, show intra-institutional variation of these measures within countries, and discuss how new data could be collected to better measure these concepts. Finally, we illustrate how the framework can be used to diagnose the sources of common problems of weak policy implementation.","geographic_units":[{"name":"World","code":"WLD"}],"keywords":[{"name":"Institutional Capacity"},{"name":"Personnel Economics"},{"name":"Public Financial Management"},{"name":"Information Systems"},{"name":"Public Administration"}],"topics":[{"id":"H1","uri":"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/econlit\/jelCodes.php?view=jel","vocabulary":"Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)","name":"Structure and Scope of Government","parent_id":"H"},{"id":" H4","uri":"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/econlit\/jelCodes.php?view=jel","vocabulary":"Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)","name":"Publicly Provided Goods","parent_id":"H"},{"id":" H83","uri":"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/econlit\/jelCodes.php?view=jel","vocabulary":"Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)","name":"Public Administration \u2022 Public Sector Accounting and Audits","parent_id":"H8"}],"output":[{"type":"Working Paper","description":"Policy Research Working Papers (PRWP)","title":"Institutional Capacity For Policy Implementation: An Analytical Framework"}],"language":[{"name":"English","code":"EN"}],"technology_requirements":"run time: ~ 20 minutes","disclaimer":"The materials in the reproducibility packages are distributed as they were prepared by the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development\/The World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this event do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, the Executive Directors of the World Bank, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the materials included in the reproducibility package.","license":[{"name":"Modified BSD3","uri":"https:\/\/opensource.org\/license\/bsd-3-clause\/"}],"contacts":[{"name":"Galileu Kim","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"galileukim@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Reproducibility WBG","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"reproducibility@worldbank.org"}],"datasets":[{"citation":"Fukuyama, Francis \u00ae Daniel Rogger \u00ae Zahid Hasnain \u00ae Katherine Bersch \u00ae Dinsha Mistree \u00ae Christian Schuster \u00ae Kim Sass Mikkelsen \u00ae Kerenssa Kay \u00ae Jan Meyer-Sahling (2022) Global Survey of Public Servants Global Indicator Data Set (version 1; April 2022). 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Commercial use of the data is prohibited.","note":"Data accessed in 2025.\nFiles: data\/input\/boost\/boost_arm_2006_2022.xlsx"},{"name":"Uganda BOOST Public Expenditure Database","license":"Custom License","access_type":"Publicly available and included in the package. Commercial use of the data is prohibited.","note":"Data accessed in 2025.\nFiles: data\/input\/boost\/boost_uga_2004_2022.xlsx","uri":"https:\/\/datacatalog.worldbank.org\/search\/dataset\/0038076","citation":"Uganda BOOST Public Expenditure Database, World Bank Group"},{"name":"Paraguay BOOST Public Expenditure Database ","uri":"https:\/\/datacatalog.worldbank.org\/search\/dataset\/0038079","citation":"Paraguay BOOST Public Expenditure Database, World Bank Group","access_type":"Data accessed in 2025.\nPublicly available and included in the package. 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