State Effectiveness Quotes

There is no right government except good government.

The State …is a key partner of the private sector—and often a more daring one, willing to take the risks that business won’t. …An entrepreneurial state … operates boldly and effectively to make things happen. Indeed, when not confident, it is more likely that the State will get ‘captured’ and bow to private interests [and become] a poor imitator of private sector behaviors, rather than a real alternative

Without effective states working with active and involved citizens, there is little chance for the growth that is needed to abolish global poverty.

The effect of a good government is to make life more valuable; of a bad one, to make it less valuable.

First, we need to focus government on the things that are required of the State. Second, we need to achieve competence in government so that the State delivers on the things it sets out to do.

Russia should be an effective and competitive state with a sustainable economy, developed social and political system flexible to changes domestically and globally.

Mexico is a competent, strong state. A little corrupt here and there, a little ineffective here and there, but a strong state.

Our battle over the size of the state overlooks a problem that is just as important and that may be easier to muster the collective will to resolve: how effective government is, regardless of its scale.

One area where the state can be more effective in addressing the doctor shortage is to focus on making sure that Arizona is a friendly environment for doctors and those wishing to practice medicine.