Working with the Grain - Levy, Brian (Senior Adjunct Professor, Senior Adjunct Professor, School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University, Washington, DC, and Adjunct Professor, School of Economics, University of Cape Town)

This book directs attention away from unattainable 'good governance', and towards 'with-the-grain' institutional reforms that can initiate and sustain development momentum. It shows how to find a 'good fit' between country context and governance reform - with virtuous circles of change sometimes transforming seemingly modest reforms into a cascading sequence of gains.