title: World Development Report 1997: The State in a Changing World (World Bank Development Report)
author: The World Bank
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zlib_text: INSTITUTIONS TAKING ROOT
  
  NEW FRONTIERS OF SOCIAL POLICY
  Institutions Taking Root
  Building State Capacity in 
   Challenging Contexts
  Naazneen H. Barma, Elisabeth Huybens, and 
  Lorena Viñuela, Editors
  
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