State capacity is the ability of a government to accomplish policy goals, either generally or in reference to specific aims.[1][2][3][4][5] More narrowly, state capacity often refers to the ability of a state to collect taxes, enforce law and order, and provide public goods.[6]
A state that lacks capacity is defined as a fragile state or, in a more extreme case, a failed state.[7][8] Higher state capacity has been strongly linked to long-term economic development, as state capacity can establish law and order, private property rights, and external defense, as well as support development by establishing a competitive market, transportation infrastructure, and mass education.[2][9] State capacity can be measured by Government effectiveness index and government competitiveness and relates to political efficacy.
^Dincecco, Mark (2017). State Capacity and Economic Development: Present and Past. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1, 15–24. ISBN 978-1-108-33755-7.
^ abDincecco, Mark; Wang, Yuhua (2023). "State Capacity". The Oxford Handbook of Historical Political Economy. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197618608.013.13. SSRN 4022645.
^Akbar, Nafisa; Ostermann, Susan L. (2015). "Understanding, Defining, and Measuring State Capacity in India: Traditional, Modern, and Everything in Between An Asian Survey Special Issue on India". Asian Survey. 55 (5): 845–861. doi:10.1525/as.2015.55.5.845. ISSN 0004-4687. JSTOR 26364315.
^Brambor, Thomas; Goenaga, Agustín; Lindvall, Johannes; Teorell, Jan (2020). "The Lay of the Land: Information Capacity and the Modern State". Comparative Political Studies. 53 (2): 175–213. doi:10.1177/0010414019843432. ISSN 0010-4140. S2CID 133292367.
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