until recently,two extreme views seem often to have dominated the discussions of the role of government in economic development. the first view has been that effective government was not only necessary due to market failure but possibly even sufficient to achieve economic development. At least implicit in this view is the argument that if a particular regime could not be counted on to perform competently and honestly in this process,either the regime would eventually be forced to do so as a result of building political pressures or else it would lose power,through elections if available or through other means if not