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"state capacity" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the ability of a government or state to carry out various functions, such as providing public services, maintaining public order, and other activities. For example, "The government has been able to increase state capacity with its fiscal policies over the last few years."
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Cuts have sapped state capacity.
State capacity in Greece is notoriously weak.
But foreign aid also undermines the development of local state capacity".
Fragile state capacity is by definition smaller than that of our donors.
Other studies of regulation have aimed at characterizing different policy regimes or, more ambitiously, state capacity.
And it will focus central state capacity on strategic goals rather than the fine detail of policy implementation.
This was possible because Nigeria had the state capacity to undertake such a massive effort in a timely manner.
It is also exposing the limitations of development models that ignore the importance of building state capacity.
Graham Ward, Icai's chief commissioner, said: "Transformative impact in fragile states will take a generation to achieve and is dependent upon development of in-country state capacity.
This not only helps to strengthen state capacity but also allows the continent to identify gaps in states' ability to respond.
This aggressive tracing, that included having access to phone records, was possible because Nigeria had the state capacity to undertake such a massive effort in a timely manner.
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