At our recent event on ICT and productivity, both speakers showed how large companies are more productive than small companies – because they adopt more technologies, have more skilled workers, train their workers more.

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Why then, when it comes to government effectiveness, the opposite is true – small states are more effective than large ones?

Here is a chart from the world bank indicators on government effectiveness.

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