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Inequality, good governance and endemic corruption

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2017

Can a society suffering contests between rich and poor achieve good governance in the face of endemic corruption? We … state to establish and implement policies reflecting good governance; for example, a government that is accountable and …

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Taxation, social protection, and governance decentralization

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2017

Governments do not have perfect information regarding constituent priorities and needs. This lack of knowledge opens … hierarchical contests and comparing the implications of centralized with decentralized governance. Increasing information available …

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Decentralizing aid with interested parties

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2006

this analysis the root donor establishes a necessary criterion for potential recipients: good governance. The potential …

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The hope for hysteresis in foreign aid

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2006

We argue that a purpose of foreign aid is to whet the appetite of the recipient in order to bring about a long term commitment to what the donor perceives as a need, but which the recipient may rank lower down on his list of undertakings, or may be sufficiently resource constrained as to be...

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Making aid work: Governance and decentralization

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2014

, and/or the bureaucratic necessity of laying claim to having the bigger impact. The idea here is that good governance … argument for establishing good governance criteria is as much to put constraints on donor behavior as on the necessity of …

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Making aid work: Governance and decentralization

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2015

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