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Elite Capture Through Information Distortion: A Theoretical Essay

Platteau, Jean-Philippe; Somville, Vincent; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2013

We investigate donor-beneficiary relationships in participatory development programs, where (i) communities are heterogeneous and dominated by the local elite, (ii) the elite strategically propose a project to the donor, knowing that the latter has imperfect knowledge of the needs of the target...

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Elite Capture in Urban Development: Evidence from Indonesia

Darmawan, Rivayani; Klasen, Stephan - 2013

It has been argued that the potential gains of community-driven development (CDD) poverty programs are large as these can foster sustained poverty reduction. However, recent literature shows that community involvement can increase the risk of elite capture, particularly in more unequal...

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Does aid availability affect effectiveness in reducing poverty?

Bourguignon, François; Platteau, Jean-Philippe - 2012

This paper addresses the issue of the impact of aid supply on aid effectiveness. We proceed in two steps. First, we review research works that deal with the problem of governance in donor-recipient relationships and are susceptible of highlighting effects of aggregate aid availability. Second,...

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The cancer of corruption and World Bank project performance: Is there a connection?

Feil, Hauke - In: Development Policy Review 39 (2021) 3, pp. 381-397

Motivation: Corruption is often cited as a central reason why development projects fail. The article tests this claim … by assessing whether World Bank projects perform worse in implementation environments with a higher corruption level. The …. Approach and Methods I use data from the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys to avoid the often-criticized corruption perception …

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Can Competition Reduce Conflict?

Garg, Teevrat; Gennaioli, Caterina; Lovo, Stefania; … - 2023

We examine the effect of inter-group fiscal competition on within-group violent conflict. Using a triple difference design, we exploit exogenous variation in the degree to which villages in sub-districts compete for public funds. We find that higher competition between villages reduces conflict...

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The experimented society: Interventions, social science, and the failure of post-conflict reconstruction in Afghanistan

Murtazashvili, Jennifer Brick - 2024

This paper critically examines the shortcomings of post-conflict reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021, arguing that an overemphasis on measurable results and causal inference led to overly narrow, community-driven development interventions that failed to appreciate the complex...

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The National Solidarity Programme: Assessing the effects of community-driven development in Afghanistan

Beath, Andrew; Christia, Fotini; Enikolopov, Ruben - 2013

This paper describes the results of an impact evaluation of the National Solidarity Programme, a community-driven development programme in Afghanistan that created democratic village councils and funded small-scale development projects. Using a randomized controlled trial across 500 villages, we...

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Favoritism by the governing elite

Asatryan, Zareh; Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Birkholz, Carlo; … - 2023

In this paper, we study the extent to which ministers engage in regional favoritism. We are the first to provide a comprehensive analysis of a larger set of the governing elite, not just focusing on the primary leader. We manually collect birthplaces of this governing elite globally. Combining...

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Favoritism by the governing elite

Asatryan, Zareh; Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Birkholz, Carlo; … - 2023

In this paper, we study the extent to which ministers engage in regional favoritism. We are the first to provide a comprehensive analysis of a larger set of the governing elite, not just focusing on the primary leader. We hand-collect birthplaces of this governing elite globally. Combining this...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014446337

Whose Preferences Matter for Redistribution: Cross-Country Evidence

Maréchal, Michel André; Cohn, Alain; Yusof, Jeffrey; … - 2023

Using cross-sectional data from 93 countries, we investigate the relationship between the desired level of redistribution among citizens from different socioeconomic backgrounds and the actual extent of government redistribution. Our focus on redistribution arises from the inherent class...

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