improving pro-poor targeting of private benefits by transitioning to formula-based budgeting. … West Bengal, India. Using household panel survey data spanning 1998-2008, we examine the consequences of clientelism for … distributive equity. We find that targeting of anti-poverty programmes was progressive both within and across GPs and is explained …

communities' experiences with clientelism affect expectations of service provision. Development practitioners need to understand … how social context affects not only the likelihood of vote-buying but also the distributive effects of clientelism. …

Political science literature on clientelism has tended to focus on vote-buying, viewed primarily from the perspective … of parties/brokers. The motives that drive clients to engage in clientelism and the different forms of clientelism that … result remain relatively unexplored. This paper proposes a formal model of clientelism that focuses primarily on the client …

improving pro-poor targeting of private benefits by transitioning to formula-based budgeting. … West Bengal, India. Using household panel survey data spanning 1998-2008, we examine the consequences of clientelism for … distributive equity. We find that targeting of anti-poverty programmes was progressive both within and across GPs and is explained …