Besley, Timothy; Pande, Rohini; Rao, Vijayendra - In: Journal of the European Economic Association 3 (2005) 2-3, pp. 648-657
We use household and village survey data from South India to examine who participates in village meetings called by elected local governments, and what effect these meetings have on beneficiary selection for welfare programs. Our main finding is that it is the more disadvantaged social groups...