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How Does Bribery Affect Public Service Delivery? Micro-Evidence from Service Users and Public Officials in Peru
Kaufmann, Daniel; Montoriol-Garriga, Judit; Recanatini, … - 2012
probability of being discouraged, while knowledge of mechanisms to report corruption and extent of social network increase it … institutional factors. Econometric results suggest that corruption reduces the supply of services, while voice mechanisms and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552279
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The Worldwide Governance Indicators and Tautology : Causally Related Separable Concepts, Indicators of a Common Cause, or Both?
Langbein, Laura; Knack, Stephen - 2012
control of corruption, rule of law, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, political stability, and voice and …'s even more widely-known aggregate index similarly reflects perceptions not only of corruption, as intended, but of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552460
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The Worldwide Governance Indicators Project : Answering the Critics
Kaufmann, Daniel; Kraay, Aart; Mastruzzi, Massimo - 2012
The Worldwide Governance Indicators, reporting estimates of six dimensions of governance for over 200 countries between 1996 and 2005, have become widely used among policymakers and academics. They have also attracted some explicit written criticisms. In this short paper the authors synthesize...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552599
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Infrastructure Governance and Corruption : Where Next?
Kenny, Charles - 2012
Governance is central to development outcomes in infrastructure, not least because corruption (a symptom of failed … - primarily at the sector level - to improve governance and reduce the development impact of corruption. The discussion covers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552778
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Corruption and Decentralized Public Governance
Shah, Anwar - 2012
This paper examines the conceptual and empirical basis of corruption and governance and concludes that decentralized … local governance is conducive to reduced corruption in the long run. This is because localization helps to break the … as a means to making government responsive and accountable to people can help reduce corruption and improve service …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553648
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Governance Matters IV : Governance Indicators for 1996-2004
Kaufmann, Daniel; Kraay, Aart; Mastruzzi, Massimo - 2012
) rule of law, and (6) control of corruption. They cover 209 countries and territories for 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2004 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012554089
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Public Spending and Outcomes : Does Governance Matter?
Rajkumar, Andrew Sunil; Swaroop, Vinaya - 2013
The authors examine the role of governance-measured by level of corruption and quality of bureaucracy-and ask how it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559601
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Do Elected Councils Improve Governance? Experimental Evidence on Local Institutions in Afghanistan
Beath, Andrew; Christia, Fotini; Enikolopov, Ruben - 2013
Using data from a field experiment in 500 villages, this paper studies how local institutions affect the quality of governance, as measured by aid distribution outcomes. In villages where elected councils exist and manage distributions, aid targeting improves. However, if the distribution is not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012560115
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Fungibility and the Impact of Development Assistance : Evidence from Vietnam's Health Sector
Wagstaff, Adam - 2012
How can the impact of aid be estimated in the presence of fungibility? And how far does fungibility reduce its benefits? These questions are analyzed in a context where a donor wants to target its efforts on a specific sector and specific geographic areas. A traditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552243
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Governance Matters VII : Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators 1996-2007
Kaufmann, Daniel; Kraay, Aart; Mastruzzi, Massimo - 2012
Corruption. The latest aggregate indicators are based on hundreds of specific and disaggregated individual variables measuring …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552443