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Fiscal decentralization and efficiency of public services delivery by local governments in Ghana
Otoo, Isaac; Danquah, Michael - 2021
In this paper, we estimate the efficiency of Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Ghana, and investigate the impact of fiscal decentralization on the efficiency of local public goods and services delivery by MMDAs. Using data from composite budgets of all 216 MMDAs, we...
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Historical origins of persistent inequality in Nigeria
Archibong, Belinda - 2016
services in Nigeria. While significant gains in the reduction of inequality and improvement in access have been made for more … part driven by historical heterogeneous federal government policy towards different groups in Nigeria. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011573964
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Spatial and temporal multidimensional poverty in Nigeria
Ajakaiye, Olu; Jerome, Afeikhena T.; Olaniyan, Olanrewaju; … - 2015
Nigeria has recorded impressive growth in the last decade, yet the impact of this growth on poverty reduction remains … unclear. This paper appraises spatial and temporal non-monetary multidimensional poverty in Nigeria using the first …
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Multidimensional poverty in Nigeria : first order dominance approach
Ajakaiye, Olu; Jerome, Afeikhena T.; Olaniyan, Olanrewaju; … - 2014
This study appraises non-monetary multidimensional poverty in Nigeria using the novel first order dominance approach …-using comparable datasets, the Nigeria Demographic and Health Surveys of 1999, 2003, and 2008 for national, regional, and zonal … analysis, and the Harmonized Nigeria Living Standard Survey of 2008/09 as well as the Nigeria Living Standard Survey of 2003 …
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Infrastructure and poverty reduction : implications for urban development in Nigeria
Ogun, T. P. - 2010
The paper investigates the impact of infrastructural development on poverty reduction in Nigeria. Specifically, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008661211
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Ethnicity is not public service destiny : the political logic of service distribution in South Africa
Porten, John; Rhee, Inbok; Gibson, Clark C. - 2021
Millions of South Africans in thousands of demonstrations have protested the unequal allocation of public services. Despite the African National Congress's promise to reduce the disparities generated by apartheid, the level of public services remains highly uneven across the country. Most...
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Opposition politics and urban service delivery in Kampala, Uganda
Lambright, Gina M. S. - 2012
Uganda, like other African countries, has implemented reforms to decentralize political authority to local governments and reintroduce multiparty elections. This combination creates opportunities for national partisan struggles to emerge in local arenas and influence local service delivery. This...
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The impact of social mobilization on health service delivery and health outcomes : evidence from rural Pakistan
Giné, Xavier; Khalid, Salma; Mansuri, Ghazala - 2018
We use a randomized community development programme in rural Pakistan to assess the impact of citizen engagement on public service delivery and maternal and child health outcomes. The programme had a strong focus on ensuring the participation of women. Women in the study villages had also...
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Legal identity and access to the state in South Africa
Nsabimana, Aimable; Pleace, Michelle; Gisselquist, Rachel M. - 2024
Legal identity is an important aspect of securing access to public services, such as education, healthcare, and social protection services, including child support grants. In the South African context, in the post-apartheid period, many poor South Africans benefited from wellorganized civil...
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Local government, taxes, and guns : successful policy innovation in three Colombian cities
Gutiérrez Sanín, Francisco; Gutiérrez Haces, María … - 2011
This paper evaluates transformative policy innovations with respect to security and taxation in the three main Colombian cities: Bogotá, Medellín, and Cali. In the first two, such policies were associated with huge success. Elsewhere we (Gutiérrez et al. 2009) have tagged these transformation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008991428