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Does participatory budgeting improve decentralized public service delivery?

Beuermann, Diether W.; Amelina, Maria - 2014

decentralization context for the success of participatory governance. …

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Identifying and disentangling the impact of fiscal decentralization on economic growth

Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge; … - 2019

This paper revisits the relationship between fiscal decentralization and economic growth by addressing the endogeneity … argue are strong and consistent instruments for fiscal decentralization. Empirically, we find that indeed both instruments … expenditure or revenue shares - the conventional measures of decentralization - will increase GDP per capita growth by …

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Targeting credit through community members

Vera Cossío, Diego Alejandro - 2019

Limited borrower information may create targeting distortions in credit markets. Community-based lending programs may reduce these distortions by exploiting information transmitted in local networks, but connections may create asymmetries in power. This paper analyzes how local leaders balance...

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The impact of decentralized decision making on student outcomes and teacher quality : evidence from Colombia

Elacqua, Gregory; Munevar, Isabela; Sánchez Torres, Fabio - 2019

To contribute to the debate about decentralization of education management, in this paper, we take advantage of the …

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Decentralization and accountability : the curse of local underdevelopment

Machado, Fabiana V. P. - 2013

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Government fragmentation and educational outcomes : evidence on the creation of municipalities in Chile

Alcaíno, Manuel; Jaimovich, Analía; Méndez, Carolina; … - 2022

point to specific unintended educational effects of policies that seek to enhance horizontal decentralization. …

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Posts as trade facilitators

Carballo, Jerónimo; Schaur, Georg; Volpe Martincus, … - 2016 - This version: March 2016

learn. In so doing, we use a unique dataset that consists of the entire universe of Peru's export transactions over the …

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Endogenous border times

Carballo, Jerónimo; Graziano, Alejandro; Schaur, Georg; … - 2016 - This version: March 2016

We examine transaction-level Peruvian import data to show that firms are subject to significant costs of port-of-entry delays. At the transaction level, we observe the time it takes a shipment to clear each step in the entry process. Our theory shows conditions under which observed entry times...

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Impact evaluation of the job youth training program Projoven

Díaz, Juan José; Rosas, David - 2016

This paper brings new evidence on the impact of The Peruvian Job Youth Training Program (Projoven). Compared with prior evaluations of the program, this one has several advantages. This is the first experimental impact evaluation of Projoven, and also the first to measure impacts over a longer...

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Are we nearly there yet? : new technology adoption and labor demand in Peru

Novella, Rafael; Rosas, David; Alvarado, Alfredo - 2019

exploits a recent employer survey in Peru to offer empirical evidence in these regards. Our results show that although the … occupations. The adoption of new technologies will possibly increase in Peru. Meanwhile, it is important to keep investing in …

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