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Infrastructure Governance and Corruption : Where Next?
Kenny, Charles - 2016
Governance is central to development outcomes in infrastructure, not least because corruption (a symptom of failed … governance) can have significantly negative impact on returns to infrastructure investment. This conclusion holds whether … infrastructure is in private or public hands. This paper looks at what has been learned about the role of governance in …
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Benin's Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective
Dominguez, Carolina - 2017
Between 2000 and 2005 infrastructure made an important contribution of 1.6 percentage points to Benin's improved per …. Benin has made significant progress in some areas of its infrastructure, including roads, air transport, water, and … water and sanitation systems. Benin currently spends about $452 million a year on infrastructure, with almost $101 million …
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Cabinet Size and Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa
Wehner, Joachim - 2020
There is frequent public and media concern over the cost of bloated cabinets in many Sub-Saharan African countries. Scholarship on elite clientelism links cabinet positions with corruption and practices that undermine sound policy making. This paper presents new data on the number of ministers...
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Strengthening Governance Through Engaged Societies : Lessons from the Implementation of Poverty Reduction Strategies
Barbone, Luca - 2006
In December 1999, the Boards of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund approved a new approach to their relations with low-income countries. The approach was centered around the development and implementation of Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS), which are intended to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779239
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Deterring Kickbacks and Encouraging Entry in Public Procurement Markets : Evidence from Firm Surveys in 88 Developing Countries
Knack, Stephen - 2017
There is relatively little systematic evidence on the links between procurement systems and outcomes such as competition and corruption levels. This paper adds to the evidence base, using data on almost 34,000 firms from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys, in 88 countries that also have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012954322
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Of Governance and Revenue : Participatory Institutions and Tax Compliance in Brazil
Touchton, Michael Ryan - 2019
Traditionally, governments seek to mobilize tax revenues by expanding their enforcement of existing tax regimes and facilitating tax payments. However, enforcement and facilitation can be costly and produce diminishing marginal returns if citizens are unwilling to pay their taxes. This paper...
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Public Spending and Outcomes : Does Governance Matter?
Rajkumar, Andrew Sunil - 2017
The authors examine the role of governance-measured by level of corruption and quality of bureaucracy-and ask how it affects the relationship between public spending and outcomes. Their main innovation is to see if differences in efficacy of public spending can be explained by quality of...
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When Elites Meet : Decentralization, Power-Sharing, and Public Goods Provision in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone
Clayton, Amanda - 2017
Over the past decade, decentralization of fiscal and policy-making authority has become a cornerstone of development organizations? recommendations for good governance. Yet the institutional design of multilayered government can create tensions as new elites attempt to fill governing spaces long...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971516
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Gender and Public Goods Provision in Tamil Nadu's Village Governments
Gajwani, Kiran - 2017
Using data from 144 village-level governments in India's Tamil Nadu state, this paper investigates political reservations for women and whether the gender of village government leaders influences the provision of village public goods. A knowledge test of village government presidents and a...
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Do Elected Councils Improve Governance? Experimental Evidence on Local Institutions in Afghanistan
Beath, Andrew - 2017
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...
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