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Deterring Kickbacks and Encouraging Entry in Public Procurement Markets : Evidence from Firm Surveys in 88 Developing Countries
Knack, Stephen - 2017
competition and corruption levels. This paper adds to the evidence base, using data on almost 34,000 firms from the World Bank …
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971163
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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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Governance and Public Service Delivery in Europe and Central Asia : Unofficial Payments, Utilization and Satisfaction
Diagne, Mame Fatou - 2017
Using data from the 2010 Life in Transition Survey, this paper examines the levels of citizens'satisfaction with public service delivery in Europe and Central Asia and identifies some factors that may help explain variation in utilization and levels of satisfaction with service delivery. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975394
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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 … - primarily at the sector level - to improve governance and reduce the development impact of corruption. The discussion covers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747631
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The Worldwide Governance Indicators : Methodology and Analytical Issues
Kraay, Aart - 2017
Control of Corruption. The aggregate indicators are based on several hundred individual underlying variables, taken from a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012966146
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Corruption and Decentralized Public Governance
Shah, Anwar - 2006
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/10014059912
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Labor Markets and Income Generation in Rural Argentina
Verner, Dorte - 2016
This paper addresses three areas of the rural labor market-employment, labor wages, and agriculture producer incomes. Findings show that the poor allocate a lower share of their labor to farm sectors than the nonpoor do, but still around 70 percent work in agriculture, and the vast majority of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747882
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Flies Without Borders : Lessons from Chennai on Improving India's Municipal Public Health Services
Das Gupta, Monica - 2017
India's fast-growing cities face three key challenges in improving public health outcomes. The first is the persistence … directly affect health outcomes. In India, some cities have addressed these challenges more effectively than others have. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012947538
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Political Reservations and Women's Entrepreneurship in India
Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2017
India with the role of women in India's manufacturing sector. While overall employment of women in manufacturing does not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974711