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effects of migration on school attendance and on participation in other activities shows that the observed decrease in …The authors examine the impact of migration on educational attainment in rural Mexico. Using historical migration rates … by state to instrument for current migration, they find evidence of a significant negative effect of migration on …
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proposals to open international labor markets to allow for the temporary economic migration of low-skilled workers from … from migrants to their communities of origin underscores this aspect of migration. However, migration can also transform … returns to investment in human capital. The author explores the relationship between temporary economic migration and …
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The paper investigates determinants of civic participation in local budget processes in rural areas in the Kyrgyz … civic awareness and interest in local budget processes is relatively high, the participation rate in local budgeting … processes is low. The paper also shows that interest, awareness, and participation are positively associated with the age …
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In Localizing Development, Mansuri and Rao survey theory and evidence for development strategies based on local community empowerment. This note extends their theoretical argument by focusing on local government as a vital source of new leadership. Local leaders who provide better public service...
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This paper presents the results of two field experiments on local accountability in primary health care in Uganda. Efforts to stimulate beneficiary control, coupled with the provision of report cards on staff performance, resulted in significant improvements in health care delivery and health...
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participation in the 2010 presidential elections by increasing the probability that program beneficiaries registered to vote and …
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Broad consensus exists that the ability of political actors to make credible commitments is key to development. An important and little-explored determinant of the credibility of political commitments is the existence of organizations that facilitate citizen collective action to sanction...
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Corruption and mismanagement of public resources can affect the quality of government services and undermine growth. Can citizens in poor communities be empowered to demand better-quality public investments? This paper looks at whether providing social accountability training and information on...
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All over the world, people are prevented from participating fully in society through mechanisms that go beyond the structural and institutional barriers identified by rational choice theory (poverty, exclusion by law or force, taste-based and statistical discrimination, and externalities from...
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understanding of how culture, politics, and development interact. Today?s leading theorists of culture and development represent a …
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