has enacted affirmative action policies in educational institutions and public sector employment for SCs and STs. In … addition, in the more populous states of India, political parties have emerged that are strongly pro-SC in their orientation in … quinquennial surveys from 1983 to 2004 an assessment of whether these political and social changes has led to a weakening of the …

development outcomes is lacking. In this paper we examine the relationship between political clientelism, public goods provision … political clientelism on development outcomes, with increases in clientelism leading to lower coverage of welfare programmes … poorer development outcomes. However, systematic cross-country evidence on the deleterious effects of clientelism on …

development outcomes is lacking. In this paper we examine the relationship between political clientelism, public goods provision … political clientelism on development outcomes, with increases in clientelism leading to lower coverage of welfare programmes … poorer development outcomes. However, systematic cross-country evidence on the deleterious effects of clientelism on …

support these theoretical propositions. © 2014 Asian Development Bank and Asian Development Bank Institute. …

We argue that an understanding of the political drivers of economic growth needs an explanation of the political … dynamics around the transition from one growth phase to another, and that the political drivers of early stage growth … accelerations are different from that of growth maintenance. Informal institutions are likely to play a role in growth acceleration …

natural resources rents may reduce incentives to invest in fiscal capacity. However, political institutions that limit rulers … mainly through institutions that make the tax system accountable and transparent. Thus it is possible to develop both fiscal …

effects of the natural resources sector is the type of states and political institutions that resourceabundant economies … analysis although it is relevant to the Sustainable Development Goals agenda, as a significant number of the world poor live in … into worse development outcomes. The natural resource experience varies to a significant extent. Countries with similar …

We argue that tax revenues and political institutions placing constraints on the executive power may reinforce each … inclusive and accountable institutions may work in synergy with that of generating internal resources to finance development … evident for income taxes. Our findings link Sustainable Development Goals 17 and 16, implying that the goal of promoting …