Acemoglu, Daron; Cheema, Ali; Khwaja, Asim Ijaz; … - 2018
Lack of trust in state institutions, often due to poor service provision, is a pervasive problem in many developing … countries. If this increases reliance on non-state actors for crucial services, the resulting self-reinforcing cycle can further … weaken the state. This paper examines whether such a cycle can be disrupted. We focus on dispute resolution in rural Punjab …
