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...

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...

When faced with a regulatory constraint, firms can either comply, try to circumvent the regulation (through bribing), or lobby the government to relax the regulation. We analyze this choice, and its consequences, in a simple growth model. In equilibrium, when the level of development is low,...