Berlins Regierender Bürgermeister Michael Müller hat sich für die Einführung eines solidarischen Grundeinkommens ausgesprochen. Ein solches, durch öffentliche Mittel finanziertes Grundeinkommen soll an die Aufnahme einer „gesellschaftlich relevanten“ Erwerbstätigkeit geknüpft werden....

Participation of beneficiaries in the monitoring of public services is increasingly seen as a key to improving their quality. We conducted a randomized evaluation of three interventions to encourage beneficiaries' participation to India: providing information on existing institutions, training...

Influenced by Amartya Sen, over the last decade, The World Bank has allocated nearly US$80 billion to local participatory development projects targeting poverty, improved public service delivery, and strengthened social cohesion and government accountability. But the success of these programs is...

It has been argued that accountability is a public good that only citizens can provide. Governments can put institutions in place that allow citizens to hold public servants to account, but citizens must participate in those institutions if accountability is to be achieved. Thus, citizens face a...

While it is well documented that political participation is stratified by socio-economic characteristics, it is an open question how this finding bears on the evaluation of the democratic process with respect to its fairness. In this paper we draw on the analytical tools developed in the...

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? We look at whether providing social accountability training and information on project...

In diesem Working Paper werden methodologische Grundsätze und Möglichkeiten der Erforschung subjektiv erfahrener Benachteiligungen von Personen in ihren jeweiligen Lebenszusammenhängen thematisiert. Insbesondere Prozesse der sozialräumlichen Ausgrenzung und fehlenden Teilhabe von...