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Receiving more, expecting less?: Social ties, clientelism and the poor’s expectations of future service provisionPart of Journal Special Issue Clientelist Politics and Development
vote-buying Clientelism Social cohesionWorking Paper
Technology and clientelist politics in IndiaThis paper argues that new computer, smartphone, and universal ID technologies are reducing the incentives for political clientelism in the delivery of social programmes in India, especially by allowing party leaders to bypass local brokers to credit...
Clientelism India TechnologyWorking Paper
Social ties, clientelism, and the poor’s expectations of future service provision: Receiving more, expecting less?Are candidates who hand out clientelistic goods at election time less likely to provide services once they take office?...
vote-buying Clientelism Social cohesionProject
Experimental and non-experimental methods to study government performance: contributions and limitsTheme: 2012-13
In recent years, field experiments using randomized trials have gained increasing popularity in the field of development economics. In particular, scholars have argued strongly for their use as the best means of identifying ‘what works’...
Field experiments Non-experimental methods GovernanceSeminar
Urban governance and service delivery in AfricaAfrica is one of the fastest urbanizing regions of the world. On the one hand, this demographic transformation offers important opportunities for growth, economic development, and innovation. On the other hand, rapid urbanization generates high...
