Shami, Mahvish (2024) What do brokers provide for urban slums? Journal of International Development, 36 (5). pp. 2252-2269. ISSN 0954-1748
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Abstract
Rapid urbanisation in developing countries has often resulted in slums with minimal public goods provision, where the poor rely on clientelist networks to provide for their basic needs. Using household-level data, this paper is the first to empirically document how political clientelism operates in Pakistani slums. It finds that urban brokers, unlike their rural counterparts, are unable to claim credit for public goods provision. Instead, they provide personalised and highly targeted services – such as dispute resolution and assistance with documentation. Moreover, unlike traditional clientelism, urban networks are found to be problem-solving and welfare-enhancing for slum dwellers.
Item Type: | Article |
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Official URL: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10991328 |
Additional Information: | © 2024 The Author |
Divisions: | International Development |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory J Political Science H Social Sciences |
Date Deposited: | 19 Mar 2024 11:27 |
Last Modified: | 15 Aug 2024 21:45 |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/122419 |
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