Participatory democracy in action: survey evidence from South India

Besley, Timothy ORCID: 0000-0002-8923-6372, Pande, Rohini and Rao, Vijayendra (2005) Participatory democracy in action: survey evidence from South India. Journal of the European Economic Association, 3 (2-3). pp. 648-657. ISSN 1542-4766

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Abstract

We use household and village survey data from South India to examine who participates in village meetings called by elected local governments, and what effect these meetings have on beneficiary selection for welfare programs. Our main finding is that it is the more disadvantaged social groups who attend village meetings and that holding such meetings improves the targeting of resources towards the neediest groups.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=1542-4766&...
Additional Information:	© 2005 John Wiley & Sons
Divisions:	Economics STICERD
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
JEL classification:	H - Public Economics > H4 - Publicly Provided Goods > H40 - General H - Public Economics > H4 - Publicly Provided Goods > H42 - Publicly Provided Private Goods O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy > O20 - General
Date Deposited:	30 Mar 2011 13:40
Last Modified:	19 Nov 2024 04:21
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/33756

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