Holdings: The Power of Information: Evidence from a Newspaper Campaign to Reduce Capture

The Power of Information: Evidence from a Newspaper Campaign to Reduce Capture

The authors exploit an unusual policy experiment to evaluate the effects of increased public access to information as a tool to reduce capture and corruption of public funds. In the late 1990s, the Ugandan government initiated a newspaper campaign...

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Main Authors:	Reinikka, Ritva, Svensson, Jakob
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY AUDITING CLINICS CORRUPTION DATA COLLECTION EDUCATION OFFICERS EDUCATION SECTOR ELITES ENROLLMENT GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS HEAD TEACHERS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERVIEWS JOURNALISTS LET LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANAGERS MASS MEDIA MEDIA FREEDOM PAPERS PARENTS POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY POLITICAL ACTIVITIES POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL SYSTEMS PRIMARY SCHOOLS PROGRAMS PUBLIC ACCESS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC SECTOR QUANTITATIVE DATA RURAL LOCATIONS SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE DELIVERY CHAIN SERVICE PROVIDERS TEACHER TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION VILLAGE WORKERS ACCESS TO INFORMATION PUBLIC AWARENESS CORRUPT PRACTICES PUBLIC EXPENDITURES POLITICAL FACTORS KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION EMPOWERMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/3056020/power-information-evidence-newspaper-campaign-reduce-capture http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14448

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/3056020/power-information-evidence-newspaper-campaign-reduce-capture
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14448

The Power of Information: Evidence from a Newspaper Campaign to Reduce Capture

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