Holdings: Democracy, Public Expenditures, and the Poor

Democracy, Public Expenditures, and the Poor

Countries vary systematically with respect to the incentives of politicians to provide broad public goods, and to reduce poverty. Even in developing countries that are democracies, politicians often have incentives to divert resources to political...

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Main Authors:	Keefer, Philip, Khemani, Stuti
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ADVERTISEMENTS AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES BENCHMARK CLINICS COMMODITIES DEBT DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DISCOUNT RATES DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNALS EQUILIBRIUM EXPECTED VALUE EXTERNALITIES FISCAL POLICIES FOOD PRODUCTION GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES HEALTH CARE HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH WORKERS IMPERFECT INFORMATION INCENTIVE EFFECTS INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INFORMATION ACCESS INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES INFORMATION PROBLEMS INNOVATIONS LITERACY LOW INCOME MARGINAL UTILITY MARKET FAILURES MEDIA MEDIAN VOTERS OIL POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL SYSTEMS PRESENT VALUE PRODUCERS PROGRAMS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES RADIO RECURRENT EXPENDITURES RESOURCE ALLOCATION SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL WELFARE TAX REVENUE TAXATION TEACHER ABSENTEEISM TEACHER PERFORMANCE TEACHERS TELEVISION TRADEOFFS VOTERS WEALTH WELFARE GAINS DEMOCRACY POLITICAL FACTORS POVERTY REDUCTION PUBLIC GOODS VALUATION PUBLIC SPENDING DIVERGENT THINKING PRIVATE TRANSFERS DISTORTION ELECTION ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION DISSEMINATION CREDIBILITY OF RULES SOCIAL ROLE POLICY REFORM WELFARE GAINS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/2815688/democracy-public-expenditures-poor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17902

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17902

Democracy, Public Expenditures, and the Poor

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