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Democratization and Clientelism : Why are Young Democracies Badly Governed?

This paper identifies systematic performance differences between younger and older democracies: younger democracies are more corrupt; exhibit less rule of law, lower levels of bureaucratic quality, and lower secondary school enrollments; and spend more on public investment and government workers. On...

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Main Author: Keefer, Philip
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AUTOCRACY
BANKS
BONDS
BUREAUCRACY
CENTRAL AMERICAN
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CITIZENS
CONSTITUENCIES
CONSTITUENCY
CONSTITUENTS
CORRUPTION
CORRUPTION INDICATOR
DECISION MAKERS
DECISION MAKING
DEMOCRACIES
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC REGIME
DEMOCRATIZATION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
DISECONOMIES
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC RESOURCES
EDUCATION OUTCOMES
ELECTED OFFICIALS
ELECTION
ELECTIONS
ELECTORAL COMPETITION
ELECTORATE
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPLOYMENT
ETHNIC HETEROGENEITY
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
FORMAL INSTITUTIONS
FRANCHISE
GOVERNMENT CREDIBILITY
GOVERNMENT DECISION
GOVERNMENT DECISION MAKING
GOVERNMENT EFFORTS
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GDP
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GOVERNMENT POLICY
GOVERNMENT PROTECTION
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
HUMAN RIGHTS
INCOME
PARTY RANKS
PATRONAGE
POLICY MAKING
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL DECISION MAKING
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POLITICAL LEADERS
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL RISK
POLITICAL SUPPORT
POLITICIANS
POSITIVE EFFECTS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC GOOD
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC INVESTMENT/GDP
PUBLIC POLICIES
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SPENDING
SUFFRAGE
UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE
VOTERS
VOTING
WAGES/GDP
WEALTH
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/5800538/democratization-clientelism-young-democracies-badly-governed
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8940

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