Holdings: Local Inequality and Project Choice: Theory and Evidence from Ecuador

Local Inequality and Project Choice: Theory and Evidence from Ecuador

This paper provides evidence consistent with elite capture of Social Fund investment projects in Ecuador. Exploiting a unique combination of data-sets on village-level income distributions, Social Fund project administration, and province level electoral results, the authors test a simple model of p...

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Main Authors:	Araujo, M. Caridad, Ferreira, Francisco H.G., Lanjouw, Peter, Özler, Berk
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SERVICES AGRICULTURE ANTI-POVERTY BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY ASSESSMENTS CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY GROUPS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CORRUPTION DECENTRALIZATION DEMAND-DRIVEN APPROACH DEMOCRACY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC STATUS EQUILIBRIUM ESTIMATES OF POVERTY FOOD FOR EDUCATION GEOGRAPHIC TARGETING GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT HIGHER INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INCOME TRANSFERS INDICATOR OF POVERTY INEQUALITY INFORMATION SYSTEM IRRIGATION LAND INEQUALITY LARGE POPULATIONS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LORENZ CURVE MACROECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT NATIONAL LEVEL NGO NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NUTRITION PARTICIPATORY POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL PROCESS POLITICAL SUPPORT POOR POOR AGENTS POOR COMMUNITIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INDIVIDUALS POOR PEOPLE POPULATION CENSUS POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY PROGRAMS POVERTY REDUCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PROGRESS PROJECT MONITORING PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC SPENDING RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT RICHER PEOPLE RURAL RURAL ECONOMY RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY RATES RURAL SECTOR SANITATION SCHOOL BUILDINGS SOCIAL FUND PROJECTS SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL WELFARE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS TARGETING URBAN AREAS UTILITY FUNCTION VALUATION VOTERS WEALTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/08/7014478/local-inequality-project-choice-theory-evidence-ecuador http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9289

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9289

Local Inequality and Project Choice: Theory and Evidence from Ecuador

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