Direct democracy is designed to better
align public resource allocation decisions with citizen
preferences. Using a randomized field experiment in 250
villages across Afghanistan, this paper compares outcomes of
secret-ballot referenda with those of consultation meetings,
which adhere to customary decision-making practices. Elites
are found to exert influence over meeting outcomes, but not
over referenda outcomes, which are driven primarily by
citizen preferences. Referenda are also found to improve
public satisfaction, whereas elite domination of allocation
processes has a negative effect. The results indicate that
the use of direct democracy in public resource allocation
results in more legitimate outcomes than those produced by
customary processes.
Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Beath, Andrew,
Christia, Fotini,
Enikolopov, Ruben |
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper
biblioteca
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2012-07
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| Subjects: | ACCOUNTABILITY,
BENEFICIARY ASSESSMENTS,
BRIDGE PROJECT,
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT,
COMMUNITIES,
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,
COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
CONSENSUS,
CONSULTATION,
CONSULTATIONS,
COUNTRYSIDE,
DATA COLLECTION,
DECISION MAKING,
DECISION-MAKING PROCESS,
DECISIONMAKING,
DEMOCRACY,
DIRECT DEMOCRACY,
DISTRICT LEVEL,
DISTRICTS,
DRINKING WATER,
ELECTION,
ELECTIONS,
ELIGIBLE VOTERS,
EQUALITY,
FEMALE,
FEMALES,
FIELD EXPERIMENT,
FOCUS GROUP,
GENDER,
HOUSEHOLDS,
INTEREST GROUPS,
INTERVENTION,
INTERVENTIONS,
INTERVIEWS,
LINE MINISTRIES,
LIVESTOCK,
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT,
LOCAL PARTICIPATION,
MEDICAL SERVICES,
POLICY STUDIES,
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION,
POLITICAL PROCESSES,
POWER-HOLDERS,
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION,
PUBLIC POLICY,
RECONSTRUCTION,
RURAL AREAS,
RURAL COMMUNITIES,
RURAL DEVELOPMENT,
RURAL POPULATION,
SHEEP,
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT,
SOCIAL PROTECTION,
SUFFRAGE,
VILLAGE,
VILLAGE LEVEL,
VILLAGE MEETINGS,
VILLAGER,
VILLAGERS,
VILLAGES,
YOUTH, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16506743/direct-democracy-resource-allocation-experimental-evidence-afghanistan
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11946
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