Service Delivery and Corruption in Public Services: How Does History Matter?
This paper provides microlevel evidence of how past institutions impact present economic outcomes. It looks at the impact of colonial land tenure institutions on local governance and education outcomes in northern India. Outcomes are worse in villages that belong to areas with a history of concentration of power with the elites. Such areas continue to retain a greater political presence of socially and economically dominant classes. Future research should examine the success of policies that attempt to break such persistence through empowerment of nonelite groups.
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| Format: | Journal Article biblioteca |
| Language: | EN |
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2010
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| Subjects: | Institutions: Design, Formation, and Operations D020, State and Local Government, Intergovernmental Relations: General H700, Education and Research Institutions: General I200, Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Religion: Asia including Middle East N350, Economic History: Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation: Asia including Middle East N450, Economic Development: Human Resources, Human Development, Income Distribution, Migration O150, Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses, Transportation O180, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4831 |
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