Service Delivery and Corruption in Public Services: How Does History Matter?

• Tác giả: Priyanka Pandey
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 174.93 Occupational ethics
• Thông tin xuất bản: 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 314926
• Chủ đề: 1. Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Religion: Asia including Middle East N350; 2. Education and Research Institutions: General I200; 3. Institutions: Design, Formation, and Operations D020; 4. Intergovernmental Relations: General H700; 5. State and Local Government

Tóm tắt

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.