To Serve the Community or Oneself: The Public Servant's Dilemma

To Serve the Community or Oneself: The Public Servant's Dilemma

Embezzlement of resources is hampering public service delivery throughout the developing world. Research on this issue is hindered by problems of measurement. To overcome these problems, the authors use an economic experiment to investigate the det...

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Main Authors: Barr, Abigail, Lindelöw, Magnus, Serneels, Pieter
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:
EMBEZZLEMENT
PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY
MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
ECONOMIC MODELS
CORRUPT PRACTICES
PUBLIC SERVANTS
MONITORING CRITERIA
VOTING ARRANGEMENTS
WAGE SETTLEMENTS
OBSERVATION
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
NURSING STUDENTS
SANCTIONS
ELECTIONS
ACCOUNTABILITY
ADOLESCENCE
BANDAGES
BRIBERY
COMMUNITY MEMBERS
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
CORRUPTION
COUNTRY DATA
CROWDING
DECENTRALIZATION
DEMOCRACY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMISTS
EMPLOYMENT
EQUIPMENT
ETHICS
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
HEALTH ECONOMICS
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH PLANNING
HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH WORKERS
INCOME
INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT
LEGAL SYSTEMS
LOW INCOME
LOW INCOME COUNTRIES
MEDICAL CARE
MONITORING EFFORT
MOTIVATION
NGOS
NURSING
PATIENTS
PETTY CORRUPTION
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL INSTABILITY
POLITICAL RIGHTS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROBABILITY
PROFESSIONS
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
TRANSPARENCY
UNOFFICIAL ECONOMY
URBAN DWELLERS
VIOLENCE
WELFARE ECONOMICS
WORKERS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/2892998/serve-community-or-oneself-public-servants-dilemma
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14195

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/2892998/serve-community-or-oneself-public-servants-dilemma
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14195

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