Democracy, Public Expenditures, and the Poor

Countries vary systematically with respect to the incentives of politicians to provide broad public goods, and to reduce poverty. Even in developing countries that are democracies, politicians often have incentives to divert resources to political...

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Main Authors: Keefer, Philip, Khemani, Stuti
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/2815688/democracy-public-expenditures-poor
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17902

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