The Impact of Mass Bed Net Distribution Programs on Politics : Evidence from Tanzania

Functioning democracy requires that citizens reward politicians who deliver benefits, yet there is surprisingly little causal evidence of changes in citizen views or behavior in response to specific government programs. This question is examined in...

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Main Author:	Croke, Kevin
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	health malaria bed nets political economy regression
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/266691486496858047/The-impact-of-mass-bed-net-distribution-programs-on-politics-evidence-from-Tanzania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26022

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spelling	okr-10986-260222021-06-08T14:42:47Z The Impact of Mass Bed Net Distribution Programs on Politics : Evidence from Tanzania Croke, Kevin health malaria bed nets political economy regression Functioning democracy requires that citizens reward politicians who deliver benefits, yet there is surprisingly little causal evidence of changes in citizen views or behavior in response to specific government programs. This question is examined in Tanzania, which has recently implemented large health programs targeting diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria. Tanzania's 2010-2011 national anti-malaria campaign took place concurrently with a national household survey, which enables a regression discontinuity design based on interview date to estimate the effect of this program on the popularity of local politicians. Bed net distribution results in large, statistically significant improvements in the approval levels of political leaders, especially in malaria endemic areas. Effects are largest shortly after program implementation, but smaller effects persist for up to six months. These findings suggest that citizens update their evaluation of politicians in response to programs, especially when these services address important problems, and that the effects decay over time, but not completely. 2017-02-08T22:34:22Z 2017-02-08T22:34:22Z 2017-02 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/266691486496858047/The-impact-of-mass-bed-net-distribution-programs-on-politics-evidence-from-Tanzania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26022 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7963 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Tanzania
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description	Functioning democracy requires that citizens reward politicians who deliver benefits, yet there is surprisingly little causal evidence of changes in citizen views or behavior in response to specific government programs. This question is examined in Tanzania, which has recently implemented large health programs targeting diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria. Tanzania's 2010-2011 national anti-malaria campaign took place concurrently with a national household survey, which enables a regression discontinuity design based on interview date to estimate the effect of this program on the popularity of local politicians. Bed net distribution results in large, statistically significant improvements in the approval levels of political leaders, especially in malaria endemic areas. Effects are largest shortly after program implementation, but smaller effects persist for up to six months. These findings suggest that citizens update their evaluation of politicians in response to programs, especially when these services address important problems, and that the effects decay over time, but not completely.
format	Working Paper
author	Croke, Kevin
author_facet	Croke, Kevin
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title	The Impact of Mass Bed Net Distribution Programs on Politics : Evidence from Tanzania
title_short	The Impact of Mass Bed Net Distribution Programs on Politics : Evidence from Tanzania
title_full	The Impact of Mass Bed Net Distribution Programs on Politics : Evidence from Tanzania
title_fullStr	The Impact of Mass Bed Net Distribution Programs on Politics : Evidence from Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed	The Impact of Mass Bed Net Distribution Programs on Politics : Evidence from Tanzania
title_sort	impact of mass bed net distribution programs on politics : evidence from tanzania
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/266691486496858047/The-impact-of-mass-bed-net-distribution-programs-on-politics-evidence-from-Tanzania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26022
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The Impact of Mass Bed Net Distribution Programs on Politics : Evidence from Tanzania

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