Democratization and Clientelism : Why are Young Democracies Badly Governed?

This paper identifies systematic performance differences between younger and older democracies: younger democracies are more corrupt; exhibit less rule of law, lower levels of bureaucratic quality, and lower secondary school enrollments; and spend more on public investment and government workers. On...

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Main Author:	Keefer, Philip
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AUTOCRACY BANKS BONDS BUREAUCRACY CENTRAL AMERICAN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CITIZENS CONSTITUENCIES CONSTITUENCY CONSTITUENTS CORRUPTION CORRUPTION INDICATOR DECISION MAKERS DECISION MAKING DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC REGIME DEMOCRATIZATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DISECONOMIES ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC RESOURCES EDUCATION OUTCOMES ELECTED OFFICIALS ELECTION ELECTIONS ELECTORAL COMPETITION ELECTORATE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT ETHNIC HETEROGENEITY EXECUTIVE BRANCH EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES FORMAL INSTITUTIONS FRANCHISE GOVERNMENT CREDIBILITY GOVERNMENT DECISION GOVERNMENT DECISION MAKING GOVERNMENT EFFORTS GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GDP GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT PROTECTION GOVERNMENT SPENDING HUMAN RIGHTS INCOME PARTY RANKS PATRONAGE POLICY MAKING POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL DECISION MAKING POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL LEADERS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL RISK POLITICAL SUPPORT POLITICIANS POSITIVE EFFECTS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENT/GDP PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING SUFFRAGE UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE VOTERS VOTING WAGES/GDP WEALTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/5800538/democratization-clientelism-young-democracies-badly-governed http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8940

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Democratization and Clientelism : Why are Young Democracies Badly Governed?

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