Political Capture of Decentralization : Vote-Buying through Grants-Financed Local Jurisdictions

Khemani, Stuti

dc.creator	Khemani, Stuti
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:40:38Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:40:38Z
dc.date	2010-06-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T21:04:27Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T21:04:27Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100624164225
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3835
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244799
dc.description	A recent trend in decentralization in several large and diverse countries is the creation of local jurisdictions below the regional level -- municipalities, towns, and villages -- whose spending is almost exclusively financed by grants from both regional and national governments. This paper argues that such grants-financed decentralization enables politicians to target benefits to pivotal voters and organized interest groups in exchange for political support. Decentralization, in this model, is subject to political capture, facilitating vote-buying, patronage, or pork-barrel projects, at the expense of effective provision of broad public goods. There is anecdotal evidence on local politics in several large countries that is consistent with this theory. The paper explores its implications for international development programs in support of decentralization.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5350
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	AFFILIATES
dc.subject	ANTI-CORRUPTION
dc.subject	AUDITING
dc.subject	AUDITS
dc.subject	AUTHORITY
dc.subject	BENEFIT INCIDENCE
dc.subject	BUDGET CONSTRAINT
dc.subject	BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
dc.subject	CASH ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	CASH TRANSFERS
dc.subject	CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subject	CITIES
dc.subject	CITIZENS
dc.subject	CIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subject	COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION
dc.subject	COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
dc.subject	CONGRESSMAN
dc.subject	CONSTITUENCIES
dc.subject	CONSTITUENCY
dc.subject	CONSTITUENTS
dc.subject	CONSTITUTION
dc.subject	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
dc.subject	CONSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	DECENTRALIZATION
dc.subject	DECENTRALIZATION IN GOVERNMENT
dc.subject	DECENTRALIZATION REFORMS
dc.subject	DECISION-MAKING
dc.subject	DECREE
dc.subject	DEMOCRACIES
dc.subject	DEMOCRACY
dc.subject	DEMOCRATIZATION
dc.subject	DEVOLUTION
dc.subject	DISCLOSURE
dc.subject	DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
dc.subject	DISTRICT
dc.subject	DISTRICT MUNICIPALITIES
dc.subject	DISTRICTS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC ELITES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC SHOCKS
dc.subject	ELECTION
dc.subject	ELECTORAL POLITICS
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	EQUALIZATION
dc.subject	EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	EXPENDITURE RESPONSIBILITIES
dc.subject	FEDERATIONS
dc.subject	FISCAL CAPACITY
dc.subject	FISCAL CENTRALIZATION
dc.subject	FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION
dc.subject	FISCAL DISCIPLINE
dc.subject	FISCAL EQUALIZATION
dc.subject	FISCAL FEDERALISM
dc.subject	FISCAL PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	FISCAL POLICIES
dc.subject	FISCAL POLICY
dc.subject	GAMBLING
dc.subject	GERRYMANDERING
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT FINANCE
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT POLICY
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT STRATEGY
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES
dc.subject	HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISM
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL REFORM
dc.subject	INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	LEGISLATIVE DECISION
dc.subject	LEGISLATOR
dc.subject	LEGISLATORS
dc.subject	LEGISLATURES
dc.subject	LEVEL OF TAXATION
dc.subject	LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
dc.subject	LOCAL AUTONOMY
dc.subject	LOCAL BODIES
dc.subject	LOCAL ELECTIONS
dc.subject	LOCAL EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	LOCAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subject	LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subject	LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES
dc.subject	LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUES
dc.subject	LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING
dc.subject	LOCAL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES
dc.subject	LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject	LOCAL PUBLIC GOODS
dc.subject	LOCAL PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject	LOCAL REVENUE
dc.subject	LOCAL SPENDING
dc.subject	MAYORS
dc.subject	MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subject	MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject	MUNICIPAL REVENUES
dc.subject	MUNICIPALITIES
dc.subject	MUNICIPALITY
dc.subject	NATIONAL ELECTIONS
dc.subject	NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject	NATIONAL PARLIAMENT
dc.subject	NATIONALS
dc.subject	NET TAX BURDEN
dc.subject	PANCHAYATS
dc.subject	PARLIAMENT
dc.subject	POLICY CHOICES
dc.subject	POLICY ISSUES
dc.subject	POLICY OBJECTIVES
dc.subject	POLICY STUDIES
dc.subject	POLITICAL COMPETITION
dc.subject	POLITICAL DECENTRALIZATION
dc.subject	POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	POLITICAL MOBILIZATION
dc.subject	POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	POLITICAL PARTIES
dc.subject	POLITICAL PARTY
dc.subject	POLITICIANS
dc.subject	PRIVATE GOODS
dc.subject	PROVINCE
dc.subject	PROVINCES
dc.subject	PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS
dc.subject	PUBLIC
dc.subject	PUBLIC ACTION
dc.subject	PUBLIC AGENCIES
dc.subject	PUBLIC AGENCY
dc.subject	PUBLIC ECONOMICS
dc.subject	PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW
dc.subject	PUBLIC FINANCE
dc.subject	PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	PUBLIC FUNDS
dc.subject	PUBLIC GOOD
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject	PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	PUBLIC INTEREST
dc.subject	PUBLIC INVESTMENT
dc.subject	PUBLIC OFFICIALS
dc.subject	PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	PUBLIC POLICIES
dc.subject	PUBLIC POLICY
dc.subject	PUBLIC RESOURCES
dc.subject	PUBLIC SERVICE
dc.subject	PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subject	PUBLIC SPENDING
dc.subject	PUBLIC SPENDING PROGRAMS
dc.subject	REDISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
dc.subject	RESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.subject	REVENUE ASSIGNMENTS
dc.subject	REVENUE-RAISING POTENTIAL
dc.subject	REVENUE-RAISING POWER
dc.subject	REVOLUTION
dc.subject	ROADS
dc.subject	SOCIAL CAPITAL
dc.subject	SOCIAL COST
dc.subject	SOCIAL NETWORKS
dc.subject	STATE GOVERNMENT
dc.subject	STATE GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject	STRUCTURE OF GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	SUBNATIONAL
dc.subject	SUBNATIONAL FINANCE
dc.subject	SUFFRAGE
dc.subject	TAX
dc.subject	TAX BASES
dc.subject	TAX COLLECTION
dc.subject	TAX DECENTRALIZATION
dc.subject	TAX EVASION
dc.subject	TAX RATE
dc.subject	TAX RATES
dc.subject	TAX REVENUE
dc.subject	TAX REVENUES
dc.subject	TAX SYSTEM
dc.subject	TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	TOWNS
dc.subject	USER CHARGES
dc.subject	UTILITIES
dc.subject	VILLAGE
dc.subject	VILLAGE GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject	VILLAGES
dc.subject	VOTING
dc.subject	WAGES
dc.title	Political Capture of Decentralization : Vote-Buying through Grants-Financed Local Jurisdictions
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	The World Region
dc.coverage	The World Region