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Public Resource Allocation through Grassroots Democratic Institutions: Evidence from Assam, India

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  • Subodh Chandra Das
  • Gurudas Das

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The success of democratic institutions at the grassroots level in allocating public benefits to the target groups depends on people’s political participation. Applying logistic regression, ordinary least squares (OLS), and the Heckman model based on a data set collected from 30 panchayats from three districts of Assam (India), this article addresses three questions: (a) who participates? (b) who gets the public benefits? and (c) whether participants get more benefits. The results suggest no overwhelming elite capture and clientalization, and contributes to the current debate on the association between democracy and development by way of establishing that democracy at the grassroots does, indeed, deliver.

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  • Subodh Chandra Das & Gurudas Das, 2018. "Public Resource Allocation through Grassroots Democratic Institutions: Evidence from Assam, India," International Journal of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(16), pages 1325-1337, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:lpadxx:v:41:y:2018:i:16:p:1325-1337
    DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2017.1387918
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