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Stuti Khemani

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  1. Khemani,Stuti, 2020. "An Opportunity to Build Legitimacy and Trust in Public Institutions in the Time of COVID-19," Research and Policy Briefs 148256, The World Bank.

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  1. Abhijit V. Banerjee & Rukmini Banerji & Esther Duflo & Rachel Glennerster & Stuti Khemani, 2010. "Pitfalls of Participatory Programs: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Education in India," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 2(1), pages 1-30, February.

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    1. Pitfalls of Participatory Programs: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Education in India (American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 2010) in ReplicationWiki ()

Working papers

  1. Khemani,Stuti, 2020. "An Opportunity to Build Legitimacy and Trust in Public Institutions in the Time of COVID-19," Research and Policy Briefs 148256, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Berlanda, Andrea & Cervellati, Matteo & Esposito, Elena & Rohner, Dominic & Sunde, Uwe, 2022. "Medication Against Conflict," CEPR Discussion Papers 17125, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    2. Francesco Bogliacino & Rafael Charris & Camilo Gómez & Felipe Montealegre & Cristiano Codagnone, 2021. "Expert endorsement and the legitimacy of public policy. Evidence from Covid19 mitigation strategies," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(3-4), pages 394-415, April.
    3. Cristina Bicchieri & Enrique Fatas & Abraham Aldama & Andrés Casas & Ishwari Deshpande & Mariagiulia Lauro & Cristina Parilli & Max Spohn & Paula Pereira & Ruiling Wen, 2021. "In science we (should) trust: Expectations and compliance across nine countries during the COVID-19 pandemic," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(6), pages 1-17, June.
    4. Gallego, J & Prem, M & Vargas, J. F, 2020. "Corruption in the times of pandemia," Documentos de Trabajo 18178, Universidad del Rosario.
    5. Teodora Nicoleta LAZAR PLESA & Constanța POPESCU & Iliodor Tiberiu PLESA, 2021. "Covid-19 Pandemic And The Impact On Public Management," Internal Auditing and Risk Management, Athenaeum University of Bucharest, vol. 62(2), pages 67-78, June.
    6. Walid Gani, 2021. "The causal relationship between corruption and irresponsible behavior in the time of COVID‐19: Evidence from Tunisia," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 33(S1), pages 165-176, April.
    7. Negură Petru & Gașper Lucia & Potoroacă Mihai, 2021. "Trust in Institutions, Social Solidarity, and the Perception of Social Cohesion in the Republic of Moldova in the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic," Comparative Southeast European Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 69(4), pages 453-481, December.

  2. Khemani,Stuti & Chaudhary,Sarang & Scot,Thiago, 2020. "Strengthening Public Health Systems : Policy Ideas from a Governance Perspective," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9220, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Prateek Arora & Nirvikar Singh & Abhijit Visaria, 2023. "Healthcare Costs, Choice of Providers and Patient Satisfaction: Survey Evidence from India," Journal of Quantitative Economics, Springer;The Indian Econometric Society (TIES), vol. 21(3), pages 593-616, September.

  3. Khemani,Stuti, 2019. "What Is State Capacity ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8734, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Dragan Tevdovski & Petar Jolakoski & Viktor Stojkoski, 2022. "The impact of state capacity on the cross-country variations in COVID-19 vaccination rates," International Journal of Health Economics and Management, Springer, vol. 22(3), pages 237-255, September.
    2. Khemani,Stuti, 2020. "An Opportunity to Build Legitimacy and Trust in Public Institutions in the Time of COVID-19," Research and Policy Briefs 148256, The World Bank.
    3. Gianmarco León-Ciliotta & Dijana Zejcirovic & Fernando Fernandez, 2022. "Policy-Making, Trust and the Demand for Public Services: Evidence from a Mass Sterilization Campaign," Working Papers 1352, Barcelona School of Economics.
    4. Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli & Lokshin, Michael & Kolchin, Vladimir, 2023. "Effects of public sector wages on corruption: Wage inequality matters," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 51(3), pages 941-959.
    5. Cloutier,Mathieu, 2021. "Social Contracts in Sub-Saharan Africa : Concepts and Measurements," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9788, The World Bank.
    6. James Habyarimana & Stuti Khemani & Thiago Scot, 2023. "The importance of political selection for bureaucratic effectiveness," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 90(359), pages 746-779, July.
    7. Zaad Mahmood & Achin Chakraborty, 2022. "The pandemic and the state: Interrogating capacity and response to COVID-19 in West Bengal," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2022-89, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

  4. Khemani,Stuti, 2017. "Political economy of reform," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8224, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Mireille Mizero & Aristide Maniriho & Bosco Bashangwa Mpozi & Antoine Karangwa & Philippe Burny & Philippe Lebailly, 2021. "Rwanda’s Land Policy Reform: Self-Employment Perspectives from a Case Study of Kimonyi Sector," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(2), pages 1-17, January.
    2. Mounir Mahmalat & Declan Curran, 2020. "Fractionalization and reform: a framework of political collaboration with application to Lebanon," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 21(2), pages 187-214, June.
    3. Gnangnon, Sèna Kimm, 2020. "Internet and tax reform in developing countries," Information Economics and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 51(C).
    4. Oscar Radyan Danar & Bevaola Kusumasari & M.R. Khairul Muluk, 2020. "From Phenomena To Implementation: Lessons And Challenges Of Administrative Reforms In Indonesia," Public administration issues, Higher School of Economics, issue 6, pages 33-50.
    5. Nikitas Konstantinidis & Yannis Karagiannis, 2020. "Intrinsic vs. extrinsic incentives for reform: An informational mechanism of E(M)U conditionality," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 15(3), pages 601-632, July.
    6. Peter Moll & Lodewijk Smets, 2020. "Is It the Journey That Matters? A Fresh Look at the Impact of World Bank Policy Lending," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 32(7), pages 1194-1228, October.
    7. Sena Kimm Gnangnon, 2020. "Effect of Development Aid on Tax Reform in Recipient-Countries: Does Trade Openness Matter?," Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy (JICEP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 11(01), pages 1-23, January.

  5. Devarajan,Shantayanan & Khemani,Stuti, 2016. "If politics is the problem, how can external actors be part of the solution ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7761, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Pushkar Maitra & Sandip Mitra & Dilip Mookherjee & Sujata Visaria, 2020. "Decentralized Targeting of Agricultural Credit Programs: Private versus Political Intermediaries," NBER Working Papers 26730, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Khemani,Stuti, 2020. "An Opportunity to Build Legitimacy and Trust in Public Institutions in the Time of COVID-19," Research and Policy Briefs 148256, The World Bank.
    3. Jean-Pierre Chauffour, 2018. "Morocco 2040," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 28442.
    4. Baxter Jamie, 2019. "Leadership, Law and Development," The Law and Development Review, De Gruyter, vol. 12(1), pages 119-158, January.
    5. World Bank, 2018. "World Development Report 2018 [Rapport sur le développement dans le monde 2018]," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 28340.
    6. Viengsamay Sengchaleun & Hina Hakim & Sengchanh Kounnavong & Daniel Reinharz, 2022. "Analysis of the Relevance of the Advocacy Coalition Framework to Analyze Public Policies in Non-Pluralist Countries," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 11(12), pages 1-11, November.

  6. Keefer, Philip & Khemani, Stuti, 2014. "Radio's impact on preferences for patronage benefits," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6932, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Jean-Pierre Chauffour, 2018. "Morocco 2040," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 28442.
    2. Khemani, Stuti, 2015. "Buying votes versus supplying public services: Political incentives to under-invest in pro-poor policies," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 117(C), pages 84-93.

  7. Khemani, Stuti, 2013. "Buying votes vs. supplying public services : political incentives to under-invest in pro-poor policies," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6339, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Marcel Fafchamps & Julien Labonne, 2014. "Do Politicians' Relatives Get Better Jobs? Evidence from Municipal Elections," CSAE Working Paper Series 2014-37, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
    2. Hicken, Allen & Leider, Stephen & Ravanilla, Nico & Yang, Dean, 2018. "Temptation in vote-selling: Evidence from a field experiment in the Philippines," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 131(C), pages 1-14.
    3. Rose,Jonathan & Gowthaman,Balachandran, 2015. "Civil service recruitment in Comoros : a case of political clientelism in a decentralized state," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7428, The World Bank.
    4. Tristan Canare & Ronald U. Mendoza, 2022. "Access to Information and Other Correlates of Vote Buying and Selling Behaviour: Insights from Philippine Data," Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, , vol. 34(2), pages 139-161, July.
    5. Anusha Nath & Dilip Mookherjee, 2017. "Resource Transfers to Local Governments: Political Manipulation and Voting Patterns in West Bengal," 2017 Meeting Papers 1266, Society for Economic Dynamics.
    6. Dhillon, Amrita & Krishnan, Pramila & Patnam, Manasa & Perroni, Carlo, 2016. "The Natural Resource Curse Revisited:Theory and Evidence from India," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 268, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
    7. Khemani, Stuti, 2015. "Buying votes versus supplying public services: Political incentives to under-invest in pro-poor policies," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 117(C), pages 84-93.
    8. Schweisfurth, Michele & Davies, Lynn & Symaco, Lorraine Pe & Valiente, Oscar, 2018. "Higher education, bridging capital, and developmental leadership in the Philippines: Learning to be a crossover reformer," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 1-8.

  8. Keefer, Philip & Khemani, Stuti, 2012. "Do informed citizens receive more...or pay more ? the impact of radio on the government distribution of public health benefits," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5952, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Liliane Bonnal & Pascal Favard & Domenico Polloni, 2017. "Risk Perception: Bed Net Use Against Malaria in Cameroon," Post-Print hal-01563600, HAL.
    2. Fox, Jonathan A., 2015. "Social Accountability: What Does the Evidence Really Say?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 346-361.
    3. Alessandro, Martín & Cardinale Lagomarsino, Bruno & Scartascini, Carlos & Torrealday, Jerónimo, 2019. "Transparency and Trust in Government: Evidence from a Survey Experiment," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 9496, Inter-American Development Bank.
    4. Devarajan, Shantayanan & Kanbur, Ravi, 2013. "The Evolution of Development Strategy as Balancing Market and Government Failure," Working Papers 180091, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management.
    5. BONAN Jacopo & LEMAY-BOUCHER Philippe & SCOTT Douglas & TENIKUE Michel, 2015. "Increasing anti-malaria bednets uptake using information and distribution strategies," LISER Working Paper Series 2015-03, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER).
    6. Khemani, Stuti, 2013. "Buying votes vs. supplying public services : political incentives to under-invest in pro-poor policies," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6339, The World Bank.
    7. Trust Madhovi, 2020. "The Impact of Social Accountability Mechanisms on Fiscal Management Challenges Facing Goromonzi Rural District Council, Zimbabwe," Journal of Public Administration and Governance, Macrothink Institute, vol. 10(2), pages 141160-1411, December.

  9. Keefer, Philip & Khemani, Stuti, 2011. "Mass media and public services : the effects of radio access on public education in Benin," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5559, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Eliana La Ferrara, 2016. "Mass Media And Social Change: Can We Use Television To Fight Poverty?," Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association, vol. 14(4), pages 791-827, August.
    2. Helene Grandvoinnet & Ghazia Aslam & Shomikho Raha, 2015. "Opening the Black Box," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 21686.
    3. World Bank Group, 2014. "Strategic Framework for Mainstreaming Citizen Engagement in World Bank Group Operations," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 21113.
    4. Shilin Zheng & Mengdan Li, 2022. "Does aggressive tweeting by the government help to control the COVID‐19 outbreak? Evidence from China," Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 30(4), pages 691-713, October.
    5. Khemani, Stuti, 2013. "Buying votes vs. supplying public services : political incentives to under-invest in pro-poor policies," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6339, The World Bank.
    6. Lieberman, Evan S. & Posner, Daniel N. & Tsai, Lily L., 2014. "Does Information Lead to More Active Citizenship? Evidence from an Education Intervention in Rural Kenya," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 69-83.
    7. Ada Gonzalez-Torres, 2022. "Local Media and the Shaping of Social Norms: Evidence from the Ebola outbreak," Papers 2210.15946, arXiv.org, revised Dec 2023.

  10. Devarajan, Shantayanan & Khemani, Stuti & Walton, Michael, 2011. "Civil Society, Public Action and Accountability in Africa," Working Paper Series rwp11-036, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.

    Cited by:

    1. Rezki, Jahen F., 2023. "Does the mobile phone affect social development? Evidence from Indonesian villages," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 47(3).
    2. Fiala, Nathan & Premand, Patrick, 2018. "Social accountability and service delivery: Experimental evidence from Uganda," Ruhr Economic Papers 752, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    3. Asim, Salman & Chimombo, Joseph & Chugunov, Dmitry & Gera, Ravinder, 2019. "Moving teachers to Malawi’s remote communities: A data-driven approach to teacher deployment," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 65(C), pages 26-43.
    4. Lodewijk Smets & Stephen Knack, 2018. "World Bank Policy Lending and the Quality of Public-Sector Governance," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 67(1), pages 29-54.
    5. World Bank Group, 2014. "Strategic Framework for Mainstreaming Citizen Engagement in World Bank Group Operations," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 21113.
    6. Birger Fredriksen & Ruth Kagia, 2013. "Attaining the 2050 Vision for Africa," Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies, Emerging Markets Forum, vol. 5(3), pages 269-328, September.
    7. Batley, Richard & Mcloughlin, Claire, 2015. "The Politics of Public Services: A Service Characteristics Approach," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 275-285.
    8. Khemani, Stuti, 2013. "Buying votes vs. supplying public services : political incentives to under-invest in pro-poor policies," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6339, The World Bank.
    9. Devanshi Chanchani, 2023. "Two Cheers for Decentralisation: Unpacking Mechanisms, Politics and Accountability in the ICDS, Central India," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 35(4), pages 891-913, August.
    10. Bunse, Simone & Fritz, Verena, 2012. "Making public sector reforms work : political and economic contexts, incentives, and strategies," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6174, The World Bank.
    11. Sacks, Audrey & Rahman, Erman & Turkewitz, Joel & Buehler, Michael & Saleh, Imad, 2014. "The dynamics of centralized procurement reform in a decentralized state : evidence and lessons from Indonesia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6977, The World Bank.

  11. Khemani, Stuti, 2010. "Political economy of infrastructure spending in India," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5423, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Jain, Ritika & Nandan, Amit, 2019. "Effect of Electricity Act on tariff gap within the subsidizing sector: The case of India," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 132(C), pages 901-914.
    2. Monica Martinez-Bravo & Leonard Wantchekon, 2021. "Political Economy and Structural Transformation: Democracy, Regulation and Public Investment," Working Papers wp2021_2110, CEMFI.
    3. Megan Sheahan & Yanyan Liu & Christopher B. Barrett & Sudha Narayanan, 2014. "The Political Economy of MGNREGS Spending in Andhra Pradesh," Working Papers id:6021, eSocialSciences.
    4. Cavallo, Eduardo A. & Daude, Christian, 2008. "Public Investment in Developing Countries: A Blessing or a Curse?," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 1631, Inter-American Development Bank.
    5. Mohanty, Biswajit & Bhanumurthy, N. R. & Dastidar, Ananya Ghosh, 2017. "What explains Regional Imbalances in Infrastructure?: Evidence from Indian States," Working Papers 17/197, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.
    6. Kieu-Trang Nguyen & Quoc-Anh Do & Anh Tran, 2012. "One Mandarin Benefits the Whole Clan: Hometown Infrastructure and Nepotism in an Autocracy," Working Papers 07-2012, Singapore Management University, School of Economics.
    7. Biswajit Mohanty & N.R. Bhanumurthy & Ananya Ghosh Dastidar, 2017. "What explains regional imbalances in public infrastructure expenditure? Evidence from Indian states," Asia-Pacific Development Journal, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), vol. 24(2), pages 113-139, December.
    8. Jorge Martinez-Vazquez & Blanca Moreno-Dodson & VIoleta Vulovic, 2012. "The Impact of Tax and Expenditure Policies on Income Distribution: Evidence from a Large Panel of Countries," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper1225, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
    9. Strand, Jon, 2012. "Low-level versus high-level equilibrium in public utility services," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 96(1), pages 163-172.
    10. Kelly Krawczyk & Raymond Muhula, 2018. "Engaging decentralization in an uncertain political context: Lessons from Liberia," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 36(3), pages 369-386, May.
    11. Alizadeh, Tooran & Farid, Reza, 2017. "Political economy of telecommunication infrastructure: An investigation of the National Broadband Network early rollout and pork barrel politics in Australia," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 41(4), pages 242-252.
    12. Fiszbein, Ariel & Matsuda, Yasuhiko, 2012. "Matching reforms to institutional realities : a framework for assessing social service delivery reform strategies in developing countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6136, The World Bank.
    13. Verma, Priyam, 2024. "Optimal Infrastructure after Trade Reform in India," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 166(C).
    14. Sacchidananda Mukherjee & Shivani Badola, 2021. "Public Financing of Human Development in India: A Review," Indian Journal of Human Development, , vol. 15(1), pages 62-81, April.

  12. Khemani, Stuti, 2010. "Political capture of decentralization : vote-buying through grants-financed local jurisdictions," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5350, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Andrea Filippetti & Giovanni Cerulli, 2018. "Are local public services better delivered in more autonomous regions? Evidence from European regions using a dose‐response approach," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 97(3), pages 801-826, August.
    2. Gonschorek, Gerrit J., 2021. "Subnational favoritism in development grant allocations: Empirical evidence from decentralized Indonesia," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 139(C).
    3. Chau, Nancy H. & Liu, Yanyan & Soundararajan, Vidhya, 2017. "Political activism as a determinant of clientelistic transfers: Evidence from an Indian public works program:," IFPRI discussion papers 1700, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    4. Joanis, Marcelin, 2014. "Shared accountability and partial decentralization in local public good provision," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 107(C), pages 28-37.
    5. Baird, Sarah & McIntosh, Craig & Ozler, Berk, 2011. "The regressive demands of demand-driven development," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5883, The World Bank.
    6. Mawussé Komlagan Nézan Okey & Dossè Mawussi Djahini-Afawoubo, 2020. "Voting participation in Togo: the role of access to public services and confidence in public institutions," Journal of Social and Economic Development, Springer;Institute for Social and Economic Change, vol. 22(2), pages 379-400, December.
    7. Mu, Ren & Zhang, Xiaobo, 2011. "The role of elected and appointed village leaders in the allocation of public resources: Evidence from a low-income region in China," IFPRI discussion papers 1061, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    8. Chhotray, Vasudha & Adhikari, Anindita & Bahuguna, Vidushi, 2020. "The political prioritization of welfare in India: Comparing the public distribution system in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 128(C).
    9. Batley, Richard & Mcloughlin, Claire, 2015. "The Politics of Public Services: A Service Characteristics Approach," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 275-285.
    10. Livert, Felipe & Gainza, Xabier & Acuña, Jose, 2019. "Paving the electoral way: Urban infrastructure, partisan politics and civic engagement," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 124(C), pages 1-1.
    11. Dilip Mookherjee & Pranab K. Bardhan, 2012. "Political Clientelism and Capture: Theory and Evidence from West Bengal, India," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2012-097, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    12. Sanoh, Aly, 2015. "Rainfall Shocks, Local Revenues, and Intergovernmental Transfer in Mali," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 359-370.
    13. Khemani, Stuti, 2015. "Buying votes versus supplying public services: Political incentives to under-invest in pro-poor policies," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 117(C), pages 84-93.
    14. Teferi Mergo & Alain-Desire Nimubona & Horatiu Rus, 2019. "Political Representation and the Provision of Public Goods: Theory and Evidence from Ethiopia," Working Papers 1901, University of Waterloo, Department of Economics, revised Jan 2019.
    15. Mu, Ren & Zhang, Xiaobo, 2014. "Do elected leaders in a limited democracy have real power? Evidence from rural China," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 107(C), pages 17-27.
    16. Aisling Lyon, 2014. "Challenges to Municipal Fiscal Autonomy in Macedonia," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, CSF Associates Inc., vol. 44(4), pages 633-658.

  13. Keefer, Philip & Khemani, Stuti, 2009. "When do Legislators pass on"Pork"? the determinants of legislator utilization of a constituency development fund in India," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4929, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Do, Quoc-Anh & Nguyen, Kieu-Trang & Roiser, Anh N. Tran & Tran, Anh N., 2016. "One mandarin benefits the whole clan: hometown favoritism in an authoritarian regime," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 66422, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    2. Kieu-Trang Nguyen & Quoc-Anh Do & Anh Tran, 2012. "One Mandarin Benefits the Whole Clan: Hometown Infrastructure and Nepotism in an Autocracy," Working Papers 07-2012, Singapore Management University, School of Economics.
    3. Saibal Ghosh, 2018. "An index of legislators’ performance: evidence from Indian parliamentary data," Journal of Social and Economic Development, Springer;Institute for Social and Economic Change, vol. 20(1), pages 129-151, April.

  14. Glennerster, Rachel & Banerjee, Abhijit & Duflo, Esther & Banerji, Rukmini & Khemani, Stuti, 2008. "Pitfalls of Participatory Programs: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Education in India," CEPR Discussion Papers 6781, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

    Cited by:

    1. Hufe, Paul & Peichl, Andreas, 2016. "Beyond equal rights: Equality of opportunity in political participation," ZEW Discussion Papers 16-068, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    2. Beasley,Elizabeth Ruth & Huillery,Elise & Beasley,Elizabeth Ruth & Huillery,Elise, 2017. "Willing but unable ? short-term experimental evidence on parent empowerment and school quality," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8125, The World Bank.
    3. Banerjee, Abjijit & Banerji, Rukmini & Berry, James & Duflo, Esther & Kannan, Harini & Mukerji, Shobhini & Shotland, Marc & Walton, Michael, 2016. "Mainstreaming an Effective Intervention: Evidence from Randomized Evaluations of "Teaching at the Right Level" in India," Working Paper Series rwp16-043, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
    4. Elizabeth Beasley & Elise Huillery, 2011. "Understanding Community Participation to Make Services Work," SciencePo Working papers Main hal-01073687, HAL.
    5. Eduardo Fernández-Arias & Ricardo Hausmann & Ugo Panizza, 2020. "Smart Development Banks," Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Springer, vol. 20(2), pages 395-420, June.
    6. Pratap Bhanu Mehta & Michael Walton, 2014. "Ideas, interests and the politics of development change in India: capitalism, inclusion and the state," Global Development Institute Working Paper Series esid-036-14, GDI, The University of Manchester.
    7. Tahir Andrabi & Jishnu Das & Asim Ijaz Khwaja, 2017. "Report Cards: The Impact of Providing School and Child Test Scores on Educational Markets," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 107(6), pages 1535-1563, June.
    8. Cilliers, Jacobus & Kasirye, Ibrahim & Leaver, Clare & Serneels, Pieter & Zeitlin, Andrew, 2018. "Pay for locally monitored performance? A welfare analysis for teacher attendance in Ugandan primary schools," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 167(C), pages 69-90.
    9. Guilherme Lichand & Sharon Wolf, 2020. "Arm-wrestling in the classroom: the non-monotonic effects of monitoring teachers," ECON - Working Papers 357, Department of Economics - University of Zurich, revised Feb 2021.
    10. Adrien Bouguen, 2016. "Adjusting content to individual student needs: Further evidence from an in-service teacher training program," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-01510383, HAL.
    11. Allakulov, Umrbek & Cocciolo, Serena & Das, Binayak & Habib, Md. Ahasan & Rambjer, Lovisa & Tompsett, Anna, 2023. "Transparency, governance, and water and sanitation: Experimental evidence from schools in rural Bangladesh," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 163(C).
    12. King , Elizabeth M. & Behrman, Jere R., 2008. "Timing and duration of exposure in evaluations of social programs," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4686, The World Bank.
    13. Jere R. Behrman & C. Simon Fan & Xiangdong Wei & Hongliang Zhang & Junsen Zhang, 2020. "After-School Tutoring, Household Substitution and Student Achievement: Experimental Evidence from Rural China," PIER Working Paper Archive 20-004, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania.
    14. Frédéric Lesne, 2013. "School Fees, Parental Participation and Accountability: Evidence from Madagascar," Working Papers halshs-00825244, HAL.
    15. Francesco Avvisati & Marc Gurgand & Nina Guyon & Eric Maurin, 2014. "Getting Parents Involved: A Field Experiment in Deprived Schools," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 81(1), pages 57-83.
    16. Devarajan, Shantayanan & Khemani, Stuti & Walton, Michael, 2011. "Civil Society, Public Action and Accountability in Africa," Working Paper Series rwp11-036, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
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Chapters

  1. Shantayanan Devarajan & Stuti Khemani, 2018. "If Politics is the Problem, How Can External Actors be Part of the Solution?," International Economic Association Series, in: Kaushik Basu & Tito Cordella (ed.), Institutions, Governance and the Control of Corruption, chapter 8, pages 209-251, Palgrave Macmillan.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  2. Shantayanan Devarajan & Stuti Khemani & Shekhar Shah, 2009. "The Politics of Partial Decentralization," Chapters, in: Ehtisham Ahmad & Giorgio Brosio (ed.), Does Decentralization Enhance Service Delivery and Poverty Reduction?, chapter 5, Edward Elgar Publishing.

    Cited by:

    1. Cheng, Yuk-Shing & Chung, Kim-Sau, 2013. "Too many mothers-in-law?," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 105(C), pages 69-76.
    2. Salvatore Ercolano & Carmelo Petraglia & Domenico Scalera, 2024. "Autonomia differenziata e omogeneità regionale delle preferenze. Un riscontro empirico," Regional Economy, , vol. 8(Q1), pages 3-10.
    3. World Bank, 2014. "Improving Basic Services for the Bottom Forty Percent : Results of the Poverty and Social Impact Assessment of Decentralized Basic Service Delivery in Ethiopia," World Bank Publications - Reports 17838, The World Bank Group.
    4. Joanis, Marcelin, 2014. "Shared accountability and partial decentralization in local public good provision," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 107(C), pages 28-37.
    5. Gómez Sabaini, Juan Carlos & Jiménez, Juan Pablo, 2012. "The financing of subnational governments," Copublicaciones, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), number 2030.
    6. World Bank, 2012. "Cameroon - The Path to Fiscal Decentralization : Opportunities and Challenges," World Bank Publications - Reports 11875, The World Bank Group.

  3. Stuti Khemani, 2007. "The Political Economy of Equalization Transfers," Springer Books, in: Jorge Martinez-Vazquez & Bob Searle (ed.), Fiscal Equalization, chapter 0, pages 463-484, Springer.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  4. Junaid Ahmad & Shantayanan Devarajan & Stuti Khemani & Shekhar Shah, 2006. "Decentralization and Service Delivery," Chapters, in: Ehtisham Ahmad & Giorgio Brosio (ed.), Handbook of Fiscal Federalism, chapter 10, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    See citations under working paper version above.
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