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Electoral accountability, fiscal decentralization and service delivery in Indonesia / Emmanuel Skoufias
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Skoufias, Emmanuel
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Debt Markets.
- E-Government.
- Electoral Accountability.
- Fiscal Decentralization.
- Indonesia.
- Parliamentary Government.
- Poverty reduction.
- Public Sector Expenditure Policy.
- Public Spending.
- Service Delivery.
- Subnational Economic Development.
- Local Subjects:
- Debt Markets.
- E-Government.
- Electoral Accountability.
- Fiscal Decentralization.
- Indonesia.
- Parliamentary Government.
- Poverty reduction.
- Public Sector Expenditure Policy.
- Public Spending.
- Service Delivery.
- Subnational Economic Development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (56 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2011
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This paper takes advantage of the exogenous phasing of direct elections in districts and applies the double difference estimator to: (i) measure impacts on the pattern of public spending and revenue generation at the district level; and (ii) investigate the heterogeneity of the impacts on public spending. The authors confirm that the electoral reforms had positive effects on district expenditures and these effects were mainly due to the increases in expenditures in the districts outside Java and Bali and the changes in expenditures brought about by non-incumbents elected in the districts. Electoral reforms also led to higher revenue generation from own sources and to higher budget surplus. Finally, the analysis finds that in anticipation of the forthcoming direct elections, district governments tend to have higher current expenditures on public works.
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