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The political economy of the middle class in the Dominican Republic : individualization of public goods, lack of institutional trust and weak collective action (English)

This paper tries to uncover some of the hidden factors behind poor public service delivery in the Dominican Republic. By looking at three sector cases, education, health and electricity, it is possible to observe that in this setting of low quality of public services the "middle class" is opting out from the system and adopting private solutions to collective problems. The combination of this opting out behavior with low levels of institutional trust...
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Sanchez Martin,Miguel Eduardo; Senderowitsch,Roberto Adrian.

The political economy of the middle class in the Dominican Republic : individualization of public goods, lack of institutional trust and weak collective action (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6049 Washington, DC : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/856351468028146663

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