It Takes a Village Election : Turnover and Performance in Local Bureaucracies (English)

In many countries, local governments struggle with inefficiency and corruption, often perpetuated by entrenched elites. This paper explores how leadership changes affect local bureaucratic performance by combining personnel and citizen surveys with a regression discontinuity design in a large sample of Indonesian villages. The findings show that turnovers in village elections revitalize local bureaucracies, disrupt nepotistic networks, and improve...

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Bazzi,Samuel;

Hilmy,Masyhur;

Marx,Benjamin;

Mahvish Ifrah Shaukat;

Stegmann,Andreas;
Document Date
2024/09/19
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
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WPS10920
Volume No
1
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World,
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Other,
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2024/09/19
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Disclosed
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It Takes a Village Election : Turnover and Performance in Local Bureaucracies

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Bazzi,Samuel; Hilmy,Masyhur; Marx,Benjamin; Mahvish Ifrah Shaukat; Stegmann,Andreas.

It Takes a Village Election : Turnover and Performance in Local Bureaucracies (English). Policy Research working paper;PROSPERITY;Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP) Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099537409192440647

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