Information technology and provision of national identification cards by the Bolivian police : evidence from two randomized natural field experiments (English)

• Author

  Chong,Alberto, Salas,Gustavo Machicado, Yanez Pagans,Monica

• Document Date

  2017/06/01

• Document Type

  Policy Research Working Paper

• Report Number

  WPS8083

• Volume No

  1

• Total Volume(s)

  1

• Country

  Bolivia,

• Region

  Latin America & Caribbean,

• Disclosure Date

  2017/06/01

• Disclosure Status

  Disclosed

• Doc Name

  Information technology and provision of national identification cards by the Bolivian police : evidence from two randomized natural field experiments

• Keywords

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• Language

  English

• Topics

  Education, Skills Development and Labor Market, Information and Communication Technologies, Public Service Delivery, Education, Private Education,

• Historic Topics

  Governance, Public Sector Development, Macroeconomics and Economic Growth,

• Historic SubTopics

  Information Technology, Public Sector Administrative & Civil Service Reform, Economics of Education, Educational Sciences, Education Finance, Democratic Government, Economics and Finance of Public Institution Development, Public Sector Administrative and Civil Service Reform, De Facto Governments,

• Version Type

  Final

• Series Name

  Policy Research working paper, no. WPS 8083, Impact Evaluation series,

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