Gender and public goods provision in Tamil Nadu's village governments (English)

Using data from 144 village-level governments in India's Tamil Nadu state, this paper investigates political reservations for women and whether the gender of village government leaders influences the provision of village public goods. A knowledge test of village government presidents and a survey about the interaction between village presidents and higher-level officials reveal that female village government presidents have much lower knowledge of...

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Gajwani, Kiran;

Zhang,Xiaobo;
Document Date
2014/05/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS6854
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
South Asia,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2014/05/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Gender and public goods provision in Tamil Nadu's village governments
Keywords
public good

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Gajwani, Kiran; Zhang,Xiaobo.

Gender and public goods provision in Tamil Nadu's village governments (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6854 Washington, DC: World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/531431468300546952

Gender and public goods provision in Tamil Nadu's village governments (English)

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