Local Inequality and Project Choice: Theory and Evidence from Ecuador

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dc.creatorAraujo, M. Caridad
dc.creatorFerreira, Francisco H.G.
dc.creatorLanjouw, Peter
dc.creatorÖzler, Berk
dc.date2012-06-26T20:41:47Z
dc.date2012-06-26T20:41:47Z
dc.date2006-08
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:24:40Z
dc.descriptionThis paper provides evidence consistent with elite capture of Social Fund investment projects in Ecuador. Exploiting a unique combination of data-sets on village-level income distributions, Social Fund project administration, and province level electoral results, the authors test a simple model of project choice when local political power is unequally distributed. In accordance with the predictions of the model, poorer villages are more likely to receive projects that provide excludable (private) goods to the poor, such as latrines. Controlling for poverty, more unequal communities are less likely to receive such projects. Consistent with the hypothesis of elite capture, these results are sensitive to the specific measure of inequality used in the empirical analysis, and are strongest for expenditure shares at the top of the distribution.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/08/7014478/local-inequality-project-choice-theory-evidence-ecuador
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/9289
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-3997
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/417841
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 3997
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectACCESS TO SERVICES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectANTI-POVERTY
dc.subjectBASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectBENEFICIARIES
dc.subjectBENEFICIARY ASSESSMENTS
dc.subjectCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY GROUPS
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectCORRUPTION
dc.subjectDECENTRALIZATION
dc.subjectDEMAND-DRIVEN APPROACH
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
dc.subjectECONOMIC STATUS
dc.subjectEQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectESTIMATES OF POVERTY
dc.subjectFOOD FOR EDUCATION
dc.subjectGEOGRAPHIC TARGETING
dc.subjectGLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectHIGHER INEQUALITY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectINCIDENCE OF POVERTY
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINCOME LEVELS
dc.subjectINCOME TRANSFERS
dc.subjectINDICATOR OF POVERTY
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINFORMATION SYSTEM
dc.subjectIRRIGATION
dc.subjectLAND INEQUALITY
dc.subjectLARGE POPULATIONS
dc.subjectLOCAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectLOCAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subjectLORENZ CURVE
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT
dc.subjectNATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subjectNGO
dc.subjectNUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectPARTICIPATORY
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPOLITICAL POWER
dc.subjectPOLITICAL PROCESS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL SUPPORT
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOOR AGENTS
dc.subjectPOOR COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectPOOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOOR INDIVIDUALS
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectPOPULATION CENSUS
dc.subjectPOVERTY INCIDENCE
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY MAP
dc.subjectPOVERTY PROGRAMS
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPRODUCTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectPROJECT MONITORING
dc.subjectPUBLIC GOOD
dc.subjectPUBLIC SPENDING
dc.subjectRESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.subjectRESPECT
dc.subjectRICHER PEOPLE
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY RATES
dc.subjectRURAL SECTOR
dc.subjectSANITATION
dc.subjectSCHOOL BUILDINGS
dc.subjectSOCIAL FUND PROJECTS
dc.subjectSOCIAL FUNDS
dc.subjectSOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectSOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectSOCIAL WELFARE
dc.subjectSPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectSTRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
dc.subjectSTRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectUTILITY FUNCTION
dc.subjectVALUATION
dc.subjectVOTERS
dc.subjectWEALTH
dc.titleLocal Inequality and Project Choice: Theory and Evidence from Ecuador

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