Buying Votes vs. Supplying Public Services : Political Incentives to Under-invest in Pro-poor Policies

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dc.creatorKhemani, Stuti
dc.date2013-04-10T18:26:20Z
dc.date2013-04-10T18:26:20Z
dc.date2013-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:58:51Z
dc.descriptionThis paper uses unique survey data to provide, for the first time in the literature, direct evidence that vote buying in poor economies is associated with lower provision of public services that disproportionately benefit the poor. Various features of the data and the institutional context allow the interpretation of this correlation as the equilibrium policy consequence of clientelist politics, ruling out alternate explanations (such as, for example, poverty driving both vote buying and health outcomes). The data come from the Philippines, a country context that allows for measuring vote buying during elections and services delivered by the administrative unit controlled by winners of those elections. The data reveal a significant, robust negative correlation between vote buying and the delivery of primary health services. In places where households report more vote buying, government records show that municipalities invest less in basic health services for mothers and children; and, quite strikingly, as a summary measure of weak service delivery performance, a higher percentage of children are severely under-weight.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17200957/buying-votes-vs-supplying-public-services-political-incentives-under-invest-pro-poor-policies
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/13126
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-6339
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/413812
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research working paper;no. WPS 6339
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subjectACCOUNTING
dc.subjectANTENATAL CARE
dc.subjectASSETS
dc.subjectBASIC HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectBASIC SERVICES
dc.subjectBLOCK GRANTS
dc.subjectBRIBERY
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTH
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectCIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subjectCLINICS
dc.subjectCOMMUNITIES
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY HEALTH
dc.subjectCONFIDENCE
dc.subjectCORRUPT
dc.subjectCORRUPTION
dc.subjectDECENTRALIZATION
dc.subjectDEMOCRACIES
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDESCRIPTION
dc.subjectDISTRICTS
dc.subjectDOCTORS
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectEXPENDITURES
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFEMALE
dc.subjectFISCAL CAPACITY
dc.subjectFOLIC ACID
dc.subjectGOOD GOVERNANCE
dc.subjectHEALTH CENTERS
dc.subjectHEALTH FOR ALL
dc.subjectHEALTH INVESTMENTS
dc.subjectHEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subjectHEALTH POLICIES
dc.subjectHEALTH POLICY
dc.subjectHEALTH PROFESSIONALS
dc.subjectHEALTH PROGRAMS
dc.subjectHEALTH PROJECTS
dc.subjectHEALTH PROVIDERS
dc.subjectHEALTH RECORDS
dc.subjectHEALTH SECTOR
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICE
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectHOSPITALS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectHUNGER
dc.subjectIMMUNIZATION
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINFANT HEALTH
dc.subjectINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS
dc.subjectINTERVENTIONS
dc.subjectIRON
dc.subjectLAW ENFORCEMENT
dc.subjectLEASING
dc.subjectLOCAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subjectLOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE
dc.subjectLOCAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subjectMEDIA
dc.subjectMEDICAL EQUIPMENT
dc.subjectMEDICINES
dc.subjectMONOPOLY
dc.subjectMUNICIPAL
dc.subjectMUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subjectMUNICIPALITIES
dc.subjectNEPOTISM
dc.subjectNURSES
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectNUTRITIONAL STATUS
dc.subjectPATRONAGE
dc.subjectPOLITICIAN
dc.subjectPOLITICIANS
dc.subjectPREGNANCY
dc.subjectPRIMARY HEALTH CARE
dc.subjectPROBABILITY
dc.subjectPROCUREMENT
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH PERSONNEL
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH SPENDING
dc.subjectPUBLIC POLICIES
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subjectREGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectREMEDY
dc.subjectRENTS
dc.subjectRESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.subjectRULE OF LAW
dc.subjectSCANDALS
dc.subjectSERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subjectSETTLEMENTS
dc.subjectSOCIAL NETWORKS
dc.subjectSOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectSTERILIZATION
dc.subjectTAXATION
dc.subjectTHEFT
dc.subjectTRANSPARENCY
dc.subjectUSER CHARGES
dc.subjectVILLAGE HEALTH WORKERS
dc.subjectVILLAGE LEVEL
dc.subjectVILLAGES
dc.subjectVIOLENCE
dc.subjectWORKERS
dc.titleBuying Votes vs. Supplying Public Services : Political Incentives to Under-invest in Pro-poor Policies

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