How Does Bribery Affect Public Service Delivery Micro Evidence From Service Users And Public Officials In Peru
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How Does Bribery Affect Public Service Delivery Micro Evidence From Service Users And Public Officials In Peru
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Author : Daniel Kaufmann
language : en
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Release Date : 2016
How Does Bribery Affect Public Service Delivery Micro Evidence From Service Users And Public Officials In Peru written by Daniel Kaufmann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.
When seeking a public service, users may be required to pay in bribes more than the official price. Consequently, some users may be discouraged and choose not to seek a service due to the higher price imposed by the bribery tax. This paper explores the price and quantity components of the relationship between governance and service delivery using micro-level survey data. The authors construct new measures of governance using data from users of public services from 13 government agencies in Peru. For some basic services, low-income users pay a larger share of their income than wealthier ones do; that is, the bribery tax is regressive. Where there are substitute private providers, low-income users appear to be discouraged more often and not to seek basic services. Thus, bribery may penalize poorer users twice - acting as a regressive tax and discouraging access to basic services. The paper explores the characteristics of households seeking public services. Higher education and age are associated with higher probability of being discouraged. Trust in state institutions decreases the probability of being discouraged, while knowledge of mechanisms to report corruption and extent of social network increase it, suggesting that households may rely on substitutes through networks. The study complements the household analysis with supply-side analysis based on data from public officials, and constructs agency-level measures for access to public services and institutional factors. Econometric results suggest that corruption reduces the supply of services, while voice mechanisms and clarity of the public agency's mission increase it.
How Does Bribery Affect Public Service Delivery Micro Evidence From Service Users And Public Officials In Peru
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Author : Daniel Kaufmann
language : en
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Release Date : 2008
How Does Bribery Affect Public Service Delivery Micro Evidence From Service Users And Public Officials In Peru written by Daniel Kaufmann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Electronic book categories.
How Does Bribery Affect Public Service Delivery Micro Evidence From Service Users And Public Officials In Peru
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Author : Kaufmann
language : en
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Release Date : 2013
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How Does Bribery Affect Public Service Delivery
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Author : Francesca Recanatini
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
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How Does Bribery Affect Public Service Delivery written by Francesca Recanatini and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
How Does Bribery Affect Public Service Delivery
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Author : Francesca Recanatini
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2008
How Does Bribery Affect Public Service Delivery written by Francesca Recanatini and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Accountability categories.
Abstract: When seeking a public service, users may be required to pay in bribes more than the official price. Consequently, some users may be discouraged and choose not to seek a service due to the higher price imposed by the bribery "tax." This paper explores the price and quantity components of the relationship between governance and service delivery using micro-level survey data. The authors construct new measures of governance using data from users of public services from 13 government agencies in Peru. For some basic services, low-income users pay a larger share of their income than wealthier ones do; that is, the bribery tax is regressive. Where there are substitute private providers, low-income users appear to be discouraged more often and not to seek basic services. Thus, bribery may penalize poorer users twice - acting as a regressive tax and discouraging access to basic services. The paper explores the characteristics of households seeking public services. Higher education and age are associated with higher probability of being discouraged. Trust in state institutions decreases the probability of being discouraged, while knowledge of mechanisms to report corruption and extent of social network increase it, suggesting that households may rely on substitutes through networks. The study complements the household analysis with supply-side analysis based on data from public officials, and constructs agency-level measures for access to public services and institutional factors. Econometric results suggest that corruption reduces the supply of services, while voice mechanisms and clarity of the public agency's mission increase it.
Routledge Handbook Of Political Corruption
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Author : Paul M. Heywood
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-12-17
Routledge Handbook Of Political Corruption written by Paul M. Heywood and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-17 with Political Science categories.
Since the early 1990s, a series of major scandals in both the financial and most especially the political world has resulted in close attention being paid to the issue of corruption and its links to political legitimacy and stability. Indeed, in many countries – in both the developed as well as the developing world – corruption seems to have become almost an obsession. Concern about corruption has become a powerful policy narrative: the explanation of last resort for a whole range of failures and disappointments in the fields of politics, economics and culture. In the more established democracies, worries about corruption have become enmeshed in a wider debate about trust in the political class. Corruption remains as widespread today, possibly even more so, as it was when concerted international attention started being devoted to the issue following the end of the Cold War. This Handbook provides a showcase of the most innovative and exciting research being conducted in Europe and North America in the field of political corruption, as well as providing a new point of reference for all who are interested in the topic. The Handbook is structured around four core themes in the study of corruption in the contemporary world: understanding and defining the nature of corruption; identifying its causes; measuring its extent; and analysing its consequences. Each of these themes is addressed from various perspectives in the first four sections of the Handbook, whilst the fifth section explores new directions that are emerging in corruption research. The contributors are experts in their field, working across a range of different social-science perspectives.
Left Behind
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Author : Renos Vakis
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2016-07-26
Left Behind written by Renos Vakis and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-26 with Business & Economics categories.
One out of every five Latin Americans or around 130 million people have never known anything but poverty, subsisting on less than US$4-a-day throughout their lives. These are the region ́s chronically poor, who have remained so despite unprecedented inroads against poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean since the turn of the century. Left Behind: Chronic Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean takes a closer look at the region’s entrenched poor, who and where they are, and how existing policies need to change in order to effectively assist them. The book shows significant variations of rates of chronic poverty both across and within countries. Within a single country, some regions show incidence rates up to eight times higher than the lowest. Despite the higher rates of chronic poverty in rural areas, chronic poverty is as much an urban as a rural issue. In fact, considering absolute numbers, urban areas in many countries, including Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and the Dominican Republic, have more chronic poor than rural areas. Undoubtedly the region has come a long way during the decade in terms of poverty reduction, guided by a mix of sustained growth and increased levels in amounts and quality of public spending and programs targeted directly or indirectly to the chronic poor. While improving endowments and the context where the chronic poor live is a necessary condition going forward, the decade’s experience suggests that it may not be enough to reach the chronic poor. The book posits that refinements to the existing policy toolkit †“ as opposed to more programs †“ may come a long way in helping the remaining poor. These refinements include intensifying efforts to improve coordination between different social and economic programs, which can boost the income generation process and deal with the intergenerational transmission of chronic poverty by investing in early childhood development. Equally important though, there is an urgent need to adapt programs to directly address the psychological toll of chronic poverty on people’s mindset and aspirations, which currently undermines the effectiveness of the existing policy efforts.
The Many Faces Of Corruption
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Author : J. Edgardo Campos
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2007-04-04
The Many Faces Of Corruption written by J. Edgardo Campos and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-04 with Business & Economics categories.
Corruption... How can policymakers and practitioners better comprehend the many forms and shapes that this socialpandemic takes? From the delivery of essential drugs, the reduction in teacher absenteeism, the containment of illegal logging, the construction of roads, the provision of water andelectricity, the international trade in oil and gas, the conduct of public budgeting and procurement, and the management of public revenues, corruption shows its many faces. 'The Many Faces of Corruption' attempts to bring greater clarity to the often murky manifestations of this virulent and debilitating social disease. It explores the use of prototype road maps to identify corruption vulnerabilities, suggests corresponding 'warning signals,' and proposes operationally useful remedial measures in each of several selected sectors and for a selected sampleof cross cutting public sector functions that are particularlyprone to corruption and that are critical to sector performance.Numerous technical experts have come together in this effort to develop an operationally useful approach to diagnosing and tackling corruption. 'The Many Faces of Corruption' is an invaluable reference for policymakers, practitioners, andresearchers engaged in the business of development.
Improving Transparency Integrity And Accountability In Water Supply And Sanitation
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language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2009-01-01
Improving Transparency Integrity And Accountability In Water Supply And Sanitation written by and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Nature categories.
This volume will serve as a useful tool for those who wish to diagnose, analyze, and take action against systemic corruption in the water and sanitation sectors. On a global scale, more than 1 billion people live without access to safe, potable water, in part because of poor governance and corruption. Illegal connections and substantial losses caused by deferred maintenance have eroded the revenues of water utilities, leading to a downward spiral in performance. Embezzlement of funds, bribes for access to illegal water connections, manipulation of meter counters, and collusion in public contracts add to the litany of corrupt practices. This manual will serve as a practical guide for governments, civil society organizations, and citizens themselves in their quest for a model of service provision that responds to the pressing needs of people in the developing world.
Does Greater Accountability Improve The Quality Of Delivery Of Public Services Evidence From Uganda
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Author : Klaus Deininger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Does Greater Accountability Improve The Quality Of Delivery Of Public Services Evidence From Uganda written by Klaus Deininger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.
While the importance of corruption as a possible impediment to foreign investment in an international context is now well realized, it is not clear to what extent corruption affects, either directly through bribe-taking or indirectly through inadequate quality of public services, the level of economic activity by domestic entrepreneurs. Using a large survey from Uganda, Deininger and Mpuga show that domestic and foreign entrepreneurs, government officials, and households are unanimous in highlighting the pervasiveness and importance of corruption. Efforts to establish institutions to deal with corrupt practices have not been matched by public education on the proper procedures. The fact that such lack of knowledge on procedures to report corruption increases households' risk of being subject to bribery and significantly reduces the quality of public service delivery leads the authors to conclude that improved accountability will be important to reduce the incidence of corruption and improve delivery of public services.This paper - a product of Rural Development, Development Research Group - is part of a larger effort in the group to identify determinants of effective public service provision.