Electoral Accountability and Local Government Spending in Indonesia

This paper takes advantage of the exogenous phasing of direct elections in districts and applies the double-difference estimator to measure impacts on (i) human development outcomes and (ii) the pattern of public spending and revenue generation at...

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Main Authors:	Skoufias, Emmanuel, Narayan, Ambar, Dasgupta, Basab, Kaiser, Kai
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES BANK POLICY BLOCK GRANTS BUDGET ALLOCATION BUDGET DATA BUDGET DEFICIT BUDGET SURPLUS BUSINESS CYCLE BUSINESS CYCLES CANDIDATES CASH RESERVES CASH TRANSFER CATEGORIES OF EXPENDITURE CENTRAL AUTHORITIES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL TRANSFERS CHECKS CITIZEN NEEDS CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL SERVICE COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE CONSTITUENCIES CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DECENTRALIZATION DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC SPENDING DISTRICT DISTRICT BUDGET DISTRICT GOVERNMENT DISTRICT GOVERNMENTS DISTRICT GOVERNOR DISTRICT HEALTH DISTRICT LEVEL DISTRICT LEVELS DISTRICT OFFICIALS DISTRICT REVENUES DISTRICT-LEVEL DISTRICTS E-MAIL ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION ECONOMIC POLICY EFFICIENT ALLOCATION EFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES ELECTION ELECTION DATA ELECTION TIME ELECTIONS ELECTORAL INFORMATION ELECTORATE EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES EXPENDITURE DATA EXPENDITURE PATTERNS EXPENDITURES EXPENDITURES PER CAPITA FAIR ELECTIONS FINANCIAL INFORMATION FINANCIAL INFORMATION SYSTEM FISCAL BALANCE FISCAL CAPACITY FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL EXPENDITURE FISCAL FEDERALISM FISCAL OUTCOMES FISCAL POLICY FISCAL SYSTEM FISCAL VARIABLES GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT FINANCING GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES GOVERNOR GOVERNORS HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH SPENDING HOLDING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMMUNIZATION INTEREST PAYMENTS INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS INTERNATIONAL BANK LAWS LEGAL OBLIGATION LEGISLATORS LOCAL ELECTIONS LOCAL EXPENDITURES LOCAL FINANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL TAXES MAYOR MAYORS METROPOLITAN AREA MINISTRY OF FINANCE MISTRUST MUNICIPALITIES MUNICIPALITY NATIONAL INTERESTS NATIONAL POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS NATIONAL STATISTICS NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCES OBJECTIVE OF POVERTY REDUCTION OIL PRICES OUTCOME MEASURES PARLIAMENT PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY PARLIAMENTS PARTY DISCIPLINE PATTERN OF PUBLIC SPENDING POLICY CHANGES POLICY CHOICES POLICY OUTCOMES POLICY REFORMS POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY POLITICAL AUTONOMY POLITICAL DECENTRALIZATION POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL PARTY POLITICAL POWERS POLITICAL REFORM POLITICAL SYSTEMS POLITICIANS POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION PRICE INDEX PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM OUTCOMES PROGRAMS PROVINCE PROVINCES PROVINCIAL CAPITAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC HOUSING PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC REVENUE PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC WORKS QUALITY OF SERVICES REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS REPRESENTATIVES REVENUE BASE REVENUE MOBILIZATION REVENUE PER CAPITA REVENUE SHARING SANITARY FACILITIES SANITATION SEPARATION OF POWERS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SIZE OF GOVERNMENT SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SUB-NATIONAL SUB-NATIONAL EXPENDITURES SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS TAX TAX SHARING TAXATION TOTAL EXPENDITURES VILLAGE VILLAGES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/02/19006608/electoral-accountability-local-government-spending-indonesia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17326

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/02/19006608/electoral-accountability-local-government-spending-indonesia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17326

Electoral Accountability and Local Government Spending in Indonesia

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