Pro-poor targeting and accountability of local governments in West Bengal

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 303-327

  Bardhan, Pranab ^a   Mookherjee, Dilip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Corruption; Decentralization of service delivery; Poverty; Targeting; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; CIVIL SERVICE; CORRUPTION; DECENTRALIZATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POVERTY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 33645903214     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2006.01.004     Document Type: Article

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