02073nam a2200337 a 4500 20181210070706.0 cr ||||||||||| 060906s2006 dcu sb i000 0 eng 2006618512 DLC DLC BD-DhBPA HG3881.5.W57 332.67252 LOC 2006 Local inequality and project choice theory and evidence from Ecuador / M. Caridad Araujo ...[et al.]. [Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2006] 44 p. ; cm. Policy research working paper ; 3997 Title from PDF file as viewed on 9/6/2006. Includes bibliographical references. "This 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. "--World Bank web site. Also available in print. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Zahid Public investments Ecuador. 107691 Infrastructure (Economics) Ecuador. 107692 Income distribution Ecuador. 107693 Araujo, M. Caridad. 1369 World Bank. 107694 Policy research working papers (Online) ; 3997. 107695 ddc BK 37454 37454 0 ddc 0 0 BPATC BPATC GRR 2018-05-13 0 332.67252 LOC 2006 WB5456 2018-05-13 00:00:00 2018-05-13 BK Zahid