theory and evidence from Ecuador Araujo, M. Caridad. World Bank text bibliography dcu Washington, D.C World Bank 2006] 2006 monographic eng

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44 p. ; cm. "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. M. Caridad Araujo ...[et al.]. Title from PDF file as viewed on 9/6/2006. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Public investments Ecuador Infrastructure (Economics) Ecuador Income distribution Ecuador HG3881.5.W57 332.67252 LOC 2006 2006618512 DLC 060906 20181210070706.0