When will civil society sanction the state? Evidence from Mali

Under what conditions will civil society organizations (CSOs) sanction corruption (the private use of public funds)? CSOs have overcome coordination problems, but could either use this capacity to hold government accountable for public goods provision or to extract rents from politicians. We develop...

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Autores principales: Bleck, Jaimie, Gottlieb, Jessica, Kosec, Katrina
Formato: Artículo preliminar
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Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129787
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Kosec, Katrina
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description Under what conditions will civil society organizations (CSOs) sanction corruption (the private use of public funds)? CSOs have overcome coordination problems, but could either use this capacity to hold government accountable for public goods provision or to extract rents from politicians. We develop a model and test its predictions using a face-to-face survey with 1,014 CSO leaders from 48 communes in Mali. We describe a forthcoming performance-based funding program (PBF) providing a formal channel for civil society monitors to sanction mayoral corruption: they influence whether or not mayors receive a performance bonus. We ask CSO leaders their likelihood of sanctioning known corruption under the program and their expected transfer price if they instead enter into a collusive bargain. We find that CSOs most embedded in the community are best able to extract informal transfers from the mayor and least likely to sanction. By contrast, CSOs with high technical and informational capacity are most likely to sanction.
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spelling CGSpace1297872025-12-02T21:03:13Z When will civil society sanction the state? Evidence from Mali Bleck, Jaimie Gottlieb, Jessica Kosec, Katrina bargaining power civil society organizations corruption governance politics public goods Under what conditions will civil society organizations (CSOs) sanction corruption (the private use of public funds)? CSOs have overcome coordination problems, but could either use this capacity to hold government accountable for public goods provision or to extract rents from politicians. We develop a model and test its predictions using a face-to-face survey with 1,014 CSO leaders from 48 communes in Mali. We describe a forthcoming performance-based funding program (PBF) providing a formal channel for civil society monitors to sanction mayoral corruption: they influence whether or not mayors receive a performance bonus. We ask CSO leaders their likelihood of sanctioning known corruption under the program and their expected transfer price if they instead enter into a collusive bargain. We find that CSOs most embedded in the community are best able to extract informal transfers from the mayor and least likely to sanction. By contrast, CSOs with high technical and informational capacity are most likely to sanction. 2023-02-06 2023-03-28T17:24:09Z 2023-03-28T17:24:09Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129787 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294141 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055418000667 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Bleck, Jaimie; Gottlieb, Jessica; and Kosec, Katrina. 2023. When will civil society sanction the state? Evidence from Mali. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2169. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136571.
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civil society organizations
corruption
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public goods
Bleck, Jaimie
Gottlieb, Jessica
Kosec, Katrina
When will civil society sanction the state? Evidence from Mali
title When will civil society sanction the state? Evidence from Mali
title_full When will civil society sanction the state? Evidence from Mali
title_fullStr When will civil society sanction the state? Evidence from Mali
title_full_unstemmed When will civil society sanction the state? Evidence from Mali
title_short When will civil society sanction the state? Evidence from Mali
title_sort when will civil society sanction the state evidence from mali
topic bargaining power
civil society organizations
corruption
governance
politics
public goods
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129787
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