Local corruption and popular support for fuel subsidy reform in Indonesia
This article examines the role played by local governments in shaping resistance to reforming fiscally and environmentally disastrous fuel subsidies. Shifting from universal-access social programs, like fuel subsidies, to targeted programs requires vesting authority with local politicians and bureau...
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| description | This article examines the role played by local governments in shaping resistance to reforming fiscally and environmentally disastrous fuel subsidies. Shifting from universal-access social programs, like fuel subsidies, to targeted programs requires vesting authority with local politicians and bureaucrats, whom the state relies on to identify poor households and to deliver benefits. Where local governments are corrupt, citizens find promises to replace fuel subsidies with targeted spending less credible and resistance to reform is higher. Using household survey data from Indonesia, this article finds that corruption in the implementation of targeted transfer programs increases resistance to fuel subsidy reform among the poor citizens who consume the least fuel and who stand to benefit the most from targeted programs. Findings suggest that improving capacity within subnational governments to deliver social programs is important in developing public support for reform. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1473672025-12-08T10:11:39Z Local corruption and popular support for fuel subsidy reform in Indonesia Kyle, Jordan trust local government fuels reforms local communities subsidies corruption social welfare programs This article examines the role played by local governments in shaping resistance to reforming fiscally and environmentally disastrous fuel subsidies. Shifting from universal-access social programs, like fuel subsidies, to targeted programs requires vesting authority with local politicians and bureaucrats, whom the state relies on to identify poor households and to deliver benefits. Where local governments are corrupt, citizens find promises to replace fuel subsidies with targeted spending less credible and resistance to reform is higher. Using household survey data from Indonesia, this article finds that corruption in the implementation of targeted transfer programs increases resistance to fuel subsidy reform among the poor citizens who consume the least fuel and who stand to benefit the most from targeted programs. Findings suggest that improving capacity within subnational governments to deliver social programs is important in developing public support for reform. 2018-03-07 2024-06-21T09:13:39Z 2024-06-21T09:13:39Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147367 en Limited Access SAGE Publications Kyle, Jordan. Local corruption and popular support for fuel subsidy reform in Indonesia. 2018. Comparative Political Studies 51(11): 1472-1503. https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414018758755 |
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| title | Local corruption and popular support for fuel subsidy reform in Indonesia |
| title_full | Local corruption and popular support for fuel subsidy reform in Indonesia |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Local corruption and popular support for fuel subsidy reform in Indonesia |
| title_short | Local corruption and popular support for fuel subsidy reform in Indonesia |
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| topic | trust local government fuels reforms local communities subsidies corruption social welfare programs |
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