Local governance and public goods provision in rural China

In developing countries, identifying the most effective community-level governance structure is a key issue and, increasingly, empirical evaluation of the effects of democratization on the provision of local public goods is needed. Since the early 1990s, tens of thousands of villages in rural China...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Xiaobo, Fan, Shenggen, Zhang, Linxiu, Huang, Jikun
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Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2002
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156165
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author Zhang, Xiaobo
Fan, Shenggen
Zhang, Linxiu
Huang, Jikun
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Huang, Jikun
Zhang, Linxiu
Zhang, Xiaobo
author_facet Zhang, Xiaobo
Fan, Shenggen
Zhang, Linxiu
Huang, Jikun
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description In developing countries, identifying the most effective community-level governance structure is a key issue and, increasingly, empirical evaluation of the effects of democratization on the provision of local public goods is needed. Since the early 1990s, tens of thousands of villages in rural China have held local-government elections, providing a good opportunity to investigate the effect of democratization on the level of public goods provision. Using a recent village survey conducted over a significant period of time, this paper compares governance by elected officials with that of appointed cadres and finds that elected officials tend to tax constituents less and provide them with higher levels of public service. -- Authors' Abstract."
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spelling CGSpace1561652025-11-06T05:56:34Z Local governance and public goods provision in rural China Zhang, Xiaobo Fan, Shenggen Zhang, Linxiu Huang, Jikun governance public institutions rural conditions developing countries state intervention rural population policies In developing countries, identifying the most effective community-level governance structure is a key issue and, increasingly, empirical evaluation of the effects of democratization on the provision of local public goods is needed. Since the early 1990s, tens of thousands of villages in rural China have held local-government elections, providing a good opportunity to investigate the effect of democratization on the level of public goods provision. Using a recent village survey conducted over a significant period of time, this paper compares governance by elected officials with that of appointed cadres and finds that elected officials tend to tax constituents less and provide them with higher levels of public service. -- Authors' Abstract." 2002 2024-10-24T12:43:22Z 2024-10-24T12:43:22Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156165 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Chinese Academy of Sciences Zhang, Xiaobo; Fan, Shenggen; Zhang, Linxiu; Huang, Jikun. 2002. Local governance and public goods provision in rural China. EPTD Discussion Paper 93. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156165
spellingShingle governance
public institutions
rural conditions
developing countries
state intervention
rural population
policies
Zhang, Xiaobo
Fan, Shenggen
Zhang, Linxiu
Huang, Jikun
Local governance and public goods provision in rural China
title Local governance and public goods provision in rural China
title_full Local governance and public goods provision in rural China
title_fullStr Local governance and public goods provision in rural China
title_full_unstemmed Local governance and public goods provision in rural China
title_short Local governance and public goods provision in rural China
title_sort local governance and public goods provision in rural china
topic governance
public institutions
rural conditions
developing countries
state intervention
rural population
policies
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156165
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