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Decentralization of Governance and Development
- P. Bardhan
- Economics
- 1 November 2002
In this paper we note that the institutional context (and therefore the structure of incentives and organization) in developing and transition economies is quite different from those in advanced… Expand
Credit Markets and Patterns of International Trade
- Kenneth M. Kletzer, P. Bardhan
- Physics, Economics
- 10 October 1986
Abstract Even with identical technology or endowments between countries comparative costs may differ in a world of credit market imperfection. We have explored two kinds of such imperfection, one… Expand
Pro-poor targeting and accountability of local governments in West Bengal
- P. Bardhan, Dilip Mookherjee
- Economics
- 1 April 2006
A commonly alleged pitfall of decentralization is that poverty, socio-economic inequality and lack of political competition allow local elites to capture local governments. This hypothesis is… Expand
Impact of Political Reservations in West Bengal Local Governments on Anti-Poverty Targeting
- P. Bardhan, Dilip Mookherjee, Monica Parra Torrado
- Economics
- 2010
Political reservation for disadvantaged groups is believed to be a way of improving targeting of publicly provided goods to those groups. This paper examines the impact of political reservations for… Expand
Decentralisation and Accountability in Infrastructure Delivery in Developing Countries
- P. Bardhan, Dilip Mookherjee
- Economics
- 1 January 2006
Many developing countries are experimenting with decentralisation of public service delivery to elected local governments instead of bureaucrats appointed by a central government. We study the… Expand
The Environmental Impact of Poverty: Evidence from Firewood Collection in Rural Nepal
- J. Baland, P. Bardhan, Sanghamitra Das, Dilip Mookherjee, R. Sarkar
- Economics, Medicine
- Economic Development and Cultural Change
- 1 October 2010
We investigate determinants of household firewood collection in rural Nepal, using 1995–96 and 2002–3 World Bank Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) data. We incorporate village fixed effects,… Expand
Institutions and Development
- P. Bardhan
- 2005
It is now common in the institutional economics literature to define institutions in the very general sense of rules of structured social interaction. In any society there is, of course, a plethora… Expand
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Globalization and Rural Poverty
- P. Bardhan
- Economics
- 1 August 2006
As is common in most contentious public debates, different people mean different things by globalization. Some interpret it to mean the global reach of new technology and capital movements, some… Expand
Scarcity, Conflicts, and Cooperation: Essays in the Political and Institutional Economics of Development
- P. Bardhan
- Political Science
- 5 November 2004
This wide-ranging review of some of the major issues in development economics focuses on the role of economic and political institutions. Drawing on the latest findings in institutional economics and… Expand
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Institutions matter, but which ones?
- P. Bardhan
- Economics
- 19 August 2005
The purpose of this paper is to go beyond the narrow focus of the current institutional economics literature in development on the institutions protecting individual property rights, and to look at… Expand