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Local Institutions, Accountability and Community Trust: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan

Local Institutions, Accountability and Community Trust: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan (Policy Brief)

Policy brief 1 Apr 2013 State and Tax

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Fotini Christia

Associate Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ruben Enikolopov

Assistant Professor of Finance, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics

Andrew Beath

Young Professional, World Bank
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