Missing the target: Does increased capacity of the local government improve beneficiary selection?
The implementation of social policies is often hampered by the fact that local decision-makers may be unwilling or unable to implement the policy as intended by the central government. This paper examines capacity constraints in the context of beneficiary selection. Using a large-scale randomised trial in Bangladesh, it finds that training and data provision improved knowledge of selection criteria.
Authors
Kumar Biswas
Research Coordinator, World BankSebastian Fehrler
Professor of Economics, SOCIUM – Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy, University of BremenUrs Fischbacher
Chair of Applied Research in Economics, University of KonstanzKatharina Michaelowa
Professor of Political Economy and Development, University of Zürich
Atonu Rabbani
Professor, University of Dhaka-
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