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

Without a clearly defined mandate, democracy can backfire (Working Paper)

Working paper 3 Apr 2013 State and Political Economy

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Andrew Beath

Young Professional, World Bank

Fotini Christia

Associate Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ruben Enikolopov

Assistant Professor of Finance, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics
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