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It Takes a Village Election: Turnover and Performance in Local Bureaucracies

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dc.contributor.authorBazzi, Samuel
dc.contributor.authorHilmy, Masyhur
dc.contributor.authorMarx, Benjamin
dc.contributor.authorShaukat, Mahvish
dc.contributor.authorStegmann, Andreas
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-24T19:04:42Z
dc.date.available2024-09-24T19:04:42Z
dc.date.issued2024-09-24
dc.description.abstractIn many countries, local governments struggle with inefficiency and corruption, often perpetuated by entrenched elites. This paper explores how leadership changes affect local bureaucratic performance by combining personnel and citizen surveys with a regression discontinuity design in a large sample of Indonesian villages. The findings show that turnovers in village elections revitalize local bureaucracies, disrupt nepotistic networks, and improve local government performance. Bureaucrats serving new leaders are more engaged and less likely to be tied to past or present village officials, resulting in a more responsive bureaucracy that interacts more with citizens and better understands their needs. This improves public service provision, measured in both administrative data and citizen surveys. Overall, our results show that leadership changes can mitigate elite capture and improve governance at the grassroots level.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099537409192440647/IDU19745253b1b1061406e199e91bfb83d7c7d47
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/42193
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42193
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 10920
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectBUREAUCRACY
dc.subjectLOCAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subjectELECTIONS
dc.subjectPUBLIC GOODS
dc.subjectPEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectSDG 16
dc.titleIt Takes a Village Electionen
dc.title.subtitleTurnover and Performance in Local Bureaucraciesen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.crossref.titleIt Takes a Village Election: Turnover and Performance in Local Bureaucracies
okr.date.disclosure2024-09-24
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okr.identifier.doi0.1596/1813-9450-10920
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/42193
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okr.region.geographicalWorld
okr.topicGovernance::Local Government
okr.topicGovernance::Election Systems
okr.unitDECRG: Macroeconomics & Growth (DECMG)
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