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Do local Governments maximize access rates to public services across areas?: A test based on marginal benefit incidence analysis

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  • Ajwad, Mohamed Ihsan
  • Wodon, Quentin

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Volume (Year): 47 (2007)
Issue (Month): 2 (May)
Pages: 242-260

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  1. Barja, Gover & Villarroel, Sergio & Zavaleta, David, 2013. "Institutional design and implicit incentives in Bolivia's decentralization model," MPRA Paper 66050, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  2. Warr, Peter & Menon, Jayant & Rasphone, Sitthiroth, 2015. "Public Services and the Poor in Laos," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 371-382.
  3. Mogues, Tewodaj & Petracco, Carly & Randriamamonjy, Josee, 2011. "The wealth and gender distribution of rural services in Ethiopia: A public expenditure benefit incidence analysis," IFPRI discussion papers 1057, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  4. Paternostro, Stefano & Rajaram, Anand & Tiongson, Erwin R., 2005. "How does the composition of public spending matter?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3555, The World Bank.
  5. Mogues, Tewodaj & Ayele, Gezahegn & Paulos, Zelekawork & Fan, Shenggen, 2006. "How Effective is Public Spending? Public Investment Composition and Rural Welfare in Ethiopia," 2006 Annual meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA 21258, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
  6. Antonio Estache & L. Wren-Lewis, 2008. "Towards a Theory of Regulation for Developing Countries: Following Laffont's Lead," Working Papers ECARES 2008_018, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  7. Bojanic, Antonio & Krakowski, Michael, 2003. "Regulation of the electricity industry in Bolivia : its impact on access to the poor, prices and quality," HWWA Discussion Papers 250, Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA).
  8. World Bank, 2002. "Bolivia : Poverty Diagnostic 2000," World Bank Other Operational Studies 15382, The World Bank.
  9. Baja Daza, Gover & Villarroel Böhrt, Sergio & Zavaleta Castellón, David, 2012. "Diseño institucional e incentivos implicitos en la descentralización Boliviana (1994-2008)
    [Institutional design and implicit incentives in Bolivia's decentralization model (1994-2008)]    ," MPRA Paper 48598, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  10. Sehili, Saloua & Wodon, Quentin, 2008. "Analyzing the Potential Impact of Indirect Tax Reforms on Poverty with Limited Data: Niger," MPRA Paper 11074, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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