Tangible Information and Citizen Empowerment: Identification Cards and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia
Redistribution programs in developing countries often "leak" because local officials do not implement programs as the central government intends. We study one approach to reducing leakage. In an experi- ment in over 550 villages, we test whether mailing cards with program information to ta...
Main Authors: | Kyle, Jordan (Author), Sumarto, Sudarno (Author), Banerjee, Abhijit (Contributor), Hanna, Rema N. (Contributor), Olken, Benjamin (Contributor) |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor), Olken, Benjamin A. (Contributor) |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press,
2018-07-30T14:54:44Z.
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Online Access: | Get fulltext |
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