In pursuit of votes : the capture of the allocation of local public goods by the central state in Ghana

Abstract: Using a comparative case study of two districts in northern Ghana, it is shown that the rationale of partisan politics of the central state is expressed through an informal model of vote buying. Ignoring this may undermine the current efforts to reform decentralized public-resource allocation.

Author(s): Horowitz, Leah; Palaniswamy, Nethra

Source(s): , IFPRI discussion paper; 1039 vi, 24 p., ill., tabs IFPRI discussion paper 1039

Published: 2010 International food policy research institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC (English

ISBN/ISSN: /

Link: http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/ifpridp01039.pdf

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