1,936
Views
5
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Which Wheel Gets the Grease? Constituent Agency and Sub-national World Bank Aid Allocation

, ORCID Icon &
Pages 519-533 | Received 30 Jun 2019, Accepted 31 Jul 2020, Published online: 30 Aug 2020

References

  • Achen, C. H. (2005). Let’s put garbage-can regressions and garbage-can probits where they belong. Conflict Management and Peace Science, 22(4), 327–329.
  • Acht, M., Mahmoud, T. O., & Thiele, R. (2015). Corrupt governments do not receive more state-to-state aid: Governance and the delivery of foreign aid through non-state actors. Journal of Development Economics, 114, 20–33.
  • Adedokun, A. (2015). Invigorating foreign aid administration: Remittances’ strategy, pro-poor and gender focus. Financial Innovation, 1(1), 12.
  • AidData. (2017). WorldBank_Geocoded ResearchRelease_Level1_v1.4.2 geocoded dataset. Williamsburg, VA and Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from http://aiddata.org/research-datasets
  • Albertus, M. (2015). The role of subnational politicians in distributive politics: Political bias in Venezuela’s land reform under Chávez. Comparative Political Studies, 48(13), 1667–1710.
  • Azam, M., & Saing, C. H. (2017). Assessing the impact of district primary education program in India. Review of Development Economics, 21(4), 1113–1131.
  • Barrett, S. (2015). Subnational adaptation finance allocation: Comparing decentralized and devolved political institutions in Kenya. Global Environmental Politics, 15(2), 118–139.
  • Bermeo, S. B. (2017). Aid allocation and targeted development in an increasingly connected World. International Organization, 71(4), 735–766.
  • Berthélemy, J.-C. (2006). Bilateral donors’ interest vs. Recipients’ development motives in aid allocation: Do all donors behave the same? Review of Development Economics, 10(2), 179–194.
  • Bezerra, P., & Brainthwaite, A. (2016). Locating foreign aid commitments in response to political violence. Public Choice, 169(3–4), 333–355.
  • Bohnke, J. R., & Zurcher, C. (2013). Aid, minds and hearts: The imact of aid in conflict zones. Conflict Management and Peace Science, 30(5), 411–432.
  • Borooah, V. K. (2012). Social identity and educational attainment: The role of caste and religion in explaining differences between children in India. Journal of Development Studies, 48(7), 887–903.
  • Borooah, V. K., & Iyer, S. (2007). Vidya, Veda, and Varna: The influence of religion and caste on education in rural India. Journal of Development Studies, 41(8), 1369–1404.
  • Briggs, R. (2018). Leaving no one behind? A new test of subnational aid targeting. Journal of International Development, 30(5), 904–910.
  • Briggs, R. C. (2014). Aiding and abetting: Project aid and ethnic politics in Kenya. World Development, 64, 194–205.
  • Briggs, R. C. (2017). Does foreign aid target the poorest? International Organization, 71(1), 187–206.
  • Chin, A., & Prakash, N. (2011). The redistributive effects of political reservation for minorities: Evidence from India. Journal of Development Economics, 96(2), 265–277.
  • Clark, R., & Dolan, L. R. (2020). Pleasing the principal: US influence in World Bank policymaking. American Journal of Political Science. Advance Online Access. doi:10.1111/ajps.12531
  • Clist, P., Isopi, A., & Morrisey, O. (2012). Selectivity on aid modality: Determinants of budget support from multilateral donors. Review of International Organizations, 7(3), 267–284.
  • Colclough, C., & De, A. (2010). The impact of aid on education policy in India. International Journal of Educational Development, 30(5), 497–507.
  • Copelovitch, M. S. (2010). Master or servant? Common agency and the political economy of IMF lending. International Studies Quarterly, 54(1), 49–77.
  • D’Aiglepierre, R., & Wagner, L. (2013). Aid and universal primary education. Economics of Education Review, 37, 95–112.
  • Dollar, D., & Levin, V. (2006). The increasing selectivity of foreign aid, 1984–2003. World Development, 34(12), 2034–2046.
  • Dreher, A., & Jensen, N. M. (2007). Independent actor or agent? An empirical analysis of the impact of U.S. interests on international monetary fund conditions. The Journal of Law and Economics, 50(1), 105–124.
  • Dreher, A., Langlotz, S., & Marchesi, S. (2017). Information transmission and ownership consolidation in aid programs. Economic Inquiry, 55(4), 1671–1688.
  • Dreher, A., Nunnenkamp, P., & Thiele, R. (2008). Does aid for education educate children? Evidence from panel data. The World Bank Economic Review, 22(2), 291–314.
  • Eichenauer, V. Z., & Hug, S. (2018). The politics of special purpose trust funds. Economics and Politics, 30(2), 211–255.
  • Eichengreen, B., & Leblang, D. (2008). Democracy and globalization. Economics & Politics, 20(3), 289–334.
  • Fang, S., & Stone, R. W. (2012). International organizations as policy advisors. International Organization, 66(4), 537–569.
  • Faure, E., Herrera, F., Kaddoura, A.-R., Lopes, H., Petrovsky, A. V., Rahnea, M., & Ward, F. C. (1972). The world of education today and tomorrow. Paris: UNESCO. Retrieved from http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0000/000018/001801e.pdf
  • Findley, M. G., Powell, J., Strandow, D., & Tanner, J. (2011). The localized geography of foreign aid: A new dataset and application to violent armed conflict. World Development, 39(11), 1995–2009.
  • Galasso, E., & Ravallion, M. (2005). Decentralized targeting of an antipoverty program. Journal of Public Economics, 89(4), 705–727.
  • Gehring, K., Kauffeldt, F., & Valamannati, K. C. (2019). Crime, incntives and political effort: A model and empirical application for India. European Journal of Political Economy, 59(C), 1–20.
  • Halim, N., Yount, K. M., & Cunningham, S. (2016). Do scheduled caste and scheduled tribe women legislators mean lower gender caste gaps in primary schooling in India? Social Science Research, 58, 122–134.
  • Henderson, V. J., Storeygard, A., & Weil, D. N. (2012). Measuring economic growth from outer space. American Economic Review, 102(2), 994–1028.
  • Hoeffler, A., & Outram, V. (2011). Need, merit or self-interest-what determines the allocation of aid? Review of Development Economics, 15(2), 237–250.
  • Hoelscher, K., Miklian, J., & Vadlamannati, K. C. (2012). Hearts and mines: A district-level analysis of the Maoist conflict in India. International Area Studies Review, 15(2), 141–160.
  • Hoff, K. (2016). Caste system (World Bank Policy Research Paper 7929). Retrieved from https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/25832/WPS7929.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
  • Hoff, K., & Pandey, P. (2011, September). Making up people-the behavioral effects of caste (World Bank Policy Research Paper). Retrieved from http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DEC/Resources/NewVersionHoffPandeymakinguppeoplethebehavioraleffectsofcastetext.pdf
  • Jablonski, R. S. (2014). How aid targets votes: The impact of electorial incentives on foreign aid distribution. World Politics, 66(2), 293–330.
  • Khemani, S. (2007). Party politics and fiscal discipline in a federation: Evidence from the states of India. Comparative Political Studies, 40(6), 691–712.
  • Lancaster, T. (2000). The incidental parameter problem since 1948. Journal of Econometrics, 95(2), 391–413.
  • Mansuri, G., & Rao, V. (2004). Community-based and-driven development: A critical review. The World Bank Research Observer, 19(1), 1–39.
  • Mckinlay, R., & Little, R. (1978). A foreign-policy model of the distribution of British Bilateral Aid, 1960–70. British Journal of Political Science, 8(3), 313–331.
  • Milner, H. V., & Tingley, D. (2013). The choice for multilateralism: Foreign aid and American foreign policy. Review of International Organizations, 8(3), 313–341.
  • Nair, P. (2007). Whose public action? Analysing inter-sectoral collaboration for service delivery: Identification of programmes for study in India. Edgbaston, UK: University of Birmingham.
  • Nielson, D. L., & Tierney, M. J. (2003). Delegation to international organizations: Agency theory and World Bank environmental reform. International Organization, 57(2), 241–276.
  • Novelli, M. (2010). The new geopolitics of educational aid: From cold wars to holy wars? International Journal of Educational Development, 30(5), 453–459.
  • Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H., & Andrés, M. S. (2017). Need, merit and politics in multilateral aid allocation: A district-level analysis of World Bank projects in India. Review of Development Economics, 21(1), 126–156.
  • Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H., & Sosa Andrés, M. (2017). Need, merit and politics in multilateral aid allocation: A district-level analysis of World Bank projects in India. Review of Development Economics, 21(1), 126–156.
  • Oestreich, J. E. (2004). The human rights responsibilities of the World Bank. Global Social Policy, 4(1), 55–76.
  • Öhler, H., & Nunnenkamp, P. (2014). Needs-based targeting or favoritism? The regional allocation of multilateral aid within recipient countries. Kyklos, 67(3), 420–446.
  • Ohler, H., Negre Rossignoli, M., Smets, L., Massari, R., and Bogetic, Z. (2019). Putting your money where your mouth is: Geographic targeting of World Bank projects to the bottom 40 percent. PloS one, 14(6), e0218671.
  • Omprasad, G. (2016). From project based lending to ppolicy based lending: An evaluation of structural adjustment lending policy of World Bank. Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences, 3(1), 268–281.
  • Pande, R. (2003). Can mandated political representation increase policy influence for disadvantaged minorities? Theory and evidence from India. American Economic Review, 93(4), 1132–1151.
  • Pellissery, S., Pampackal, A. J., & Bopaiah, P. (2015). Caste and distributive justice: Can social policy address durable inequalities? Social Policy and Administration, 49(6), 785–800.
  • Platteau, J. P. (2004). Monitoring elite capture in community‐driven development. Development and Change, 35(2), 223–246.
  • Radelet, S. (2006). Primer on foreign aid (Working Paper 92). Washington, DC: Center of Global Development.
  • Rao, B., & Vadlamannati, K. C. (2011). The level and growth effects of human capital in India. Applied Economics Letters, 18(1), 59–62.
  • Roodman, D. (2008). Through the looking glass, and what OLS found there: On growth, foreign aid, and reverse causality (Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 137). doi:10.2139/ssrn.1100142
  • Saguin, K. (2018). Why the poor do not benefit from community-driven development: Lessons from participatory budgeting. World Development, 112, 220–232.
  • Scaria, S. (2014). Do caste and class define inequality? Revisiting education in a Kerala village. Contemporary Education Dialogue, 11(2), 153–177.
  • Schneider, C. J., & Tobin, J. L. (2013). Interest coalitions and multilateral aid allocation in the European union. International Studies Quarterly, 57(1), 103–114.
  • Social and Rural Research Institute. (2014). National sample survey of estimation of out -of-school children in the age 6–13 in India. Retrieved from http://eldis.org/organisation/A5878
  • Stubbs, T. H., Kentikelenis, A. E., & King, L. P. (2016). Catalyzing aid? The IMF and donor behavior in aid allocation. World Development, 78, 511–528.
  • Sujatha, G. (2000). Teleworking and gender: Emerging issues. Economic and Political Weekly, 35(26), 2293–2298.
  • Swedlund, H. J. (2017a). Can foreign aid donors credibly threaten to suspend aid? Evidence from a cross-national survey of donor officials. Review of International Political Economy, 24(3), 454–496.
  • Swedlund, H. J. (2017b). The development dance: How donors and recipients negotiate the delivery of foreign aid. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
  • The Government of India. (1950). The constitution of India. Retrieved from https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/constitution-india
  • The Government of India. (2018). National family health survey 2015–2016. Retrieved from http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/2949
  • The Times of India. (2015, January 11). India bright spot in global economy; caste bias a concern. World Bank. Retrieved from https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-bright-spot-in-global-economy-caste-bias-a-concern-World-Bank/articleshow/45843719.cms
  • The World Bank. (2011). Poverty and social exclusion in India. Retrieved from https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/2289
  • Thiele, R., Nunnenkamp, P., & Dreher, A. (2007). Do donors target aid in line with the millennium development goals? A sector perspective of aid allocation. Review of World Economics, 143(4), 596–630.
  • Tilak, J. B. G. (1979). Inequality in education in India. Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 14(3), 417–436.
  • Tilak, J. B. G. (2008). Political economy of external aid for education in India. Journal of Asian Public Policy, 1(1), 32–51.
  • Vadlamannati, K. C. (2011). Why Indian men rebel? Explaining armed rebellion in the Northeastern states of India, 1970–2007. Journal of Peace Research, 48(5), 605–619.
  • Vadlamannati, K. C. (2015). Fighting corruption or elections? The politics of anti-corruption policies in India: A subnational study. Journal of Comparative Economics, 43(4), 1035–1052.
  • Wong, S. (2012). What have been the impacts of World Bank community-driven development programs? CDD impact evaluation review and operational and research implications. Washington, DC: World Bank, p. 7.
  • World Bank. (1994). District primary education project. Washington, DC: The World Bank. Retrieved from http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/ 601621468771640834/pdf/multi0page.pdf
  • Younas, J. (2008). Motivation for bilateral aid allocation: Altruism or trade benefits. European Journal of Political Economy, 24(3), 661–674.