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

Authors: Horowitz, Leah and Palaniswamy, Nethra

Place: Washington, DC

Publisher: International food policy research institute (IFPRI)

Year: 2010

Journal: IFPRI discussion paper

Volume: 1039

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: decentralization in government, finance, political aspects, democracy, 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.

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

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