Gender and Public Goods Provision in Tamil Nadu's Village Governments
Using data from 144 village-level governments in India's Tamil Nadu state, this paper investigates political reservations for women and whether the gender of village government leaders influences the provision of village public goods. A knowledge test of village government presidents and a survey about the interaction between village presidents and higher-level officials reveal that female village government presidents have much lower knowledge of the village government system than do their male counterparts and have significantly less contact with higher-level government officials. Although male and female presidents provide similar amounts of some public goods, there is strong evidence that village governments led by a woman built fewer schools and roads two public goods that require relatively more contact and coordination with higher-level officials.
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dig-okr-10986183512021-04-23T14:03:44Z Gender and Public Goods Provision in Tamil Nadu's Village Governments Gajwani, Kiran Zhang, Xiaobo AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CAPACITY BUILDING CITIZEN CITIZENS CULTURAL CHANGE DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISEASES DRAINAGE DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPOWERMENT FAMILIES FEMALE FEMALE LITERACY FEMALES GAP BETWEEN BOYS GENDER DIFFERENCE GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER INEQUALITY GPS HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH POLICIES HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION HOUSES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMMUNIZATIONS INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE JOB OPPORTUNITIES LACK OF COMMUNICATION LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MEASLES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL LEGISLATION NATIONAL LEVELS NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL PARTY POPULATION DATA PROGRESS RATE OF GROWTH ROLE OF GENDER ROLE OF WOMEN RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SANITATION SOCIAL SCIENCES STATUS OF WOMEN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TETANUS VETERINARY SERVICES WILL WOMAN WOMEN LEADERS Using data from 144 village-level governments in India's Tamil Nadu state, this paper investigates political reservations for women and whether the gender of village government leaders influences the provision of village public goods. A knowledge test of village government presidents and a survey about the interaction between village presidents and higher-level officials reveal that female village government presidents have much lower knowledge of the village government system than do their male counterparts and have significantly less contact with higher-level government officials. Although male and female presidents provide similar amounts of some public goods, there is strong evidence that village governments led by a woman built fewer schools and roads two public goods that require relatively more contact and coordination with higher-level officials. 2014-05-15T16:30:36Z 2014-05-15T16:30:36Z 2014-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19457306/gender-public-goods-provision-tamil-nadus-village-governments http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18351 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6854 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia India |
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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CAPACITY BUILDING CITIZEN CITIZENS CULTURAL CHANGE DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISEASES DRAINAGE DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPOWERMENT FAMILIES FEMALE FEMALE LITERACY FEMALES GAP BETWEEN BOYS GENDER DIFFERENCE GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER INEQUALITY GPS HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH POLICIES HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION HOUSES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMMUNIZATIONS INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE JOB OPPORTUNITIES LACK OF COMMUNICATION LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MEASLES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL LEGISLATION NATIONAL LEVELS NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL PARTY POPULATION DATA PROGRESS RATE OF GROWTH ROLE OF GENDER ROLE OF WOMEN RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SANITATION SOCIAL SCIENCES STATUS OF WOMEN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TETANUS VETERINARY SERVICES WILL WOMAN WOMEN LEADERS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CAPACITY BUILDING CITIZEN CITIZENS CULTURAL CHANGE DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISEASES DRAINAGE DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPOWERMENT FAMILIES FEMALE FEMALE LITERACY FEMALES GAP BETWEEN BOYS GENDER DIFFERENCE GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER INEQUALITY GPS HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH POLICIES HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION HOUSES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMMUNIZATIONS INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE JOB OPPORTUNITIES LACK OF COMMUNICATION LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MEASLES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL LEGISLATION NATIONAL LEVELS NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL PARTY POPULATION DATA PROGRESS RATE OF GROWTH ROLE OF GENDER ROLE OF WOMEN RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SANITATION SOCIAL SCIENCES STATUS OF WOMEN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TETANUS VETERINARY SERVICES WILL WOMAN WOMEN LEADERS |
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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CAPACITY BUILDING CITIZEN CITIZENS CULTURAL CHANGE DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISEASES DRAINAGE DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPOWERMENT FAMILIES FEMALE FEMALE LITERACY FEMALES GAP BETWEEN BOYS GENDER DIFFERENCE GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER INEQUALITY GPS HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH POLICIES HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION HOUSES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMMUNIZATIONS INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE JOB OPPORTUNITIES LACK OF COMMUNICATION LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MEASLES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL LEGISLATION NATIONAL LEVELS NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL PARTY POPULATION DATA PROGRESS RATE OF GROWTH ROLE OF GENDER ROLE OF WOMEN RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SANITATION SOCIAL SCIENCES STATUS OF WOMEN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TETANUS VETERINARY SERVICES WILL WOMAN WOMEN LEADERS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CAPACITY BUILDING CITIZEN CITIZENS CULTURAL CHANGE DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISEASES DRAINAGE DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPOWERMENT FAMILIES FEMALE FEMALE LITERACY FEMALES GAP BETWEEN BOYS GENDER DIFFERENCE GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER INEQUALITY GPS HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH POLICIES HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION HOUSES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMMUNIZATIONS INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE JOB OPPORTUNITIES LACK OF COMMUNICATION LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MEASLES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL LEGISLATION NATIONAL LEVELS NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL PARTY POPULATION DATA PROGRESS RATE OF GROWTH ROLE OF GENDER ROLE OF WOMEN RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SANITATION SOCIAL SCIENCES STATUS OF WOMEN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TETANUS VETERINARY SERVICES WILL WOMAN WOMEN LEADERS Gajwani, Kiran Zhang, Xiaobo Gender and Public Goods Provision in Tamil Nadu's Village Governments |
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Using data from 144 village-level
governments in India's Tamil Nadu state, this paper
investigates political reservations for women and whether
the gender of village government leaders influences the
provision of village public goods. A knowledge test of
village government presidents and a survey about the
interaction between village presidents and higher-level
officials reveal that female village government presidents
have much lower knowledge of the village government system
than do their male counterparts and have significantly less
contact with higher-level government officials. Although
male and female presidents provide similar amounts of some
public goods, there is strong evidence that village
governments led by a woman built fewer schools and roads two
public goods that require relatively more contact and
coordination with higher-level officials. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CAPACITY BUILDING CITIZEN CITIZENS CULTURAL CHANGE DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISEASES DRAINAGE DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPOWERMENT FAMILIES FEMALE FEMALE LITERACY FEMALES GAP BETWEEN BOYS GENDER DIFFERENCE GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER INEQUALITY GPS HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH POLICIES HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION HOUSES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMMUNIZATIONS INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE JOB OPPORTUNITIES LACK OF COMMUNICATION LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MEASLES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL LEGISLATION NATIONAL LEVELS NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL PARTY POPULATION DATA PROGRESS RATE OF GROWTH ROLE OF GENDER ROLE OF WOMEN RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SANITATION SOCIAL SCIENCES STATUS OF WOMEN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TETANUS VETERINARY SERVICES WILL WOMAN WOMEN LEADERS |
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Gajwani, Kiran Zhang, Xiaobo |
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Gajwani, Kiran Zhang, Xiaobo |
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Gajwani, Kiran |
| title |
Gender and Public Goods Provision in Tamil Nadu's Village Governments |
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Gender and Public Goods Provision in Tamil Nadu's Village Governments |
| title_full |
Gender and Public Goods Provision in Tamil Nadu's Village Governments |
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Gender and Public Goods Provision in Tamil Nadu's Village Governments |
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Gender and Public Goods Provision in Tamil Nadu's Village Governments |
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gender and public goods provision in tamil nadu's village governments |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014-05 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19457306/gender-public-goods-provision-tamil-nadus-village-governments http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18351 |
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