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.
Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Gajwani, Kiran,
Zhang, Xiaobo |
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper
biblioteca
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2014-05
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| Subjects: | 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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| Online Access: | 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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