Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/214632 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Development Economics [ISSN:] 0304-3878 [Volume:] 140 [Publisher:] Elsevier [Place:] Amsterdam [Year:] 2019 [Pages:] 279-301
Publisher: 
Elsevier, Amsterdam
Abstract: 
We study a randomized Community Driven Reconstruction (CDR) intervention that provided two years of exposure to democratic practices in 1250 villages in eastern Congo. To assess its impact, we examine behavior in a village-level unconditional cash transfer project that distributed $1000 to 457 treatment and control villages. The unconditonal cash transfer provides opportunities to assess whetherpublic funds get captured, what governance practices are employed by villagers and village elites and whether prior exposure to the CDR intervention alters these behaviors. We find no evidence for such effects. The results cast doubt on current attempts to export democratic practices to local communities.
Subjects: 
political processes
political economy
institutions
culture
demonstration effects
JEL: 
D72
P48
D02
O17
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Accepted Manuscript (Postprint)

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