Gender and Public Goods Provision in Tamil Nadu's Village Governments

Gender and Public Goods Provision in Tamil Nadu's Village Governments

Using data from 144 village-level governments in India's Tamil Nadu state, we investigate 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...

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Main Authors: Gajwani, Kiran, Zhang, Xiaobo
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
gender
public goods provision
local governance
village government
gender reservations
gender equality
gram panchayats
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25841

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