The political economy of anti-poverty programs in Indonesia
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation consists of three papers: 1) Targeting the Poor: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia; 2) Do Village Politics Matter?: Evidence from a Natural Experiment on the Distribution of a Cash Transfer in Indonesia; and 3) Assessing the Political Impacts of a Conditional Cash Transfer: Evidence from a Randomized Policy Experiment in Indonesia. The papers collectively explore several different aspects of the political economy of anti-poverty programs in Indonesia. In the first paper, a randomized experiment compares different methods of targeting an unconditional cash transfer to poor households. By testing the effectiveness of community-based methods versus government-centered methods on community satisfaction and accuracy in reaching the poor, the paper addresses several important questions relevant to the political economy of development and decentralization. The second paper analyzes the extent to which the distribution of Indonesia's unconditional cash transfer -- the world's largest cash transfer program to date -- is influenced by local political factors. Using a natural experiment, I explore how the quasi-random timing of village head elections affects the distribution of benefits to poor and non-poor households. Finally, my third paper analyzes the political effects of a randomized conditional cash transfer (CCT) pilot program to test its impacts on support for incumbent politicians, political participation, and several other indicators relevant to local democracy.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2011 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Tobias, Julia Elizabeth |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Political Science. |
| Primary advisor | Rodden, Jonathan |
| Thesis advisor | Rodden, Jonathan |
| Thesis advisor | Magaloni, Beatriz |
| Thesis advisor | Weinstein, Jeremy M |
| Advisor | Magaloni, Beatriz |
| Advisor | Weinstein, Jeremy M |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Julia E. Tobias. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Political Science. |
| Thesis | Ph.D. Stanford University 2011 |
| Location | electronic resource |
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- © 2011 by Julia Elizabeth Tobias
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