Gajwani, Kiran; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"This paper seeks to contribute to the literature on village governance and local public goods provision. Using data … government leaders influence village public goods provision. In particular, we examine: 1) whether public goods are provided in … accordance with gender or caste preferences; and 2) whether public goods provision differs based on the knowledge level of the …