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dc.contributor.authorMcCulloch, Neil
dc.contributor.authorMalesky, Edmund
dc.coverage.spatialIndonesiaen_GB
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-28T15:28:45Z
dc.date.available2014-07-28T15:28:45Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationMcCulloch, N. & E. Malesky (2011) Does better local governance improve district growth performance in Indonesia. Working paper series, 369. Brighton: IDS.en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/4219
dc.description.abstractA large literature suggests that countries with better governance have higher growth rates. We explore whether this is also true at the sub-national level in Indonesia. We exploit a new dataset of firm perceptions of the quality of economic governance in 243 districts across Indonesia to estimate the impact of nine different dimensions of governance on district growth. Surprisingly, we find relatively little evidence of a robust relationship between the quality of governance and economic performance. However, we do find support for the idea that structural variables, such as economic size, natural resource endowments and population, have a direct influence on the quality of local governance as well as on economic growth. This suggests that efforts to improve local governance should pay greater attention to understanding how such structural characteristics shape the local political economy and how this in turn influences economic performance. Keywords: economic growth; Indonesia; decentralisation; investment climate; governance; private sector.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherIDSen_GB
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIDS working papers;369
dc.rights.urihttp://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/IDSOpenDocsStandardTermsOfUse.pdfen_GB
dc.subjectEconomic Developmenten_GB
dc.subjectEnvironmenten_GB
dc.subjectGovernanceen_GB
dc.subjectPopulationen_GB
dc.titleDoes better local governance improve district growth performance in Indonesiaen_GB
dc.typeIDS Working Paperen_GB
dc.rights.holderInstitute of Development Studiesen_GB


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