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My (Running) Mate, the Mayor: Political Ties and Access to Public Jobs in Ecuador
(CAF, 2020-01-17)
We show that local politicians’ probability of being employed by a municipality increases when they have a strong party connection to its mayor. Using a regression discontinuity design, we compare the employment outcomes ...
Government transparency and political clientelism: Evidence from randomized anti-corruption audits in Brazil
(CAF, 2019-01-31)
Political clientelism is considered a fundamental reason why politicians are not accountable and responsive to their constituencies. In this working paper, we study whether transparency initiatives – more specifically, ...
La importancia del servicio civil en el desarrollo de capacidades estatales en América Latina
(CAF, 2015-07)
El objetivo de este artículo es analizar el vínculo entre el Servicio Civil y la capacidad del sector público de implementar políticas. Para ello, examina la relación del Servicio Civil con (1) la institucionalidad formal ...