Can Institutions Be Reformed From Within? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment with the Rajasthan Police

Can Institutions Be Reformed From Within? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment with the Rajasthan Police

Institutions in developing countries, particularly those inherited from the colonial period, are often thought to be subject to strong inertia. This study presents the results of a unique randomized trial testing whether these institutions can be reformed through incremental administrative change....

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Main Authors: Banerjee, Abhijit, Chattopadhyay, Raghabendra, Duflo, Esther, Keniston, Daniel, Singh, Nina
Format: Working Paper
Published: Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2012
Subjects:
police
police reform
institutional reform
randomized trial
crime
community participation
India
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71550

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