Development through Empowerment: Delivering Effective Public Services - A Literature Review
Xu, Guo | December 2013
Abstract
This paper reviews the channels through which empowerment may improve the efficiency and quality of public service delivery, particularly in developing Asia. Departing from a macro perspective, we focus and revisit microeconomic evidence for three broad measures aimed at empowering the poor: empowerment through voice, empowerment through exit, and empowerment through information.
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Xu, Guo. 2013. Development through Empowerment: Delivering Effective Public Services - A Literature Review. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/4228. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.ISSN
1655-5252
Keywords
Alleviating Poverty
Anti-Poverty
Extreme Poverty
Fight Against Poverty
Global Poverty
Health Aspects Of Poverty
Indicators Of Poverty
Participatory Poverty Assessment
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