Does the System of Allocation of Intergovernmental Transfers in Senegal Eliminate Politically Motivated Targeting?

Caldeira, Émilie

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“…Les débats récents sur la gouvernance financière des collectivités territoriales locales 10 Concept aux contours mal définis et insuffisamment précisés, la gouvernance financière des collectivités locales est également une réalité instable. De ce point de vue, elle a beaucoup évolué ces dernières années, à la fois sous l'influence des interventions de l'État et de la gestion interne des collectivités elles-mêmes (Caldeira, 2011 ;Mogues and Benin, 2011). Sa définition varie largement selon plusieurs écoles de pensée.…”

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“…18 Or, la gouvernance financière des collectivités territoriales locales dans les pays africains au sud du Sahara revêt des dimensions autres que celles en vogue dans les pays développés (Bossert, 1998 ;Caldeira, 2011 ;Mogues and Benin, 2011).…”

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“…20 Un aspect non moins important de l'autonomie financière est celui relatif aux transferts intergouvernementaux des ressources fiscales. Dans les pays développés, le consensus retenu est celui selon lequel les principes d'équité, d'efficience, d'adéquation et de fiabilité des services publics constituent le fondement de ces transferts (Caldeira, 2011 ;Kalirajan and Otsuka, 2012 ;Mogues and Benin, 2011). Ces quatre principes, en revanche, ont montré leurs limites dans le contexte des pays africains au sud du Sahara.…”

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2014

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“…This has generated substantial debate regarding the political economy of intergovernmental fiscal transfers. A growing number of studies have sought to assess the effect of political factors in determining how resources are allocated within fiscally decentralized economies, but only a few of such studies exist in sub‐Saharan Africa (see Banful, ; Caldeira, and Maystadt and Salifu, ). Therefore, in this paper we seek to contribute to the dearth in the literature by examining the relationship between electoral objectives and formula‐based intergovernmental fiscal transfers with focus on disbursement to rural and urban districts in Ghana.…”

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“…Most empirical studies that examine political influence on fiscal transfers consider sub‐national governments in a given country as homogenous and treat them equally (see Banful, and Caldeira, ). However, resource distribution, population and other socio‐economic development patterns show inequality in endowments and capacity of the sub‐national governments to deliver public services.…”

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Political Economy of Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers: The Rural‐Urban Dynamics in Ghana

Fumey¹,

Egwaikhide²

2018

African Development Review

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This study examined the political economy dimension of fiscal transfers from the national government to district assemblies based on the formula distribution policy created under Ghana's 1992 Constitutional democracy. The two-step system GMM for dynamic linear panel analysis was estimated from locational perspectives of rural and urban in relation to political swing and aligned districts. Data on annual District Assemblies Common Fund transfers and election results were used for the analyses from 1994 to 2014 covering 167 assemblies. From the results, average transfers to each district was Gh 6.28 million but it increased by 3.5 per cent in politically aligned rural districts and by 6.4 per cent in urban swing districts. During election years, the increases were even higher, precisely 5 per cent and 10 per cent for rural aligned and urban swing districts, respectively. These suggested that the government generally targets more urban swing voters than rural aligned voters. The allocation formula was influenced by political factors, as election years tended to be associated with higher transfers. The swing effects dominated the sharing mechanism. Therefore, to reduce political influence on the allocation formula, an independent body should be established to make recommendations directly to parliament. This should dampen the political influence of incumbent governments on the allocations. Ã Abel Fumey (corresponding author), Lecturer,

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A comprehensive approach to intergovernmental grants’ tactical allocation. Theory and estimation guidelines

Fiorillo

Merkaj

2020

Int Tax Public Finance

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Political economy literature highlights the tactical use of intergovernmental grants for electoral purposes; however, it provides different mechanisms and explanations behind these patterns. In this paper, we propose a model that includes 3 branches of the literature in order to provide a comprehensive explanation behind the tactical allocation by central governments. We identify 3 key parameters that shape the tactical allocation of grants: the electoral rule, the relative importance of the objective of the central government with respect to the local government, and the extent to which citizens attribute local expenditure to the direct action of the local government vs the central government (local political appropriability). In addition, our model also provides a guideline for designing and interpreting empirical results on the tactical allocation of grants distribution.

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Does the System of Allocation of Intergovernmental Transfers in Senegal Eliminate Politically Motivated Targeting?

Cited by 25 publications

References 34 publications

La Gouvernance de la fourniture des services de base aux populations en Afrique au sud du Sahara : Un cadre analytique

La Gouvernance de la fourniture des services de base aux populations en Afrique au sud du Sahara : Un cadre analytique

Political Economy of Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers: The Rural‐Urban Dynamics in Ghana

A comprehensive approach to intergovernmental grants’ tactical allocation. Theory and estimation guidelines

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