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Management of Bureaucrats and Public Service Delivery: Evidence from the Nigerian Civil Service

Rasul, Imran, Rogger, Daniel·2018·The Economic Journal
DOI 10.1111/ecoj.12418
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We study how the management practices bureaucrats operate under correlate with the quantity of public services delivered, using data from the Nigerian Civil Service. We have hand‐coded independent engineering assessments of 4,700 project completion rates. We supplement this with a management survey in the bureaucracies responsible for these projects, building on Bloom and Van Reenen (2013). Management practices matter: increasing bureaucrats’ autonomy is positively associated with completion rates, yet practices related to incentives/monitoring of bureaucrats are negatively associated with completion rates. Our evidence provides new insights on the importance of management in public bureaucracies in a developing country setting.

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Authors
Rasul, I., & Rogger, D.
Venue
The Economic Journal
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2017-04-26
Volume
128
Issue
608
Pages
413-446
ISSN
0013-0133 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1111/ecoj.12418
OpenAlex
W2110992065
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441
References
67
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73.90
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Rasul, I., & Rogger, D. (2018). Management of Bureaucrats and Public Service Delivery: Evidence from the Nigerian Civil Service. The Economic Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12418

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