Task force members discussed issues of accountability and relationships between central and local governments, as well as the experiences of India, China and Latin America. Papers by members facilitated the discussion. Discussion was facilitated by members’ papers dealing with, amongst other topics, the role of civil society in local government and empirical evidence on the impact of decentralization and elite capture and lobbying.
Partners
- The Ford Foundation
New York City, New York, United States
- Pranab K. Bardhan
Task Force Member
Professor of Economics
University of California, Berkeley - Tim Besley
Task Force Chair
Kuwait Professor of Economics and Political Science
London School of Economics - Robin Burgess
Task Force Member
Professor, Economics Department
London School of Economics - Jean-Paul Faguet
Task Force Member
Professor
London School of Economics
- Justin Y. Lin
Task Force Member
Former Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, Development Economics
The World Bank - Kathleen O’Neill
Task Force Member
Associate
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP - Rohini Pande
Task Force Member
Mohammed Kamal Professor of Public Policy
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University - Yingyi Qian
Task Force Member
Professor of Economics
University of California, Berkeley
- Mariano Tommasi
Task Force Chair
Professor, Department of Economics
Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina - Barry R. Weingast
Task Force Member
Professor, Department of Political Science
Stanford University