Delivering more with less: Subnational service provision in low capacity states

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.coverage.countryNepal
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NP
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.creator.identifierJordan Kyle: 0000-0003-0551-8047
cg.creator.identifierDanielle Resnick: 0000-0001-6285-3461
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12116-018-9276-zen
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS)
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Policy Reform Initiative Project (PRIP)
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankB
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0039-3606en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalStudies in Comparative International Developmenten
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume54en
dc.contributor.authorKyle, Jordanen
dc.contributor.authorResnick, Danielleen
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:08:31Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:08:31Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146735
dc.titleDelivering more with less: Subnational service provision in low capacity statesen
dcterms.abstractIn developing countries, low state capacity frequently is blamed for poor and uneven service delivery. Yet, since state capacity manifests unevenly across space and sectors, identifying which elements of capacity are more likely to enhance service delivery is not straightforward. We examine how subnational variation in capacity affects access to agricultural extension in rural Nepal. We explore six dimensions of state capacity using original household survey data and interviews with local bureaucrats. We find that local knowledge and motivation of bureaucrats play a significant role in shaping service access. By contrast, traditional capacity indicators—including resources, professionalization, and autonomy—matter surprisingly little. These findings suggest that bureaucrats working with fewer but more motivated staff who spend more time in a district are more likely to facilitate citizens’ access to agricultural extension. Placebo tests add confidence that relationships are not driven by unobservables. Scholarship on state capacity traditionally has been unable to measure capacity disaggregated by geography and sector, and, as a result, has struggled to link empirically different elements of capacity with service delivery. This paper begins to address this gap and in doing so, offers broader implications for the dynamics of rural development.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKyle, Jordan; and Resnick, Danielle. 2019. Delivering more with less: Subnational service provision in low capacity states. Studies in Comparative International Development 54(1): 133-163. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12116-018-9276-zen
dcterms.extent133-168en
dcterms.issued2019-03-15
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9648-0_19en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/6432en
dcterms.subjectpoliticsen
dcterms.subjectagricultural extensionen
dcterms.subjectrural developmenten
dcterms.subjectbureaucracyen
dcterms.subjectgovernanceen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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