The political economy of attracting public funds: the case of Lebanon

Nisreen Salti and Jad Chaaban

International Journal of Development and Conflict, 2012, vol. 2, issue 1, 1250001

Abstract: Using a dataset on 80 poverty pockets in Lebanon in 2004, we find that polarization, fractionalization and sectarian distance consistently and robustly affect a pocket's ability to attract development assistance funds. Our results are consistent with the prerogative of confessional balance in government decisions dictated by the power-sharing game in the post-war era. They put into question the design of effective channels to allocate development funds in polarized societies.

Keywords: Fractionalization; polarization; allocation of social spending; sectarianism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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