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elite capture: a standalone construct

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Development economics

the diversion of public resources and decentralized programs to benefit local elites at the expense of the wider population.

In development economics, elite capture refers to the diversion of public resources and decentralized programs to benefit local elites at the expense of the wider population. This meaning comes from Bardhan (2000) in American Economic Review.[1]

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capture4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs development1 fields · 2 citationsanchor · a standalone construct diversion2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

Bardhan, P., & Mookherjee, D. (2000). Capture and Governance at Local and National Levels. American Economic Review, 90(2), 135-139. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.90.2.135

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