Delhi’s Slum-Dwellers: Deprivation, Preferences and Political Engagement among the Urban Poor

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2012
Country:
India
Document Type:
Working Paper
Theme:
Economic Growth
Authors:
Pande, R., Walton, M., Abhijit Banerjee, Anjali Bharadwaj

Abstract

This paper uses detailed survey data on the quality of social services available to Delhi slum-dwellers to highlight the governance constraints currently faced by low-income households in a large Indian city and to provide evidence on some of the contributing factors. We find significant evidence of low-quality public good provision and relatively similar (and coherent) preferences at the slum level.

Citation

Abhijit Banerjee; Anjali Bharadwaj; Pande, R.; Walton, M. Delhi’s Slum-Dwellers: Deprivation, Preferences and Political Engagement among the Urban Poor. (2012) 44 pp.

Delhi’s Slum-Dwellers: Deprivation, Preferences and Political Engagement among the Urban Poor

Published 1 January 2012
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