Targeting the centre and (least) poor: Evidence from urban Lahore, Pakistan

IF 4.2 1区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Urban Studies Pub Date : 2024-05-30 DOI:10.1177/00420980241245339

Hadia Majid, Mahvish Shami

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Abstract

Using the case of Pakistan, this article explores the distribution and politics of public goods provision in urban slums. Across slums, we find that public goods are mainly provided to households located in central slums rather than those in the urban periphery. Within slums, we find politicians target spending towards wealthy households but do not go through brokers, unlike the more-studied case of India. Overall, the article shows how electoral incentives in Pakistan are biased against programmatic public goods provision for the urban poor. Our results then point to variation in patronage politics among slums in the Global South.

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以中心人群和（最）贫困人群为目标：巴基斯坦拉合尔市的证据

本文以巴基斯坦为例，探讨了城市贫民窟公共产品供应的分配和政治问题。在各个贫民窟，我们发现公共产品主要提供给位于贫民窟中心的家庭，而不是城市边缘的家庭。在贫民窟内部，我们发现政治家将支出目标锁定在富裕家庭，但并不通过中间商，这与研究较多的印度情况不同。总之，文章说明了巴基斯坦的选举激励机制如何偏向于为城市贫民提供计划性公共产品。我们的研究结果还表明，全球南部贫民窟之间的赞助政治存在差异。

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来源期刊

Urban Studies Multiple-

CiteScore

10.50

自引率

8.50%

发文量

150

期刊介绍： Urban Studies was first published in 1964 to provide an international forum of social and economic contributions to the fields of urban and regional planning. Since then, the Journal has expanded to encompass the increasing range of disciplines and approaches that have been brought to bear on urban and regional problems. Contents include original articles, notes and comments, and a comprehensive book review section. Regular contributions are drawn from the fields of economics, planning, political science, statistics, geography, sociology, population studies and public administration.