Group Incentives for the Public Good: A Field Experiment on Improving the Urban Environment

What strategies can help communities to overcome the public goods problem in the maintenance of communal spaces and infrastructure in urban environments? This paper investigates whether an intervention targeted at Community-Based Organizations can motivate them to make increased contributions to the...

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Published in:The World Bank economic review 2024-10, Vol.38 (4), p.824-845
Main Authors: Newman, Carol, Mitchell, Tara, Holmlund, Marcus, Fernandez, Chloë
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