TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Afridi, Farzana
AU  - Dhillon, Amrita
AU  - Chaudhuri, Arka Roy
AU  - Saattvic, 
        TI  - Measuring Performance: Ranking State Success over Two Decades in India
        PY  - 2021/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 14522
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp14522
        AB  - This paper proposes new composite measures of relative and dynamic state performance to improve governance and delivery of public programs in developing countries with a federal structure. We rank the performance of 19 major Indian states on two large development programs launched by the Indian government over the last two decades using publicly available data. Although we find volatility in performance over time, there exists a positive correlation between measures of state capacity, development and accountability with program outcomes. Our findings have important implications for both the design and implementation of public service programs of such large scale.
        KW  - MGNREGA
KW  - corruption
KW  - accountability
KW  - state capacity
KW  - public good delivery
KW  - Indian states
KW  - ranking
KW  - PMGSY
KW  - convergence
        ER  -