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Trust in Government and Subsidy Reform: Evidence from a Survey of Indian Farmers
Studies in Comparative International Development ( IF 2.591 ) Pub Date : 2018-04-12 , DOI: 10.1007/s12116-018-9266-1
Meir Alkon , Johannes Urpelainen

What accounts for the persistence of inefficient subsidies? What are the obstacles to their reform? We examine the role of trust in government among farmers in explaining support for reforming India’s energy subsidies. The subsidies under study hold back efforts to provide a reliable supply of agricultural power and contribute to the unsustainable extraction of groundwater. This water-energy nexus in rural India represents both a poverty-perpetuating policy equilibrium and a crisis in environmental governance. Informed by interviews and focus groups, we conduct an original survey of 2010 farmers in Bihar, Gujarat, and Rajasthan and analyze this data on the preferences of “vested interests”—those most affected by potential reform—to demonstrate the crucial role of political trust, especially trust in the national government, in predicting farmers’ political support for reforms. Our findings have practical implications for environmental governance and rural development and contribute to understanding the political economy of social policy reform in a developing democracy.

中文翻译:

对政府的信任和补贴改革:来自印度农民调查的证据

低效补贴持续存在的原因是什么?他们改革的障碍是什么?我们研究了农民对政府的信任在解释支持改革印度能源补贴方面的作用。正在研究的补贴阻碍了提供可靠农业电力供应的努力,并导致地下水的不可持续开采。印度农村的这种水-能源关系既代表了持续贫困的政策平衡,也代表了环境治理的危机。通过访谈和焦点小组,我们对 2010 年比哈尔邦、古吉拉特邦和拉贾斯坦邦的农民进行了原始调查,并分析了“既得利益”(受潜在改革影响最大的那些)的偏好数据,以证明政治信任的关键作用,尤其是对国家政府的信任,预测农民对改革的政治支持。我们的研究结果对环境治理和农村发展具有实际意义,并有助于理解发展中民主国家社会政策改革的政治经济学。
更新日期:2018-04-12
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