{"630915":{"#nid":"630915","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Electoral cycles and incomplete public works projects: An analysis of the MPLAD scheme","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnjali Bohlken, an\u0026nbsp;assistant professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, and Jonathan Darsey, a PhD candidate in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, wrote \u0026quot;Electoral cycles and incomplete public works projects: An analysis of the MPLAD scheme\u0026quot; in \u003Cem\u003EIdeas for India\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERead and excerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe second \u0026ndash; which we term the \u0026lsquo;incumbent turnover\u0026rsquo; channel \u0026ndash; posits that the failure to complete projects is driven by the fact that elections frequently produce a change in the identity of the MP representing a given constituency. A newly elected MP may not be able to take credit for projects proposed by her predecessor and may therefore be reluctant to exert much effort to ensure the completion of such projects.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ideasforindia.in\/topics\/governance\/electoral-cycles-and-incomplete-public-works-projects-an-analysis-of-the-mplad-scheme-in-india.html\u0022\u003EFind the article in \u003Cem\u003EIdeas for India\u003C\/em\u003E website.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34435","created_gmt":"2020-01-10 20:47:49","changed_gmt":"2020-01-10 20:47:49","author":"jpalacios9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Google AI","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.ideasforindia.in\/topics\/governance\/electoral-cycles-and-incomplete-public-works-projects-an-analysis-of-the-mplad-scheme-in-india.html","dateline":{"date":"2020-01-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-01-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"588172":{"id":"588172","type":"image","title":"Anjali Bohlken","body":null,"created":"1488396825","gmt_created":"2017-03-01 19:33:45","changed":"1488396825","gmt_changed":"2017-03-01 19:33:45","alt":"Anjali Bohlken","file":{"fid":"224151","name":"Anjali Bohlken_WebDirectory_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Anjali%20Bohlken_WebDirectory_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Anjali%20Bohlken_WebDirectory_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":37835,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Anjali%20Bohlken_WebDirectory_0.jpg?itok=URvB34vi"}}},"media_ids":["588172"],"groups":[{"id":"1286","name":"Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)"},{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2998","name":"India"},{"id":"1174","name":"public works"},{"id":"179219","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts; Sam Nunn School of International Affairs; immigration; race; populism; politics; colonialism; brexit"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}