Bottom-Up Transparency Initiatives to Reduce Corruption

Last registered on August 23, 2018

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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title

Bottom-Up Transparency Initiatives to Reduce Corruption

RCT ID

AEARCTR-0003108

Initial registration date

August 22, 2018

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published

August 23, 2018, 7:10 PM EDT

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Locations

Country

India

Region

Haryana

Primary Investigator

Name

Liam Wren-Lewis

Affiliation

Paris School of Economics

Contact Primary Investigator

Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name

Oliver Vanden Eynde

PI Affiliation

Paris School of Economics

Contact Investigator

Additional Trial Information

Status

In development

Start date

2018-08-23

End date

2019-04-30

Keywords

Governance, Health, Post-conflict

Additional Keywords

JEL code(s)

Secondary IDs

Abstract

Transparency interventions frequently rely on a top-down approach in which a policymaker or external entity demands information about activity in a particular sector. Bottom-up transparency interventions differ by offering citizens the opportunity to directly initiate efforts to improve public goods or services. However, to effectively implement these initiatives, citizens need information about where and how to best target their efforts.

Questions:
● Where are the best entry points for citizen to target their efforts?
● What approaches are most effective in seeking to improve public services through
greater transparency

External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation

Eynde, Oliver Vanden and Liam Wren-Lewis. 2018. "Bottom-Up Transparency Initiatives to Reduce Corruption." AEA RCT Registry. August 23. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.3108-1.0

Former Citation

Eynde, Oliver Vanden and Liam Wren-Lewis. 2018. "Bottom-Up Transparency Initiatives to Reduce Corruption." AEA RCT Registry. August 23. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/3108/history/33450

Sponsors & Partners

Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)

Intervention Start Date

2018-08-23

Intervention End Date

2018-08-30

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)

(Described in hidden part)

Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)

Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

We will randomnly carry out our intervention across the state.

Experimental Design Details

Randomization Method

We randomized using Stata, stratifying on district and distance to nearest town (from the 2011 census). Treatment and control villages were those villages that were marked as having a PHC in the 2011 census and we could match to our list of PHCs taken from administrative data.

Randomization Unit

Public Information Officers

Was the treatment clustered?

Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters

306 Public Information Officers

Sample size: planned number of observations

For survey data: 96 Public Information Officers and 96 units linked to the public information officers For administrative data: 306 Public Information Officers and all units linked to the public information officers (approximately 2000)

Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms

158 Public Information Officers treated, 148 Public Information Officers control

Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)

Supporting Documents and Materials

IRB