World Bank Responds to International Criticism

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World Bank Responds to International Criticism
More attention to environmental safeguards in
project planning Support to environmentally
sustainable economic activities Assistance to
NGOs (Small farmers, indigenous groups, rubber
tappers)
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Model I
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Results (Model I)

• PLANAFLORO money correlated with gains by the
  left
• Education correlated with gains by the Left

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Clientelism
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Information Effect
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Social Capital Civil Society
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Model II
Lulas share of the vote 98 94 a
b1(Politicized money)

b2(Un-Politicized money)
b3(PDA
money)
b4( migrant)

b5 (education)
b6 ( rural)

b7(Mayoral Ideology)
e.
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Coding Procedure

• Applications
• Activities involving the environment, human
  rights, and rural development
• Association with church, mutual help
  associations, indigenous population, and STRs
• Non-politicized large production cooperatives,
  cattle production, rural syndicates.

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Interviews throughout Rondonia
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Results (Model II)

• Politicized Money and Support for Lula (positive)
• Un-Politicized Money and Support for Lula
  (insignificant)
• PDA Money and Support for Lula (negative)

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Implications

• Theoretical Importance
• Associative activity may not produce political
  change.
• What is it about social capital and civil society
  that actually leads to change?

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Implications

• Practical Importance
• Who receives the money matters
• Who gives the money matters

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The End