Can Information about Local Government Performance Induce Civic Participation? Evidence from the Philippines
利用菲律宾家庭数据，通过倾向得分匹配发现，了解地方政府绩效指数能显著提高居民加入本地组织和参与本地项目的可能性，支持通过提高透明度来深化公民参与的政策。
Abstract The question of whether people are motivated to engage in civic activities once informed of their local government's performance is relevant to many developing countries that adopted decentralisation. Applying propensity score matching technique on a unique household-level dataset from the Philippines, it is found that the knowledge of an index of local government performance has positive and statistically significant effects on the likelihood of membership in local organisations and participation in local projects. Thus, the results support policies for greater transparency in local governance to deepen citizenship.