“When you decentralize anti-poverty programs on the ground, the idea that elites will use that for capturing a program is a big policymaker's concern,” Besley says.

“当你将脱贫项目权力下放时，精英会用那个权力争夺一个项目的思想成为决策人的大担忧，”贝斯勒说。

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The study, Besley thinks, could encourage similar research and policy analysis in other countries, although any future results might well differ from those found in Indonesia.

贝斯勒认为那项研究能够激励其他国家的相似研究和政策分析，虽然任何未来的结果和印尼发现的可能不一样。

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Mr Besley acknowledged the downside risks to the economy from the energy shock and the credit crunch.

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The significance of Mr Besley's vote is that it could prove a harbinger of the MPC's stance when it next meets, in August.

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