Who had the idea to build up a village organization? Some evidence from Senegal and Burkina Faso

Cecilia Navarra (cecilia.navarra@unamur.be) and Elena Vallino (elena.vallino@unito.it)
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Cecilia Navarra: CRED, University of Namur

No 1411, Working Papers from University of Namur, Department of Economics

Abstract: In this paper we deal with the relationship between external donors and village organizations (VOs) in Western Sub-Saharan Africa. We utilize a large dataset of village organizations in rural areas of Senegal and Burkina Faso. We argue that the kind of relationship established with northern donors may have effects on the governance mechanisms of the village organization. We investigate to what extent differences in the foundation of the VO and of the partnership with the external donor can partially explain outcomes and membership structures of the VO itself. Our results go in the direction of possible diverging effects of a donor intervention in the village organization, according to the degree of proactivity and initiative that the VO displays.

Keywords: village organizations; donors; North-South partnership; Senegal; Burkina Faso (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L31 O19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2014-10
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Journal Article: Who Had the Idea to Build Up a Village Organization? Some Evidence from Senegal and Burkina Faso (2015)
Working Paper: Who had the idea to build up a village organization? Some evidence from Senegal and Burkina Faso (2014)
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