ABIGAIL BARR Abigail.Barr@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Economics
The formation of community-based organizations: an analysis of a quasi-experiment in Zimbabwe
Barr, Abigail; Dekker, Marleen; Fafchamps, Marcel
Authors
Marleen Dekker
Marcel Fafchamps
Abstract
Previous analyses of the formation and composition of community-based organizations (CBOs) have used cross section data. So, causal inference has been compromised. We obviate this problem by using data from a quasi-experiment in which villages were formed by government officials selecting and clustering households. Our findings are as follows: CBO co-memberships are more likely between geographically proximate households and less likely between early and late settlers, members of female-headed households are not excluded, in poorer villages CBO co-membership networks are denser and, while wealthier households may have been instrumental in setting up CBOs, poorer households engage shortly afterward.
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Barr, A., Dekker, M., & Fafchamps, M. (2014). The formation of community-based organizations: an analysis of a quasi-experiment in Zimbabwe. World Development, 66, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.08.003
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Sep 16, 2014 |
Deposit Date | Sep 3, 2015 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Journal | World Development |
Print ISSN | 0305-750X |
Electronic ISSN | 0305-750X |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 66 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.08.003 |
Keywords | Community-based organizations; quasi-experiment; social networks; Africa; Zimbabwe |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/735824 |
Publisher URL | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X14002319# |
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