Do Village Organizations Make a Difference in African Rural Development? A Study for Senegal and Burkina Faso

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2188-2204

  Bernard, Tanguy ^a   Collion, Marie Hélène ^b   de Janvry, Alain ^c   Rondot, Pierre ^b   Sadoulet, Elisabeth ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; management capacity; resources; Senegal; village organizations

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 53849094751     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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