The formation of community-based organizations: an analysis of a quasi-experiment in Zimbabwe
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 cluste...
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| author | Barr, Abigail Dekker, Marleen Fafchamps, Marcel |
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| description | 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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| spelling | nottingham-297422020-05-04T16:53:56Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29742/ The formation of community-based organizations: an analysis of a quasi-experiment in Zimbabwe Barr, Abigail Dekker, Marleen Fafchamps, Marcel 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. Elsevier 2014-09-16 Article PeerReviewed Barr, Abigail, Dekker, Marleen and Fafchamps, Marcel (2014) The formation of community-based organizations: an analysis of a quasi-experiment in Zimbabwe. World Development, 66 . pp. 131-153. ISSN 0305-750X Community-based organizations; quasi-experiment; social networks; Africa; Zimbabwe http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X14002319# doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.08.003 doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.08.003 |
| spellingShingle | Community-based organizations; quasi-experiment; social networks; Africa; Zimbabwe Barr, Abigail Dekker, Marleen Fafchamps, Marcel The formation of community-based organizations: an analysis of a quasi-experiment in Zimbabwe |
| title | The formation of community-based organizations: an analysis of a quasi-experiment in Zimbabwe |
| title_full | The formation of community-based organizations: an analysis of a quasi-experiment in Zimbabwe |
| title_fullStr | The formation of community-based organizations: an analysis of a quasi-experiment in Zimbabwe |
| title_full_unstemmed | The formation of community-based organizations: an analysis of a quasi-experiment in Zimbabwe |
| title_short | The formation of community-based organizations: an analysis of a quasi-experiment in Zimbabwe |
| title_sort | formation of community-based organizations: an analysis of a quasi-experiment in zimbabwe |
| topic | Community-based organizations; quasi-experiment; social networks; Africa; Zimbabwe |
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