Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Navarra, Cecilia
Author-Email: cecilia.navarra@unamur.be
Author-Name: Vallino, Elena
Author-Email: elena.vallino@unito.it
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Turin
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.est.unito.it/
Title: Who had the idea to build up a village organization? Some evidence from Senegal and Burkina Faso.
Abstract: In this paper we deal with the relationship between the intervention of a development NGO or an external 
donor and the performance of village organizations (local NGOs) in Developing Countries. 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 NGOs may have effects on the governance mechanisms of the local village  
organizations  and  that  differences  in  the  foundation  of  the  VO  and/or  of  the  partnership  can partially 
explain outcomes and membership structures of the VO itself.  Our results go in the direction of possible diverging 
effects of an NGO intervention in the village (or partnership) according to the degree of proactivity and initiative 
that the VO displays.
Length: 31 pages
Creation-Date: 2014-03
File-URL: http://www.est.unito.it/do/home.pl/Download?doc=/allegati/wp2014dip/wp_7_2014.pdf
File-Format: Application/PDF
Handle: RePEc:uto:dipeco:201407