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Can Local Institutions Reduce Poverty? Rural Decentralization in Burkina Faso

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dc.contributor.authorDonnelly-Roark, Paula
dc.contributor.authorOuedraogo, Karim
dc.contributor.authorYe, Xiao
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-21T15:28:29Z
dc.date.available2014-08-21T15:28:29Z
dc.date.issued2001-09
dc.description.abstractThe authors present evidence that in Burkina Faso, certain high-performing local institutions contribute to equitable economic development. They link reduced levels of poverty, and inequality to a high degree of internal village organization. The structure of these high-performing local organizations means they can exist in a number of African countries, because they depend more on internal participation, rather than on nay one country's cultural assets. The authors find that: 1) Service-asset management groups (SAMs) - one of three local institutions identified in the study - have helped to significantly reduce inequality in participating households. SAMs are a fusion of long-standing development committees, and indigenous management councils that collectively manage community assets, such as water. SAMs have combined the productivity goals of growth, with the values of equity, and solidarity. 2) Current development approaches use growth as an initiator, assuming that surpluses will be used to benefit the poor. SAMs, and other local institutions in Burkina Faso, start with equity, and solidarity, and aim for a result of growth, and development. 3) Internal participation is essential for SAMs to function. Only locally anchored participation can power the realignments, and institutional revisions needed to scale up development action. SAMs, and other local institutions have launched their communities on equitable growth paths, and are reducing poverty with little, or no outside assistance, despite severe resource constraints. Their impact could be enormous if external development resources augmented their potential. World Bank programs, and policy interventions could build on local strength, and make their activities more sustainable by mapping local institutions to guide new initiatives in pro-poor investment, and using that mapping to formalize, and increase internal local participation - expanding nationwide by using a network of local institutions. SAMs, and other local institutions, could be the vehicle for ensuring transparency, and accountability. Working with the results of local activities, national policies could favor the development of indigenously based, but externally oriented local economies.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/09/1614753/can-local-institutions-reduce-poverty-rural-decentralization-burkina-faso
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2677
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/19551
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 2677
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subjectADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectASSET MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectCIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY LEVEL
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY MEMBERS
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectCONSENSUS
dc.subjectCROPS
dc.subjectDATA SET
dc.subjectDATA SETS
dc.subjectDECENTRALIZATION
dc.subjectDECENTRALIZATION PROCESS
dc.subjectDECISION-MAKING
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT NETWORK
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC OUTCOMES
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectETHNIC GROUP
dc.subjectETHNIC GROUPS
dc.subjectEXCLUDED GROUPS
dc.subjectEXPENDITURE
dc.subjectFEDERATIONS
dc.subjectFIELD RESEARCH
dc.subjectFINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectFINANCIAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectGOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
dc.subjectGROWTH PATH
dc.subjectHEALTH CENTERS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME LEVELS
dc.subjectINDIGENOUS INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL CHANGES
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectKNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS
dc.subjectLANDS
dc.subjectLEGITIMACY
dc.subjectLIVING CONDITIONS
dc.subjectLOCAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectLOCAL COUNCILS
dc.subjectLOCAL ELECTIONS
dc.subjectLOCAL GOVERNANCE
dc.subjectLOCAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subjectLOCAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subjectLOCAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectLOCAL LANGUAGES
dc.subjectLOCAL LEVEL
dc.subjectLOCAL LEVEL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectLOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectLOCAL PEOPLE
dc.subjectNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subjectNATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subjectNATIONAL LEVELS
dc.subjectNATIONAL POLICIES
dc.subjectNATIONAL RESEARCH
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectPARTICIPATORY ACTION
dc.subjectPARTICIPATORY ANALYSIS
dc.subjectPARTICIPATORY APPROACH
dc.subjectPARTICIPATORY MONITORING
dc.subjectPARTICIPATORY PROCESSES
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectPOLITICAL PARTIES
dc.subjectPOOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOVERTY ERADICATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY LEVELS
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
dc.subjectPROPAGANDA
dc.subjectQUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
dc.subjectREDUCING POVERTY
dc.subjectRELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS
dc.subjectRESEARCH TEAM
dc.subjectRESOURCE CONSTRAINTS
dc.subjectRESOURCE MOBILIZATION
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRURAL FINANCE
dc.subjectRURAL PEOPLE
dc.subjectRURAL POPULATION
dc.subjectSERVICE PROVISION
dc.subjectSOCIAL ACTION
dc.subjectSOCIAL CAPITAL
dc.subjectSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSOCIAL GROUP
dc.subjectSOCIAL NORMS
dc.subjectSOCIAL STABILITY
dc.subjectSTATE AGENCY
dc.subjectSTATE INTERVENTION
dc.subjectSUSTAINABILITY
dc.subjectTEAM LEADERS
dc.subjectTRANSPARENCY
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.titleCan Local Institutions Reduce Poverty? Rural Decentralization in Burkina Fasoen
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okr.crossref.titleCan Local Institutions Reduce Poverty? Rural Decentralization in Burkina Faso
okr.date.disclosure2001-09-30
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T09:28:27.786659Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/09/1614753/can-local-institutions-reduce-poverty-rural-decentralization-burkina-faso
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid214881468743683826
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2677
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000094946_0110030409437
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum1614753
okr.identifier.reportWPS2677
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryBurkina Faso
okr.themeSocial protection and risk management
okr.topicEconomic Theory and Research
okr.topicRural Development::Regional Rural Development
okr.topicPublic Sector Development::Decentralization
okr.topicHealth Economics and Finance
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Assessment
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Public Health Promotion
okr.topicGovernance::National Governance
okr.topicGovernance::Governance Indicators
okr.topicEnterprise Development and Reform
okr.unitEnvironment and Social Development Unit, Africa Region
okr.volume1
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