Can local institutions reduce poverty?
Subtitle: rural decentralization in Burkina Faso
By: Paula Donnelly-Roark, Karim Ouedraogo, Xiao Ye.
Contributors: Ouedraogo, Karim.; Ye, Xiao, 1952-; World Bank. Africa Regional Office. Environment and Social Development Unit.
Series: Policy research working paper ;; 2677; Policy research working papers (Online) ;; 2677.
Publisher: World Bank, Africa Region, Environment and Social Development Unit
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Decentralization in government -- Economic aspects -- Burkina Faso; Equality -- Burkina Faso; Poverty -- Burkina Faso; Local development -- Burkina Faso; Community organization -- Burkina Faso
Description: Can local institutions take a lead role in reducing poverty? In the past the answer would have been an emphatic no. Local institutions have traditionally been a blind spot for national government and international development agencies. But high-performing local institutions in Burkina Faso have reduced poverty and inequality. Can this model of rural decentralization spark a reinvention of development models across Africa, using indigenous development institutions to reduce poverty and promote equitable growth?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 36-39).
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