| Number |
CREPEDP-42 |
| Publication Date |
May 2018 |
| Title |
Election, Implementation, and Social Capital
in School-Based Management:
Field Experimental Evidence
from a Developing Country
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| Author(s) |
Yasuyuki Sawada, Takeshi Aida, Andrew S. Griffen,
Eiji Kozuka, Haruko Noguchi, and Yasuyuki Todo
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| Abstract |
We investigate the effect of School Management Committees (COGES) on social capital formation in Burkina Faso adopting a hybrid evaluation method consisting of a randomized controlled trial combined with a large-scale incentivized artefactual field experiment on public goods. We find that the COGES project significantly increased social capital in the form of voluntary contributions to public goods, especially among community members that are connected vertically. Combining the experimental findings with observed real-world decisions suggests that community management projects have the potential to improve local cost recovery by increasing contributions to local public goods, potentially leading to better fiscal sustainability.
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| Other information |
Paper in English (39 pages) |