Community mobilization around social dilemmas: evidence from lab experiments in rural Mali

Community mobilization is a key feature of community-based development projects. Community mobilization requires facilitating communication between village members and between leaders and the rest of the community. Is communication an effective device through which mobilization may foster collective...

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Autores principales:	Alzúa, María Laura, Cárdenas, Juan Camilo, Djebbari, Habiba
Formato:	Articulo Documento de trabajo
Lenguaje:	Inglés
Publicado:	2014
Materias:	Ciencias Económicas public good experiments communication leadership community-based development desarrollo rural JEL: D78, C93, H41 Malí estadística económica
Acceso en línea:	http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/49627 http://cedlas.econo.unlp.edu.ar/download.php?file=archivos_upload/doc_cedlas160.pdf
Aporte de:	SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata

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topic	Ciencias Económicas public good experiments communication leadership community-based development desarrollo rural JEL: D78, C93, H41 Malí estadística económica
spellingShingle	Ciencias Económicas public good experiments communication leadership community-based development desarrollo rural JEL: D78, C93, H41 Malí estadística económica Alzúa, María Laura Cárdenas, Juan Camilo Djebbari, Habiba Community mobilization around social dilemmas: evidence from lab experiments in rural Mali
topic_facet	Ciencias Económicas public good experiments communication leadership community-based development desarrollo rural JEL: D78, C93, H41 Malí estadística económica
description	Community mobilization is a key feature of community-based development projects. Community mobilization requires facilitating communication between village members and between leaders and the rest of the community. Is communication an effective device through which mobilization may foster collective action? Does informing the community on how to reach a better social outcome key? Should we expect the effectiveness of community-based programs to depend on the quality of leadership in the community? In rural communities of Mali, we find evidence of high levels of cooperation as measured by a standard public good game. Communication between players increases contributions to the public good. Passing of information through a random community member also improves cooperation, and leadership skills matter. We also find suggestive evidence that changes in behavior are mediated through changes in beliefs. The experiments are embedded in a larger randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate the impact of a community-based sanitation intervention. As such, our results are relevant for a large population. Finally, we find that the program help strengthen the capacity for collective action.
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author	Alzúa, María Laura Cárdenas, Juan Camilo Djebbari, Habiba
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author_sort	Alzúa, María Laura
title	Community mobilization around social dilemmas: evidence from lab experiments in rural Mali
title_short	Community mobilization around social dilemmas: evidence from lab experiments in rural Mali
title_full	Community mobilization around social dilemmas: evidence from lab experiments in rural Mali
title_fullStr	Community mobilization around social dilemmas: evidence from lab experiments in rural Mali
title_full_unstemmed	Community mobilization around social dilemmas: evidence from lab experiments in rural Mali
title_sort	community mobilization around social dilemmas: evidence from lab experiments in rural mali
publishDate	2014
url	http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/49627 http://cedlas.econo.unlp.edu.ar/download.php?file=archivos_upload/doc_cedlas160.pdf
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Community mobilization around social dilemmas: evidence from lab experiments in rural Mali

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