Are Migrant Associations Actors in Local Development? A National Event-History Analysis in Rural Burkina Faso
(2009) World Development — Vol. 37, n° 12, p. 1897-1913 (2009)
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- The objective of this paper is to provide quantitative evidence oil the impacts of migrant associations oil local development in rural Burkina Faso We exploit a national retrospective community survey of 600 settlements conducted in 2002 Using longitudinal data and event-history models. we show significant effects of migrant associations on the creation of schools, health centers. and roads. while the direct effects oil other facilities and oil modernization of agriculture are non-significant The paper also explores whether the impact of migrant associations varies according to the period and to some characteristics of the associations (location and age of the association) (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved
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Beauchemin, C., & Schoumaker, B. (2009). Are Migrant Associations Actors in Local Development? A National Event-History Analysis in Rural Burkina Faso. World Development, 37(12), 1897-1913. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.03.012 (Original work published 2009)