TY - JOUR
T1 - Leader selection and service delivery in community groups
T2 - Experimental evidence from Uganda
AU - Deserranno, Erika
AU - Stryjan, Miri
AU - Sulaiman, Munshi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Economic Association.
PY - 2019/10/1
Y1 - 2019/10/1
N2 - In developing countries, NGOs and governments often rely on local groups for the delivery of financial and public services. This paper studies how the design of rules used for group leader selection affects leader identity and shapes service delivery. To do so, we randomly assign newly formed savings and loan groups to select their leaders using either a public discussion procedure or a private vote procedure. Leaders selected with a private vote are found to be less positively selected on socioeconomic characteristics. This results in groups that are more inclusive toward poor members, without being less economically efficient.
AB - In developing countries, NGOs and governments often rely on local groups for the delivery of financial and public services. This paper studies how the design of rules used for group leader selection affects leader identity and shapes service delivery. To do so, we randomly assign newly formed savings and loan groups to select their leaders using either a public discussion procedure or a private vote procedure. Leaders selected with a private vote are found to be less positively selected on socioeconomic characteristics. This results in groups that are more inclusive toward poor members, without being less economically efficient.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85073244754&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1257/app.20180248
DO - 10.1257/app.20180248
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85073244754
SN - 1945-7782
VL - 11
SP - 240
EP - 267
JO - American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
JF - American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
IS - 4
ER -
