Title: Do better monitoring institutions increase leadership quality in community organizations? : evidence from Uganda

Authors: Grossman, Guy and Hanlon, W. Walker

Place: [S.l.

Publisher: Author]

Year: 2011

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: community leadership, farmers associations, institutional infrastructure, governance, agricultural development, uganda

Abstract: A sample of Ugandan farmer associations was used to validate a model of leadership effectiveness. Indeed, the quality of democratically chosen leaders in community organizations was affected by the groups´ monitoring institutions. The framework may be applied to other local governance situations.

URL: http://www.columbia.edu/~wwh2104/Grossman_Hanlon_leaders_quality.pdf

Document type: Portal