Title: Elite capture or capture elites? : lessons from the 'counter-elite' and 'co-opt-elite' approaches in Bangladesh and Ghana

Authors: Wong, Sam

Place: Helsinki

Publisher: United nations university. World institute for development economics research (UNU-WIDER)

Year: 2010

Journal: Working paper / UNU-WIDER

Volume: 2010/82

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: development aspects, leadership, elite, governance, community development, bangladesh, ghana

Abstract: According to many, community-based development leaves room for elite capture. Using cases from Ghana and Bangladesh, this paper concludes that the success of dealing with elite capture lies in the flexible use of the ‘counter-elite’ and ‘co-opt-elite’ approaches together.

URL: http://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/54126/1/636754510.pdf

Document type: Portal