Who Should Be at the Top of Bottom-Up Development? A Case-Study of the National Rural Livelihoods Mission in Rajasthan, India

It is widely acknowledged that top-down support is essential for bottom-up participatory projects to be effectively implemented at scale. However, which level of government, national or sub-national, should be given the responsibility to implement such projects is an open question, with wide variations in practice. This paper analyses qualitative and quantitative data from a natural experiment of a large participatory project in the state of Rajasthan in India comparing central management and state-level management. We find that locally managed facilitators formed groups that were more likely to engage in collective action and be politically active, with higher savings and greater access to subsidized loans.

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Main Authors: Joshi, Shareen, Rao, Vijayendra
Format: Journal Article biblioteca
Published: Taylor and Francis 2018-05-31
Subjects:EMPOWERMENT, PARTICIPATION, STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT, COLLECTIVE ACTION, ACCESS TO FINANCE, DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS,
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30152
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spelling dig-okr-10986301522023-04-03T10:17:05Z Who Should Be at the Top of Bottom-Up Development? A Case-Study of the National Rural Livelihoods Mission in Rajasthan, India Joshi, Shareen Rao, Vijayendra EMPOWERMENT PARTICIPATION STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT COLLECTIVE ACTION ACCESS TO FINANCE DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS It is widely acknowledged that top-down support is essential for bottom-up participatory projects to be effectively implemented at scale. However, which level of government, national or sub-national, should be given the responsibility to implement such projects is an open question, with wide variations in practice. This paper analyses qualitative and quantitative data from a natural experiment of a large participatory project in the state of Rajasthan in India comparing central management and state-level management. We find that locally managed facilitators formed groups that were more likely to engage in collective action and be politically active, with higher savings and greater access to subsidized loans. 2018-08-06T20:24:04Z 2018-08-06T20:24:04Z 2018-05-31 Journal Article Article de journal Artículo de revista The Journal of Development Studies 0022-0388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30152 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO World Bank http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo application/pdf Taylor and Francis
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SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT
COLLECTIVE ACTION
ACCESS TO FINANCE
DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS
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PARTICIPATION
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COLLECTIVE ACTION
ACCESS TO FINANCE
DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS
Joshi, Shareen
Rao, Vijayendra
Who Should Be at the Top of Bottom-Up Development? A Case-Study of the National Rural Livelihoods Mission in Rajasthan, India
description It is widely acknowledged that top-down support is essential for bottom-up participatory projects to be effectively implemented at scale. However, which level of government, national or sub-national, should be given the responsibility to implement such projects is an open question, with wide variations in practice. This paper analyses qualitative and quantitative data from a natural experiment of a large participatory project in the state of Rajasthan in India comparing central management and state-level management. We find that locally managed facilitators formed groups that were more likely to engage in collective action and be politically active, with higher savings and greater access to subsidized loans.
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Rao, Vijayendra
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title Who Should Be at the Top of Bottom-Up Development? A Case-Study of the National Rural Livelihoods Mission in Rajasthan, India
title_short Who Should Be at the Top of Bottom-Up Development? A Case-Study of the National Rural Livelihoods Mission in Rajasthan, India
title_full Who Should Be at the Top of Bottom-Up Development? A Case-Study of the National Rural Livelihoods Mission in Rajasthan, India
title_fullStr Who Should Be at the Top of Bottom-Up Development? A Case-Study of the National Rural Livelihoods Mission in Rajasthan, India
title_full_unstemmed Who Should Be at the Top of Bottom-Up Development? A Case-Study of the National Rural Livelihoods Mission in Rajasthan, India
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