Participatory Development Reconsidered

Over the last two decades development policy has touted civic participation as a magic bullet for solving problems at the local level from improving livelihoods, to selecting beneficiaries for public programs, providing housing after earthquakes and floods, or improving village infrastructure. The thinking is that involving village or urban civic communities in decision making will improve accountability, reduce inequality, and ultimately alleviate poverty.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mansuri, Ghazala, Rao, Vijayendra
Format: Journal Article biblioteca
Published: 2011-04
Subjects:communities, community development, community groups, Community participation, engineer, community based development, housing, local communities, local governments, local participation, localities, multilateral agencies, neighborhood, neighborhoods, OUTREACH, participatory development, social capital, social structures, village communities, villages,
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6106
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