A Review of the Literature on Participatory Approaches to Local Development for an Evaluation of the Effectiveness of World Bank Support for Community-Based and Driven Development Approaches

This paper explores the available literature on participatory approaches to development as an input to the operations evaluation department (OED) evaluation of World Bank-supported community-based development (CBD) and community-driven development...

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Main Authors:	Pozzoni, Barbara, Kumar, Nalini
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY ACTIVE CIVIL SOCIETY ASSET OWNERSHIP BASIC SERVICES BUREAUCRACY CASTES CITIZEN CITIZEN PARTICIPATION CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COLLECTIVE ACTION COLLECTIVE DECISION-MAKING COMMUNITY ACCESS COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS COMMUNITY CONTROL COMMUNITY FORESTRY COMMUNITY GROUPS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COMMUNITY LEADERS COMMUNITY LEVEL COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMMUNITY MONITORING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT CONSULTATION CRITICAL IMPORTANCE DECISION MAKING DECISION MAKING PROCESSES DECISION-MAKING FORA DECISIONMAKING DEMOCRACY DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ELITE ELITES EMPOWERMENT ETHNICITY FAMILIES FATHERS FEMALE FIELD AGENTS FOCUS GROUPS FORESTS GENDER HOME OWNERS HOME OWNERSHIP HOUSEHOLDS HUSBANDS INCOME INDIGENOUS ASSOCIATIONS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INEQUALITY INFORMATION SHARING INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTIONAL REFORM INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS INTERNAL ACCOUNTABILITY INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT LAND TENURE LEASING LESSONS LEARNED LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL DEVELOPMENT LOCAL GOVERNANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL INSTITUTIONS LOCAL PEOPLE MARGINALIZED GROUPS MIDDLE CLASS MOBILITY MOTHERS NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT NEIGHBORHOODS O&AMP;M PANCHAYATS PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES TO DEVELOPMENT PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT PARTICIPATORY EFFORTS PARTICIPATORY GOVERNANCE PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES PARTICIPATORY PROJECTS PEASANTS POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL THEORY POOR NEIGHBORHOODS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC SERVICES RURAL AREAS SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY SOCIAL ACTION SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL GROUPS SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL INTERACTIONS SOCIAL MOVEMENTS SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL STRUCTURE STABLE COMMUNITIES STAKEHOLDERS TENANCY TOWNS TRANSPARENCY TRIBES UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT WORKING CLASS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/11/19880812/review-literature-participatory-approaches-local-development-evaluation-effectiveness-world-bank-support-community--based-driven-development-approaches http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20203

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Summary:	This paper explores the available literature on participatory approaches to development as an input to the operations evaluation department (OED) evaluation of World Bank-supported community-based development (CBD) and community-driven development (CDD) interventions. Participatory approaches to development have gained substantial support in the international community over the past quarter century, and have become increasingly important in the work of the World Bank and other donors. Undertaking this literature review has been a particularly challenging exercise for two reasons. The Bank categories CDD approaches in a three-fold typology, which encompasses both community participation efforts and participatory governance initiatives. This paper is primarily concerned with regularized participatory spaces, in which community members deliberate over the provision of services and the allocation of resources, rather than transient spaces, which entail one-off events or exercises aimed at generating discussion on specific policy issues with no direct link to decision making. This review was undertaken with a four-fold objective. First, to simply bring to the ongoing CBD and CDD evaluation information on the kind of evidence that is out on participatory approaches to local development, qualitative, quantitative, and anecdotal. Second, to draw on the evidence in the literature to understand the different kinds of participatory spaces that Bank's CBD and CDD interventions have fostered at the local level. Third, to explore the evidence in the literature on factors that has a bearing on development effectiveness of CBD and CDD-type interventions. Finally, to provide a means for testing the findings emerging from other study components, particularly case study countries and the portfolio review both of which indicate several challenges that donor agencies face in implementing participatory projects. This review proceeds in six sections. Section one gives introduction; section two examines the evidence in the literature on the extent to which participation in decision-making has promoted inclusiveness; section three explores factors that are likely to facilitate or hinder participatory and collective undertakings; section four assesses the development effectiveness of participatory interventions; section five explores key issues related to the institutional contexts of CBD and CDD-type interventions; and finally section six draws on the evidence in the literature to explore the main challenges that donors and lenders are likely to encounter in the promotion of the CDD approach.

A Review of the Literature on Participatory Approaches to Local Development for an Evaluation of the Effectiveness of World Bank Support for Community-Based and Driven Development Approaches

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