Who Is at the Wheel When Communities Drive Development? Evidence from the Philippines

Community-driven development (CDD) approaches have become an important part of development operations. Using data from 1,200 households in 66 communities participating in a CDD project in the Philippines, we analyze how communities select their proposals and how resources are allocated across villag...

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Main Authors:	Labonne, Julien, Chase, Robert S.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Project Analysis O220 Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, and Changes R110 Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration Regional Labor Markets Population Neighborhood Characteristics R230
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4652

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spelling	okr-10986-46522021-04-23T14:02:19Z Who Is at the Wheel When Communities Drive Development? Evidence from the Philippines Labonne, Julien Chase, Robert S. Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Project Analysis O220 Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, and Changes R110 Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration Regional Labor Markets Population Neighborhood Characteristics R230 Community-driven development (CDD) approaches have become an important part of development operations. Using data from 1,200 households in 66 communities participating in a CDD project in the Philippines, we analyze how communities select their proposals and how resources are allocated across villages. Resources flow to the poorest and more politically active villages. Controlling for poverty, more unequal villages are more likely to receive funding. This surprising result is because in more unequal villages, the elected village leader is more likely to override community preferences, and to influence inter-village competition such that project resources flow to their villages. 2012-03-30T07:29:03Z 2012-03-30T07:29:03Z 2009 Journal Article World Development 0305750X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4652 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Philippines
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spellingShingle	Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Project Analysis O220 Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, and Changes R110 Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration Regional Labor Markets Population Neighborhood Characteristics R230 Labonne, Julien Chase, Robert S. Who Is at the Wheel When Communities Drive Development? Evidence from the Philippines
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description	Community-driven development (CDD) approaches have become an important part of development operations. Using data from 1,200 households in 66 communities participating in a CDD project in the Philippines, we analyze how communities select their proposals and how resources are allocated across villages. Resources flow to the poorest and more politically active villages. Controlling for poverty, more unequal villages are more likely to receive funding. This surprising result is because in more unequal villages, the elected village leader is more likely to override community preferences, and to influence inter-village competition such that project resources flow to their villages.
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author	Labonne, Julien Chase, Robert S.
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title	Who Is at the Wheel When Communities Drive Development? Evidence from the Philippines
title_short	Who Is at the Wheel When Communities Drive Development? Evidence from the Philippines
title_full	Who Is at the Wheel When Communities Drive Development? Evidence from the Philippines
title_fullStr	Who Is at the Wheel When Communities Drive Development? Evidence from the Philippines
title_full_unstemmed	Who Is at the Wheel When Communities Drive Development? Evidence from the Philippines
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Who Is at the Wheel When Communities Drive Development? Evidence from the Philippines

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