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 t...

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Main Authors:	Mansuri, Ghazala, Rao, Vijayendra
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	2012
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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spelling	okr-10986-61062021-04-23T14:02:24Z Participatory Development Reconsidered Mansuri, Ghazala Rao, Vijayendra 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 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. 2012-05-16T16:21:41Z 2012-05-16T16:21:41Z 2011-04 Journal Article Development Outreach http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6106 Development Outreach CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Journal Article South Asia Nepal
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topic	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
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description	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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author	Mansuri, Ghazala Rao, Vijayendra
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title	Participatory Development Reconsidered
title_short	Participatory Development Reconsidered
title_full	Participatory Development Reconsidered
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Participatory Development Reconsidered

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