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Can Participation Be Induced? Some Evidence from Developing Countries

dc.contributor.author Mansuri, Ghazala
dc.contributor.author Rao, Vijayendra
dc.date.accessioned 2012-12-11T22:57:08Z
dc.date.available 2012-12-11T22:57:08Z
dc.date.issued 2012-07
dc.description.abstract The World Bank has allocated close to $80 billion towards participatory development projects over the last decade. A comprehensive review of the evidence on the efficacy of the approach conducted by the authors for the forthcoming Policy Research Report, Localizing Development: Does Participation Work?, finds that while participatory projects have been reasonably effective in improving access to basic services, there is far less evidence of their effectiveness in improving household income or in building sustainable participatory institutions at the local level. A key issue is that the institutional culture in development agencies such as the World Bank lacks the flexibility and long-term commitment necessary for effective externally induced participatory development. Induced participation -- driven by large-scale bureaucratically managed processes, is quite different from more organic types of participation endogenously organized by civic groups. It requires a very different approach to development, one that pays close attention to contextual variation and to uncertain trajectories of change. In order to be effective, induced participatory projects need a strong focus on learning-by-doing; on monitoring and evaluation and a willingness to learn from failure. A review of the World Bank's practices in monitoring and evaluation, and of its incentives to learn from failure, reveals that without significant changes, including changes in the incentive structures facing management, the Bank cannot be effective in inducing participation. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16520074/can-participation-induced-some-evidence-developing-countries
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11973
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6139
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject ACCOMMODATION
dc.subject ACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subject AID
dc.subject AUDITS
dc.subject BENEFICIARIES
dc.subject BLOCK GRANTS
dc.subject BUILDING LOCAL CAPACITY
dc.subject CIVIL RIGHTS
dc.subject CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
dc.subject CLINICS
dc.subject COMMUNITIES
dc.subject COMMUNITY BASED DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject COMMUNITY BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject COMMUNITY CAPACITY
dc.subject COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
dc.subject COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT
dc.subject COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
dc.subject COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT
dc.subject COMMUNITY MEETINGS
dc.subject COMMUNITY MEMBERS
dc.subject COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
dc.subject COMPANION
dc.subject CORRUPTION
dc.subject COUNTERFACTUAL
dc.subject DECENTRALIZATION
dc.subject DECISIONMAKING
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
dc.subject DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
dc.subject ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
dc.subject EDUCATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject ENGINEERS
dc.subject EXCLUSION
dc.subject EXTERNALITIES
dc.subject FACILITATORS
dc.subject FLEXIBILITY
dc.subject GENDER
dc.subject GENDER DISPARITIES
dc.subject GRAMEEN BANK
dc.subject HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES
dc.subject INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
dc.subject INTERVENTION
dc.subject INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject LEARNING
dc.subject LIVELIHOOD
dc.subject LIVELIHOODS
dc.subject LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject LOCAL CAPACITY
dc.subject LOCAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subject LOCAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subject LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject LOCAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject LOCAL MANAGEMENT CAPACITY
dc.subject LOCAL PARTICIPATION
dc.subject LOCALITIES
dc.subject M&E SYSTEMS
dc.subject MANDATES
dc.subject MONITORING TEAMS
dc.subject MULTILATERAL AGENCIES
dc.subject MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject NATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subject NEIGHBORHOOD
dc.subject NEIGHBORHOODS
dc.subject NUTRITION
dc.subject PARTICIPATORY APPROACH
dc.subject PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject PARTICIPATORY MONITORING
dc.subject PARTICIPATORY PROCESS
dc.subject PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES
dc.subject PARTICIPATORY PROJECTS
dc.subject POLICY INITIATIVES
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject PROGRAMS
dc.subject PROJECT APPRAISAL
dc.subject PROJECT EVALUATION
dc.subject QUALITY OF PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject QUALITY OF SERVICES
dc.subject REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS
dc.subject RENTS
dc.subject RESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.subject SAVINGS
dc.subject SCHOOLS
dc.subject SELF HELP
dc.subject SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subject SERVICE QUALITY
dc.subject SETTLEMENT
dc.subject SMS
dc.subject SOCIAL CAPITAL
dc.subject SOCIAL COHESION
dc.subject SOCIAL FUNDS
dc.subject SOCIAL INCLUSION
dc.subject SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
dc.subject SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
dc.subject SOCIAL STRUCTURE
dc.subject SOCIAL STRUCTURES
dc.subject SOCIETY
dc.subject STEREOTYPES
dc.subject TARGETING
dc.subject TOLERANCE
dc.subject URBAN COMMUNITIES
dc.subject VILLAGE COUNCILS
dc.subject VILLAGES
dc.subject WORTH
dc.title Can Participation Be Induced? Some Evidence from Developing Countries en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.date.disclosure 2012-07-01
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16520074/can-participation-induced-some-evidence-developing-countries
okr.globalpractice Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpractice Governance
okr.globalpractice Social Protection and Labor
okr.globalpractice Poverty
okr.globalpractice Finance and Markets
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-6139
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000158349_20120719114131
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 16520074
okr.identifier.report WPS6139
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2012/07/19/000158349_20120719114131/Rendered/PDF/WPS6139.pdf en
okr.relation.associatedurl https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/13394
okr.topic Social Development :: Community Development and Empowerment
okr.topic Social Protections and Labor :: Disability
okr.topic Housing and Human Habitats
okr.topic Banks and Banking Reform
okr.topic Poverty Monitoring and Analysis
okr.topic Communities and Human Settlements
okr.topic Finance and Financial Sector Development
okr.topic Poverty Reduction
okr.unit Development Research Group (DECRG)
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