Banerjee, Abhijit V.Banerji, RukminiDuflo, EstherGlennerster, RachelKhemani, Stuti2012-03-302012-03-302010American Economic Journal: Economic Policy19457731https://hdl.handle.net/10986/4987Participation of beneficiaries in the monitoring of public services is increasingly seen as a key to improving their quality. We conducted a randomized evaluation of three interventions to encourage beneficiaries' participation to India: providing information on existing institutions, training community members in a testing tool for children, and training volunteers to hold remedial reading camps. These interventions had no impact on community involvement, teacher effort, or learning outcomes inside the school. However, in the third intervention, youth volunteered to teach camps, and children who attended substantially improved their reading skills. This suggests that citizens face constraints in influencing public services.ENNational Government Expenditures and Education H520Analysis of Education I210Education: Government Policy I280Economic Development: Human ResourcesHuman DevelopmentIncome DistributionMigration O150Journal ArticleWorld Bank