Participatory Local Democracy

Abstract: In the 1990s, after failure of the centralized, top-down approach to development, scholars and practitioners began to tout more radical “participatory” proposals for improving service delivery. The arguments for and against the original solution and eight current proposals are reviewed.

Author(s): Pritchett, Lant; Woolcock, Michael

Source(s): , Working paper / Center for global development; 10 35 p., ill., tabs Working paper / Center for global development 10

Published: 2002 Center for global development (CGD), Washington, DC (English

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Link: http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/Pcaab071.pdf