Information distortion, elite capture, and task complexity in decentralised development

Abstract: Three problems in the decentralized or participatory approach to development receive special attention in this chapter: information distortion, elite capture, and task complexity. The context of the central analysis is that of externally-supported aid programmes.

Author(s): Platteau, Jean-Philippe

Source(s): , 54 p.

Published: 2008 Facultés universitaires Notre-Dame de la paix (FUNDP)], [Namur (English

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Link: http://www.fundp.ac.be/pdf/publications/66049.pdf

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