Participatory Local Democracy

Abstract: In India, the government program on universal primary education organizes both locally elected leaders and parents and gives them powers over monitoring and management of school performance. Three different interventions encourage beneficiaries’ participation through these committees.

Author(s): Banerjee, Abhijit

Source(s): , NBER working paper; 14311 36 p., ill., graphs, tabs NBER working paper 14311

Published: 2008 National bureau of economic research (NBER), Cambridge, MA [etc.] (English

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Link: http://www.nber.org/papers/w14311.pdf?new_window=1