Participation and poverty reduction: issues, theory, and new evidence from South Africa

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Participatory Development in the Presence of Endogenous Community Imperfections (2002, methodology): “Note that, unfortunately, the encouraging findings from the recent and scant literature that attempts to systematically assess the impact of participation on project outcomes on the basis of data collected for the purpose (see, in particular, Narayan, 1998; Isham, Narayan, and Pritchett, 1995; King ”
Off-grid energy services for the poor: Introducing LED lighting in the Millennium Villages Project in Malawi (2010, methodology): “Following the community interactions, an initial tranche of 54 lanterns was sold rapidly at full price, including all transport costs and markups for the vendors, with customers paying $29.78 in cash payments and $32.61 for the installment plan.”
The Risk of Resource Misappropriation in Community-Driven Development (2003, background): “This in turn enabled it to decentralize the design and construction of rural projects” (Klitgaard, 1997: 1965-67 –quoted from Hoddinott et al., 2001: 12 ; see also Stavis, 1982-83, for Taïwan).12 By contrast, in Jamaica where the government does not exercise a significant measure of control over…”