Who Is at the Wheel When Communities Drive Development? Evidence from the Philippines

By Julien Labonne, Robert S. Chase. 2009

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Summary Community-Driven Development (CDD) approaches have become an important part of development operations. Using data from 1,200 households in 66 communities participating in a CDD project in the Philippines, we analyze how communities select their proposals and how resources are allocated across villages. Resources flow to the poorest and more politically active villages. Controlling for poverty, more unequal villages are more likely to receive funding. This surprising result is because in more unequal villages, the elected village leader is more likely to override community preferences, and to influence inter-village competition such that project resources flow to their villages.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations, Safety Research

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In Economics and Econometrics

1. Benjamin Crost
2. P. Johnston
3. Michael Touchton
4. Brian Wampler
5. Robert S. Chase
6. Julien Labonne
7. Stuti Khemani

In Political Science and International Relations

1. Benjamin Crost
2. P. Johnston
3. Michael Touchton
4. Brian Wampler
5. Robert S. Chase
6. Julien Labonne

In Safety Research

1. Benjamin Crost
2. P. Johnston
3. Brian Wampler
4. Robert S. Chase
5. Julien Labonne
6. Michael Touchton
7. Stuti Khemani

Citations in the corpus

• Improving Social Well-Being Through New Democratic Institutions (2014, background): “…programs might lead to improvements in accountability, government efficiency, and perceptions of state efficacy (Avritzer, 2002; Baiocchi, 2005; Baiocchi et al., 2011; Fung & Wright, 2003; Gaventa & Barrett, 2012; Gibson & Woolcock, 2008; Labonne & Chase, 2009; McNulty, 2011; Wampler, 2007).”
• Do Community-Driven Development Projects Enhance Social Capital? Evidence from the Philippines (2008, background): “…membership in groups, etc. 7 Common indicators include trust in local officials, participation in local governance activities, etc. 8 See, for example, Labonne and Chase (2009). project to positively affect formal social capital and the latter to positively affect informal social capital.”
• Aid Under Fire: Development Projects and Civil Conflict (2010, methodology): “On KALAHI-CIDSS and social capital, see Labonne and Chase (2009).”