Report Coming Fall 2012
Over the last decade the World Bank has allocated close to $75 billion to local participatory development. This has been driven by an underlying belief that involving communities in at least some aspects of project design and implementation will lead to tighter links between development aid and its intended beneficiaries. Indeed, local participation is proposed as a way to achieve a variety of goals, such as better poverty targeting, improved service delivery and strengthening demand for good governance. More »