Localizing Development: Does Participation Work?

by Ghazala Mansuri and Vijayendra Rao

The Policy Research Report Localizing Development brings analytical rigor to a field that has been the subject of intense debate and advocacy, and billions of dollars in development aid. It briefly reviews the history of participatory development and argues that its two modalities, community-based development and local decentralization, should be treated under the broader unifying umbrella of local development. It suggests that a distinction between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082138256X
• ISBN13: 9780821382561
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 9.3"