Democratic decentralisation and local participation: a review of recent research

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Acknowledgements

I would like to thank my PhD supervisor, Dawn Chatty, for her encouragement and useful comments on an earlier draft of this article.

Notes

Mansuri and Rao (2004:10–11) define ‘participation’ as the active involvement of members of a defined community in at least some aspects of project design and implementation. When potential beneficiaries also make key project decisions, participation becomes self‐initiated action—what has come to be known as the exercise of voice and choice or empowerment. See Cooke and Kothari (2001) for a comprehensive critique of ‘participation’ in development projects.

See the interview with Rosemary Thorp in this issue.

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