Community development projects, and interventions that attempt to improve the “demand side” of governance, are premised on the belief that public participation will necessarily solve failures in ...

New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) Special gram sabhas will be held across the country on October 2 to discuss governance reforms, implementation of key government schemes and development priorities at the ...

One cannot expect positive results from a programme which fails to respect the views of people it aims to help. Anna Colom explains how to do participation well While I was researching the potential ...

High-level meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to ...

One of the most interesting aspects of this placement was the opportunity to work with the Communauté de Base (COBA), a local organization which is responsible for the implementation and monitoring of ...

The poor have the potential to change their destiny and end poverty, if they are organised, save their resources and hone their skills. These three principles form the cornerstone of Shoaib Sultan ...

This chapter delineates the evolution of two contested, closely related concepts in development ethics – empowerment and participatory development. While empowerment originated in radical feminist ...