A Framework for Analysing Participation in Development
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A Framework for Analysing Participation in Development
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This report presents a framework for analysing participation in development, in relation to its significance for ownership, and for aid programme and service delivery effectiveness. It incorporates the lessons from a pilot application of the framework to the health sector in Malawi, as well as an examination of the scope
for applying the framework to cash transfer programmes.
Recent research literature shows the current high level of interest in understanding the links between participation and development. In particular, there have been attempts to summarise large bodies of evidence about the effects of participation. Much of the theoretical literature on participation derives from Arnstein’s Ladder, which presents a hierarchical and normative model that, while correctly focusing attention on participation and power relationships, has been criticised for neglecting other dimensions of, and motivations for, community participation.
A review of both the empirical and theoretical literature suggests, therefore, that a more disaggregated and less normative approach to the analysis of participation is required to create an understanding of the conditions under which participatory approaches may further development objectives, and to aid the design of specific interventions. This perspective has driven the development of the framework outlined in this report, and its pilot application in the Malawi health sector, since the underlying objective of the study has been to develop an approach to drive an understanding of the relationship between ownership,participation and perceptions.
for applying the framework to cash transfer programmes.
Recent research literature shows the current high level of interest in understanding the links between participation and development. In particular, there have been attempts to summarise large bodies of evidence about the effects of participation. Much of the theoretical literature on participation derives from Arnstein’s Ladder, which presents a hierarchical and normative model that, while correctly focusing attention on participation and power relationships, has been criticised for neglecting other dimensions of, and motivations for, community participation.
A review of both the empirical and theoretical literature suggests, therefore, that a more disaggregated and less normative approach to the analysis of participation is required to create an understanding of the conditions under which participatory approaches may further development objectives, and to aid the design of specific interventions. This perspective has driven the development of the framework outlined in this report, and its pilot application in the Malawi health sector, since the underlying objective of the study has been to develop an approach to drive an understanding of the relationship between ownership,participation and perceptions.
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2013
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pt
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pt
Inglês