Opening Participatory Spaces for the Most Marginal: Learning from Collective Action in the Honduran Hillsides
Summary Community-driven development faces considerable criticism for excluding the poor. A series of participatory, qualitative, and quantitative assessments of a participatory agricultural initiative in rural Honduras shows that the project, once susceptible to elite capture, over time shifted to include the "most marginal." Participating farmers--both men and women--demonstrated significant improvements in well-being and new-found capabilities relative to non-participants. Opening a space for the most marginal was achieved through long-term commitment by a local NGO to the principle of inclusiveness, and to research and capability development beyond the guiding methodology for establishing local agricultural research committees (CIALs).
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2008
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Authors: | Classen, Lauren ; Humphries, Sally ; FitzSimons, John ; Kaaria, Susan ; Jiménez, José ; Sierra, Fredy ; Gallardo, Omar |
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World Development. - Elsevier, ISSN 0305-750X. - Vol. 36.2008, 11, p. 2402-2420
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Elsevier |
Keywords: | elite capture community-driven development participation Honduras Central America |
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