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Oral Democracy and Women?S Oratory Competency in Indian Village Assemblies : A Qualitative Analysis

Sanyal, Paromita - 2017

form of talk: citizens talking to the state and mutual talk among citizens on matters concerning community development. A …

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The National Solidarity Program : Assessing the Effects of Community-Driven Development in Afghanistan

Beath, Andrew - 2017

Over the past two decades, community-based approaches to project delivery have become a popular means for governments … of the National Solidarity Program, a community-driven development program in Afghanistan that created democratically … elected community development councils and funded small-scale development projects. Using a randomized controlled trial across …

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The Effect of Nonbinding Agreements on Cooperation Among Forest User Groups in Nepal and Ethiopia

Dannenberg, Astrid - 2017

This paper summarizes the results from public goods experiments investigating the effect of nonbinding agreements on cooperation. Unlike previous studies, this experimental study was conducted among members of forest user groups in Ethiopia and Nepal with long histories of social...

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Community Managed Forest Groups and Preferences for REDD Contract Attributes : A Choice Experiment Survey of Communities in Nepal

Dissanayake, Sahan - 2017

Degradation, known as REDD , payments are community managed forests. However, there is little knowledge about preferences of … households living in community managed forests for REDD contracts, or the opportunity costs of accepting REDD contracts for these … toward the institutional structure of REDD contracts. The sample is split across communities with community managed forests …

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Information is Power : Experimental Evidence on the Long-Run Impact of Community Based Monitoring

Bjorkman Nyqvist, Martina - 2017

This paper presents the results of two field experiments on local accountability in primary health care in Uganda. Efforts to stimulate beneficiary control, coupled with the provision of report cards on staff performance, resulted in significant improvements in health care delivery and health...

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Impact Evaluation of Three Types of Early Childhood Development Interventions in Cambodia

Bouguen, Adrien - 2017

preschools, community preschools, and home-based services. The impacts of all three programs fell short of expectations because … facilities were not completed as planned, community-based programs were not always established, and low, irregular stipends …

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Measuring the Effect of a Community-Level Program on Women's Empowerment Outcomes : Evidence from India

Kandpal, Eeshani - 2017

This paper uses primary data from rural north India to show that participation in a community-level female empowerment …

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Hiv/Aids and Social Capital in a Cross-Section of Countries

David, Antonio C. - 2017

This paper attempts to quantify the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on social capital with cross-country data. It estimates reduced-form regressions of the main determinants of social capital controlling for HIV prevalence, institutional quality, social distance, and economic indicators using...

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Self-Help Groups, Savings and Social Capital : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Cambodia

Ban, Radu - 2017

groups on social capital. This paper evaluates community-wide impacts while most previous studies focus on program …

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Self-Help Groups, Savings and Social Capital : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Cambodia

Ban, Radu - 2017

groups on social capital. This paper evaluates community-wide impacts while most previous studies focus on program …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971317