This book talks about participation, from the first to the last page. And that is its strength, for participation is a road leading to democracy. The true participation it talks about does not rely on hours of compulsory labor or imposed levies; there is nothing forced about it. Rather, it is a...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Authors and Task Team -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I: LESSONS FROM THE FIELD -- 1. Facets of Participation -- 2. Case Summaries -- 3. Organizing Participation: The Project Level -- 4. Focusing on Process:...

A fundamental question in economics is whether happiness increases pari passu with improvements in material conditions or whether humans grow accustomed to better conditions over time. We rely on a large-scale experiment to examine what kind of impact the provision of housing to extremely poor...