Rural development participation: concepts and measures for project design, implementation and evaluation

Cohen, J.M.; Uphoff, N.T.

Monograph Series, Rural Development Committee, Cornell University 2: 317

1977


Document Number: 499235
The monograph presents the ideas developed by a working group of the Rural Development Committee on rural development participation and reported to the Office of Rural Development of USAID to help facilitate greater popular participation in development projects. A search and review of literature was carried out in 1976 and issues found were discussed in the working group. The results of the analysis are included in this monograph which covers in Part I the 'what' 'who' and 'how' of participation in rural development projects and the effects of project characteristics and of task environment on participation. Part II deals with the application of concepts for measuring participation and uses as an example various programmes carried out by the Chilalo Agricultural Development Unit in Ethiopia (CADU). Separate chapters consider participation in decision making, in implementation, in benefits and in evaluation of CADU programmes, and the final chapter discusses future directions of work on rural development participation.

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