Title: Can the design of community-driven development reduce the risk of elite capture? : evidence from Indonesia

Authors: Fritzen, Scott A.

Place: Singapore

Publisher: National university of Singapore (NUS)

Year: 2006

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: local government, community participation, development projects, governance, elite, poverty alleviation, indonesia

Abstract: This study from Indonesia shows that while CDD projects can help create spaces for elite and non-elite community leaders to emerge, elite control of project decision-making is pervasive. Project-initiated accountability arrangements, such as democratic leadership selection, could curb this.

URL: http://ac.els-cdn.com/S0305750X07000770/1-s2.0-S0305750X07000770-main.pdf?_tid=3ca3c1fa-6191-11e7-9d31-00000aab0f26&acdnat=1499266387_5de9d60541113bd8ecc2b4c2b88a0f98

Document type: E-article