Title: Solutions when the solution is the problem : arraying the disarray in development

Authors: Pritchett, Lant and Woolcock, Michael

Place: Washington, DC

Publisher: Center for global development (CGD)

Year: 2002

Journal: Working paper / Center for global development

Volume: 10

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: development strategies, popular participation, decentralization in government, administrative reform, public administration, basic services

Abstract: In the 1990s, after failure of the centralized, top-down approach to development, scholars and practitioners began to tout more radical “participatory” proposals for improving service delivery. The arguments for and against the original solution and eight current proposals are reviewed.

URL: http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/Pcaab071.pdf

Document type: Portal