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Title
World Bank - Environmentally Sustainable Development Series: The Contribution
of People's Participation
Evidence from 121 Rural Water Supply Projects
Abstract
This report is the first of a new series of
Occasional Papers to be issued by the
Office of the Vice President for Environmentally Sustainable Development. Since the
essence of sustainable development is helping
people make their own decisions and take responsibility for their own welfare, I am pleased to
launch this series with a report highlighting the
importance of local participation and social organization in the success of rural water supply programs. This work clearly establishes the need to
invest in social infrastructure if physical infrastructure is to be used effectively.
The study is based on systematic quantitative
and qualitative analysis of 121 rural water supply projects funded by many different agencies
in countries throughout the developing world.
The analysis consistently shows that beneficiary
participation was more significant than any
other factor in achieving functioning water systems and in building local capacity. The degree
of participation depended on local demand and
organization, and particularly important were
agency autonomy and the degree to which agencies accepted and monitored the goal of achieving local participation. The most common
agency problem was reluctance to give up con-
trol or to invest in developing the capacity of
local organizations.
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