Who Participates? Determinants of Participation in a Community Development Project in Guatemala

Participatory Governance Reform: A Good Strategy for Increasing Government Responsiveness and Improving Public Services?

“…Several studies in this strand of the literature found that this capacity can be constrained by a lack of economic resources and access to information, as well as by low levels of education among civil society representatives (Abom, 2004;Andersson, 1999;Baiocchi, 2001;Fung & Wright, 2001;Gaventa, 2004;Krishna, 2006;Wiebe, 2000). Accordingly, these studies advocated measures for information provision and capacity building for improving the capacity of civil society to participate and thus making participatory governance more effective (Das Gupta et al, 2004;Gibson & Woolcock, 2008).…”

The Role of Wealth, Income, and Social Capital in Determining a Household's Choice to Participate in Rural Water-Supply Projects in Peru

“…The authors note that, in their study of local development groups in Pakistan and Chad, the decision to participate meant having to attend regular meetings which has a much higher opportunity cost than just attending a handful of meetings to provide input on a scheme. Wiebe (2000) similarly found that, in Guatemala, the wealthiest did not participate in her case study of a community development project.…”

Value Chain Dynamics et Impact of Collective Action on Smallholder Livelihood Improvement in Kenya

“…In general, education enhances farmers' ability to engage in discussion, debate, negotiate -competencies highly needed for ensuring proper internal governance practices and external relationship management in RPOs. This finding is consistent with Wiebe (2000) and Fischer and Qaim (2014) who showed that education level positively associated with engagement in collective activities.…”

“…In general, poorer farmers may have limited time to attend to meetings or learning new skills which do not lead to immediate profits, because they are more concerned with meeting short-term subsistence needs. This makes them less willing to risk their time and resources and it limits their active participation in collective action (Wiebe, 2000). On the other hand, farmers with more assets are also more likely to commit to collective sale, because they typically also have increased access to other community resources and more diverse sources of income (Barrett and Dorosh, 1996).…”