Participation and poverty reduction: issues, theory, and new evidence from South Africa

Hoddinott, John F.; Haddad, Lawrence J.; Besley, Timothy; Adato, Michelle. 2001. Participation and poverty reduction: issues, theory, and new evidence from South Africa. FCND Discussion Paper brief 98. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156295

This paper examines the relationship between community participation and the efficacy of interventions designed to reduce poverty. We develop some simple analytics that are used to structure a review of the extant literature and motivate the analysis of the impact of participation on the efficacy of public works interventions in South Africa.