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Participatory development is an end and a means. It is an end because participation builds skills and enhances people’s capacity for action and for enriching their lives. It is a means because participation contributes to better development policies and projects. As a development agency, the World Bank is primarily concerned with exploring how individuals, communities and public and private institutions can contribute to making development prospects better and more lasting. This report reflects the outcome of a workshop intended to explore some of these difficult issues. The workshop was part of the ongoing search undertaken by a Bank-wide learning group on participation and supported by the Swedish International Development Authority. This book is a guide to the learning process. The main messages of the introductory chapter reflect further thinking of the learning group since the workshop. Contents: 1. Introduction Part I. Participatory Development and the World Bank: Five Agency Perspectives 2. Participatory Development and the World Bank: Opportunities and Concerns 3. Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee: Promoting Popular Participation 4. International Fund for Agricultural Development: Experience with People’s Participation 5. The Swedish International Development Authority: Experience with Popular Participation 6. The United Nations Children’s Fund: Experience with People’s Participation Part II. Summary Record of Small Group Sessions 7. Time and Money 8. Staffing 9. Working with Others 10. Outside Pressures Post Date : 10 Juli 2009 |