The Socio-economic Effect of Community-Driven Development in Conflict-affected Regions: Evidence from Cambodia

Choi, Syngjoo; Jung, Hye-Ryoung; Kim, Booyuel; Kim, Tae Jong; Yang, Hee-Seung

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3693579

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“…(2017), Saquin (2018), and Choe et al. (2020) critiqued the community‐led development approach utilised by funding bodies. They believe that CCNPP does not guarantee the effective engagement of the poorer communities.…”

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Identifying barriers affecting citizen participation in community‐driven development projects in Afghanistan: A case study of Herat city

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The World Bank has prioritised and implemented the Citizen Charter National Priority Program (CCNPP) – a community‐driven development program aiming to broadly engage local communities in planning and implementation of the community‐driven development projects in Afghanistan. This paper has utilised Arnstein's model of citizen's participation – the eight stages of citizen participation ladder – to assess the major barriers affecting citizen engagement in community‐driven development projects in Afghanistan. Employing a qualitative approach, we have conducted semi‐structured interviews and focus group discussions with local communities, elders of the community development councils, community development experts and practitioners. The paper has found out that poverty, deinstitutionalised Community Development Councils (CDCs), low level of literacy, lack of volunteering culture, male‐dominance in decision‐making processes, defects in CCNPP operational processes including limited time frame, predefined services, power‐seeking facilitating partners, area selection, and weak CDCs are among the major barriers affecting citizen participation in community‐driven projects in Afghanistan. This paper concluded that citizen's participation in community‐driven development projects in Afghanistan is placed at informing and consultation stages and, in some projects, could be placed at the placation stage of Arnstein's model of citizen participation.

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confidence: 99%

“…2017, this paper contends that under‐represented communities contribution, specifically poor communities’ contribution, was under‐valued in community‐driven projects in Afghanistan (see also Bado 2012; Choe et al. 2020; Nkonya et al. 2012; Saguin 2018).…”

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confidence: 96%