Who Is at the Wheel When Communities Drive Development? Evidence from the Philippines

Labonne, Julien; Chase, Robert S.

dc.creator	Labonne, Julien
dc.creator	Chase, Robert S.
dc.date	2012-03-30T07:29:03Z
dc.date	2012-03-30T07:29:03Z
dc.date	2009
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-18T19:43:54Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-18T19:43:54Z
dc.identifier	World Development
dc.identifier	0305750X
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4652
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/250129
dc.description	Community-driven development (CDD) approaches have become an important part of development operations. Using data from 1,200 households in 66 communities participating in a CDD project in the Philippines, we analyze how communities select their proposals and how resources are allocated across villages. Resources flow to the poorest and more politically active villages. Controlling for poverty, more unequal villages are more likely to receive funding. This surprising result is because in more unequal villages, the elected village leader is more likely to override community preferences, and to influence inter-village competition such that project resources flow to their villages.
dc.language	EN
dc.relation	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120
dc.subject	Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses
dc.subject	Transportation O180
dc.subject	Project Analysis O220
dc.subject	Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, and Changes R110
dc.subject	Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration
dc.subject	Regional Labor Markets
dc.subject	Population
dc.subject	Neighborhood Characteristics R230
dc.title	Who Is at the Wheel When Communities Drive Development? Evidence from the Philippines
dc.type	Journal Article
dc.type	Journal Article
dc.coverage	Philippines