Pitfalls of Participatory Programs Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Education in India

成果类型:
Article
署名作者:
Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Banerji, Rukmini; Duflo, Esther; Glennerster, Rachel; Khemani, Stuti
署名单位:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); National Bureau of Economic Research; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); The World Bank
刊物名称:
AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
ISSN/ISSBN:
1945-7731
DOI:
10.1257/pol.2.1.1
发表日期:
2010
页码:
1-30
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摘要:
Participation of beneficiaries in the monitoring of public services is increasingly seen as a key to improving their quality We conducted a randomized evaluation of three interventions to encourage beneficiaries' participation to India providing information on existing institutions, training community members in a testing tool for children, and training volunteers to hold remedial reading camps These interventions had no impact on community involvement, teacher effort, or learning outcomes inside the school However, in the third intervention, youth volunteered to teach camps, and children who attended substantially improved their reading skills This suggests that citizens face constraints in influencing public services
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