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Participatory Development

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Synonyms

Community development; Community participation; Community-based action; Community-driven development

Definition

The term Participatory Development originates from international development practice and was established to give greater opportunities to have a voice for those who were intended to benefit from development projects. In the context of Participatory Development, the World Bank defines participation as “a process by which people—especially disadvantaged people—can exercise influence over policy formulation, design alternatives, investment choices, management, and monitoring of development interventions in their communities” (Bhatnagar and Williams 1992, p. 7). The Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) defines Participatory Development as “a process by which people take an active and influential hand in shaping decisions that affect their lives” (OECD 1997, p. 22). This means that Participatory...

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  1. Faculty of Communication and Environment, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

    Daniela Lud

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  1. London Metropolitan University, Guildhall Faculty of Business and Law London Metropolitan University, London, UK

    Samuel Idowu

  2. Cologne Business School, Ingolstadt, Germany

    René Schmidpeter

  3. College of Business, Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Nicholas Capaldi

  4. International Training Centre of the IL, International Labor Organization, Turin, Italy

    Liangrong Zu

  5. Department of Economics, Society and Politics, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Urbino, Italy

    Mara Del Baldo

  6. Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, Guarda, Portugal

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Lud, D. (2023). Participatory Development. In: Idowu, S., Schmidpeter, R., Capaldi, N., Zu, L., Del Baldo, M., Abreu, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainable Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02006-4_495-1

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