Improving the quality of people's participation in development projects
This case study examines the participation of people in project planning and implementation in Sonebhadra district in Uttar Pradesh. It focuses on a development project, which was started in 1994 by Jan Jati Vikas Samiti (a local voluntary agency) in partnership with Action Aid. The objective of the study is to ascertain reasons for the participation and non participation of local people in project planning and implementation, and to make suggestions about how current policy can be modified to improve levels of participation.