The Regressive Demands of Demand-Driven Development

Despite their explicit focus on reaching the poor, many community driven development (CDD) initiatives are only partially successful in targeting spending towards them. This paper examines Tanzania's flagship CDD program and provides new evidence on the mechanisms by which the demand-driven com...

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Main Authors:	Baird, Sarah, McIntosh, Craig, Özler, Berk
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Elsevier 2013
Subjects:	targeting community-driven development poverty elite capture Microdata Set
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16222

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spelling	okr-10986-162222021-04-23T14:03:28Z The Regressive Demands of Demand-Driven Development Baird, Sarah McIntosh, Craig Özler, Berk targeting community-driven development poverty elite capture Microdata Set Despite their explicit focus on reaching the poor, many community driven development (CDD) initiatives are only partially successful in targeting spending towards them. This paper examines Tanzania's flagship CDD program and provides new evidence on the mechanisms by which the demand-driven components of the program may undermine the goal of pro-poor funding allocations. We exploit two data sources for the analysis: a census of wards for mainland Tanzania and a census of households in 100 program villages. These data paint a consistent picture at both levels: wealth, education, access to media, and political engagement are positively correlated with the likelihood to apply for the program at the national level, and to be aware of it at the local level. Centrally dictated features of the program – namely predetermined funding allocations to districts and eligibility rules – combine with the decentralized selection process within districts to counteract this initially regressive application pattern and produce a program that is, like many other CDD programs, only mildly pro-poor. Our results suggest that sensitization and outreach prior to the application process will be a critical dimension in making CDD programs more progressive. 2013-11-05T23:12:37Z 2013-11-05T23:12:37Z 2013-07-26 Journal Article Journal of Public Economics 0047-2727 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16222 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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spellingShingle	targeting community-driven development poverty elite capture Microdata Set Baird, Sarah McIntosh, Craig Özler, Berk The Regressive Demands of Demand-Driven Development
description	Despite their explicit focus on reaching the poor, many community driven development (CDD) initiatives are only partially successful in targeting spending towards them. This paper examines Tanzania's flagship CDD program and provides new evidence on the mechanisms by which the demand-driven components of the program may undermine the goal of pro-poor funding allocations. We exploit two data sources for the analysis: a census of wards for mainland Tanzania and a census of households in 100 program villages. These data paint a consistent picture at both levels: wealth, education, access to media, and political engagement are positively correlated with the likelihood to apply for the program at the national level, and to be aware of it at the local level. Centrally dictated features of the program – namely predetermined funding allocations to districts and eligibility rules – combine with the decentralized selection process within districts to counteract this initially regressive application pattern and produce a program that is, like many other CDD programs, only mildly pro-poor. Our results suggest that sensitization and outreach prior to the application process will be a critical dimension in making CDD programs more progressive.
format	Journal Article
author	Baird, Sarah McIntosh, Craig Özler, Berk
author_facet	Baird, Sarah McIntosh, Craig Özler, Berk
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title	The Regressive Demands of Demand-Driven Development
title_short	The Regressive Demands of Demand-Driven Development
title_full	The Regressive Demands of Demand-Driven Development
title_fullStr	The Regressive Demands of Demand-Driven Development
title_full_unstemmed	The Regressive Demands of Demand-Driven Development
title_sort	regressive demands of demand-driven development
publisher	Elsevier
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The Regressive Demands of Demand-Driven Development

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