Do Community-Driven Development Projects Enhance Social Capital? Evidence from the Philippines

This paper explores the social capital impacts of a large-scale, community-driven development project in the Philippines in which communities competed for block grants for infrastructure investment. The analysis uses a unique data set of about 2,10...

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Main Authors:	Labonne, Julien, Chase, Robert S.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SERVICES BANK LENDING BIASES BLOCK GRANTS CAPITAL ASSETS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION COMMUNITY SURVEY CONSENSUS CORRUPTION DATA COLLECTION DECISION-MAKING PROCESS DESCRIPTION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION LEVELS EMPOWERMENT EQUALITY ETHNIC GROUP FACILITATION FACILITATORS FARMERS FIGURES FINANCIAL SUPPORT GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING INEQUALITY INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERVENTION LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL KNOWLEDGE MUNICIPALITIES PARTICIPATION RATES PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES PARTICIPATORY PROJECTS POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT POVERTY LEVELS PREPARATION PRIVATIZATION PROJECT DESIGN PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION RECONSTRUCTION RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL CAPITAL IMPACTS SOCIAL CAPITAL INDICATORS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INVESTMENT SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL WELFARE STAKEHOLDER STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT VILLAGE VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT VILLAGE MEETINGS VILLAGE SOCIAL CAPITAL VILLAGES WATER SUPPLY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/9698706/community-driven-development-projects-enhance-social-capital-evidence-philippines http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6823

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spelling	okr-10986-68232021-04-23T14:02:32Z Do Community-Driven Development Projects Enhance Social Capital? Evidence from the Philippines Labonne, Julien Chase, Robert S. ACCESS TO SERVICES BANK LENDING BIASES BLOCK GRANTS CAPITAL ASSETS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION COMMUNITY SURVEY CONSENSUS CORRUPTION DATA COLLECTION DECISION-MAKING PROCESS DESCRIPTION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION LEVELS EMPOWERMENT EQUALITY ETHNIC GROUP FACILITATION FACILITATORS FARMERS FIGURES FINANCIAL SUPPORT GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING INEQUALITY INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERVENTION LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL KNOWLEDGE MUNICIPALITIES PARTICIPATION RATES PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES PARTICIPATORY PROJECTS POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT POVERTY LEVELS PREPARATION PRIVATIZATION PROJECT DESIGN PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION RECONSTRUCTION RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL CAPITAL IMPACTS SOCIAL CAPITAL INDICATORS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INVESTMENT SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL WELFARE STAKEHOLDER STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT VILLAGE VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT VILLAGE MEETINGS VILLAGE SOCIAL CAPITAL VILLAGES WATER SUPPLY This paper explores the social capital impacts of a large-scale, community-driven development project in the Philippines in which communities competed for block grants for infrastructure investment. The analysis uses a unique data set of about 2,100 households collected before the project started (2003) and after one cycle of sub-project implementation (2006) in 66 treatment and 69 matched control communities. Participation in village assemblies, the frequency with which local officials meet with residents and trust towards strangers increased as a result of the project. However, there is a decline in group membership and participation in informal collective action activities. This may have been because households were time-constrained, so that in order to participate in project activities, they needed to temporarily reduce their participation in informal activities. An alternative explanation is that the project improved the efficiency of formal forms of social capital and thus households needed to rely less on informal forms. Finally, the results indicate that, in the short run, the project might have reduced the number of other investments. 2012-05-31T22:09:58Z 2012-05-31T22:09:58Z 2008-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/9698706/community-driven-development-projects-enhance-social-capital-evidence-philippines http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6823 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4678 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Philippines
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topic	ACCESS TO SERVICES BANK LENDING BIASES BLOCK GRANTS CAPITAL ASSETS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION COMMUNITY SURVEY CONSENSUS CORRUPTION DATA COLLECTION DECISION-MAKING PROCESS DESCRIPTION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION LEVELS EMPOWERMENT EQUALITY ETHNIC GROUP FACILITATION FACILITATORS FARMERS FIGURES FINANCIAL SUPPORT GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING INEQUALITY INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERVENTION LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL KNOWLEDGE MUNICIPALITIES PARTICIPATION RATES PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES PARTICIPATORY PROJECTS POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT POVERTY LEVELS PREPARATION PRIVATIZATION PROJECT DESIGN PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION RECONSTRUCTION RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL CAPITAL IMPACTS SOCIAL CAPITAL INDICATORS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INVESTMENT SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL WELFARE STAKEHOLDER STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT VILLAGE VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT VILLAGE MEETINGS VILLAGE SOCIAL CAPITAL VILLAGES WATER SUPPLY
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO SERVICES BANK LENDING BIASES BLOCK GRANTS CAPITAL ASSETS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION COMMUNITY SURVEY CONSENSUS CORRUPTION DATA COLLECTION DECISION-MAKING PROCESS DESCRIPTION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION LEVELS EMPOWERMENT EQUALITY ETHNIC GROUP FACILITATION FACILITATORS FARMERS FIGURES FINANCIAL SUPPORT GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING INEQUALITY INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERVENTION LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL KNOWLEDGE MUNICIPALITIES PARTICIPATION RATES PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES PARTICIPATORY PROJECTS POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT POVERTY LEVELS PREPARATION PRIVATIZATION PROJECT DESIGN PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION RECONSTRUCTION RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL CAPITAL IMPACTS SOCIAL CAPITAL INDICATORS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INVESTMENT SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL WELFARE STAKEHOLDER STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT VILLAGE VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT VILLAGE MEETINGS VILLAGE SOCIAL CAPITAL VILLAGES WATER SUPPLY Labonne, Julien Chase, Robert S. Do Community-Driven Development Projects Enhance Social Capital? Evidence from the Philippines
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description	This paper explores the social capital impacts of a large-scale, community-driven development project in the Philippines in which communities competed for block grants for infrastructure investment. The analysis uses a unique data set of about 2,100 households collected before the project started (2003) and after one cycle of sub-project implementation (2006) in 66 treatment and 69 matched control communities. Participation in village assemblies, the frequency with which local officials meet with residents and trust towards strangers increased as a result of the project. However, there is a decline in group membership and participation in informal collective action activities. This may have been because households were time-constrained, so that in order to participate in project activities, they needed to temporarily reduce their participation in informal activities. An alternative explanation is that the project improved the efficiency of formal forms of social capital and thus households needed to rely less on informal forms. Finally, the results indicate that, in the short run, the project might have reduced the number of other investments.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Labonne, Julien Chase, Robert S.
author_facet	Labonne, Julien Chase, Robert S.
author_sort	Labonne, Julien
title	Do Community-Driven Development Projects Enhance Social Capital? Evidence from the Philippines
title_short	Do Community-Driven Development Projects Enhance Social Capital? Evidence from the Philippines
title_full	Do Community-Driven Development Projects Enhance Social Capital? Evidence from the Philippines
title_fullStr	Do Community-Driven Development Projects Enhance Social Capital? Evidence from the Philippines
title_full_unstemmed	Do Community-Driven Development Projects Enhance Social Capital? Evidence from the Philippines
title_sort	do community-driven development projects enhance social capital? evidence from the philippines
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/9698706/community-driven-development-projects-enhance-social-capital-evidence-philippines http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6823
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Do Community-Driven Development Projects Enhance Social Capital? Evidence from the Philippines

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