Does Participation Improve Performance? Establishing Causality with Subjective Data

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Journal Article Does Participation Improve Performance? Establishing Causality with Subjective Data Get access Jonathan Isham, Jonathan Isham Jonathan Isham is with the Department of Economics at the University of Maryland and the center of Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS); Deepa Narayan is with the Environment Department at the World Bank; and Lant Pritchett is with the Policy and Research Department at the World Bank. This article was a background paper for World Development Report 1994. It is based upon a larger research project initiated and funded by the Participatory Development Learning Group, the UNDP-World Bank Water and Sanitation Program, and the Social Policy and Resettlement Division of the World Bank. The authors would like to thank John Blaxall, Antonio Estache, Peter Lanjouw, and Jim Tybout for helpful suggestions. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Deepa Narayan, Deepa Narayan Jonathan Isham is with the Department of Economics at the University of Maryland and the center of Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS); Deepa Narayan is with the Environment Department at the World Bank; and Lant Pritchett is with the Policy and Research Department at the World Bank. This article was a background paper for World Development Report 1994. It is based upon a larger research project initiated and funded by the Participatory Development Learning Group, the UNDP-World Bank Water and Sanitation Program, and the Social Policy and Resettlement Division of the World Bank. The authors would like to thank John Blaxall, Antonio Estache, Peter Lanjouw, and Jim Tybout for helpful suggestions. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Lant Pritchett Lant Pritchett Jonathan Isham is with the Department of Economics at the University of Maryland and the center of Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS); Deepa Narayan is with the Environment Department at the World Bank; and Lant Pritchett is with the Policy and Research Department at the World Bank. This article was a background paper for World Development Report 1994. It is based upon a larger research project initiated and funded by the Participatory Development Learning Group, the UNDP-World Bank Water and Sanitation Program, and the Social Policy and Resettlement Division of the World Bank. The authors would like to thank John Blaxall, Antonio Estache, Peter Lanjouw, and Jim Tybout for helpful suggestions. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The World Bank Economic Review, Volume 9, Issue 2, May 1995, Pages 175–200, https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/9.2.175 Published: 01 May 1995