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An evaluation of donor agencies policies on participatory development: The case of Ghana.

This paper critically evaluates guidelines concerning participatory development by the World Bank and USAID. It focuses on the different conceptual frameworks adopted in order to examine the differing ways of adopting participation in their development agenda.
A literature –based method was adopted and the analysis included evaluation of five documented experiences including the Ghana Secondary Education Improvement Project and Ghana Water Sanitation and Hygiene Project from both the World Bank and USAID. Baum project cycle stages have been taken as activities for project participation. The findings are; the need for better planning; ensuring sustainability; and involving beneficiaries. / Article was sent as 4 word documents - I compiled into pdf version and let Farhad know 21/06/2016 - sm / The full text will be available at the end of the publisher's embargo, 31st July 2018.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/8526
Date31 July 2018
CreatorsDanquah, Joseph K., Analoui, Farhad, Koomson, Yvonne E.D.
Source SetsBradford Scholars
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle, final draft paper
Rights© 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Full-text reproduced in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Danquah JK, Analoui F and Koomson YED (2016) An evaluation of donor agencies policies on participatory development: The case of Ghana. Development Policy Review. Accepted for publication, Jan 2016., which will be published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-7679. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
Relationhttps://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12227

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