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'How Participation Evolves' An exploration of participation in community-based water management in Tanzania
Tanzania
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Start date
01/2004
End date
07 /2004
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* Bradford Centre for International Development
* University of Dar es Salaam - Professor Bertha Koda
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* Economic and Social Research Council ESRC
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* Anna Toner, Lecturer, BCID A.L.Toner@Bradford.ac.uk

Purpose

This research aimed to identify the potential and limitations of community-based water management in Uchira, Tanzania, by tracking the evolution of participation as shaped by the interface between individuals, community workers and institutions.


Lessons
Democratising access or localising inequality? Local participation in delivering services may not be good for the poor A. Toner and F. Cleaver, 2005. BCID Research Briefing, Dec 2005. PDF
How Participation Evolves’ An exploration of participation in community-based water management in Tanzania F. Cleaver & A. Toner, 2005. Bradford Centre for International Development. Research Report PDF
The evolution of community water governance: democratising access or localising inequality? Anna Toner and Frances Cleaver 2006 DOC



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Use of Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches

Participation in development activity is both enabled and constrained by individual identities, the actions of community workers and the workings of the institutions. This research examined the interfaces between these groupings in relation to three research objectives:

  • To understand individual participation in collective activity
  • To understand the contribution of community-workers in participatory processes
  • To understand the possibilities for 'getting institutions right' for pro-poor development

Whilst the ideology of empowerment through community participation has been mainstream, few micro-level studies have examined this interaction.


Other Water/Coastal Livelihoods Projects:
Secure Water ( India, Kenya, Malawi, Sri Lanka, Sudan)
Post Harvest Fisheries Project (Cambodia and Ghana)
Sustainable Coastal livelihoods (India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh)
Poverty and Reefs Initiative (Global)
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