- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- An evaluation of the participatory experience of the Malian-Italian village water supply project, 1989
- Creator:
- Cisse, Ali
- Date of Original:
- 1989-07-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
dissertations - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- This study attempts to evaluate the participatory development experience of one rural development project in Mali: the Consulting and Management Village Water Supply Project. Four evaluation criteria were used to conduct the evaluation: the criterion of bureaucratic reorientation which measures the extent to which the project's bureaucratic machinery is being reformed to encourage rural communities1 participation; the criterion of social learning which measures the ability of the management of the project to learn from the communities it assists so as to understand their values and needs; the criterion of equity which measures the extent to which the costs and benefits of the project are equitably distributed among the beneficiaries; and the criteria of capacity building which measures the ability of the project to create or reinforce local institutions capable of taking charge of the management of the village water supply system. The study adds to the embryonic body of knowledge on the strategies of participatory rural development in Mali, a subject which is gaining more and more importance in the developing countries. The study found that the CM Project satisfies the first three criteria, bureaucratic reorientation, social learning, and eguity but does not satisfy the fourth criterion, capacity building. It concludes that the participatory development experience of the CM Project, however encouraging, is not satisfactory as local institutional development remains the backbone of any strategy of participatory rural development and the CM Project has not yet developed sufficiently that capacity. The study used data gathered from four sources: a survey instrument distributed to managers and experts of the Project, focus group sessions with villagers, participant observation, and reports published by the CM Project.
Date of award: 7/1/1989
Degree type: thesis
Degree name: Master of Public Administration (MPA)
Granting institution: Atlanta University
Department: Department of Public Administration
Advisor: Kugblenu, George - Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1989_cisse_ali
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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