GS201 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sustainable Development Goals, Earth Summit, Our Common Future
Document Summary
The 2 forms of participation (including historical roots and examples) - Community development align government with community goals (communication between donors and receivers of aid) process of bringing villages, urban neighbourhoods and other household groupings into the process of managing development resources without relying on formally constituted government. Community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions for common problems seeks to improve the quality of life effective community development results in mutual benefit and shared responsibilities amongst community members. Mechanism to scale up poverty reduction programs enhance sustainability strengthen governance build social capital. Local decentralization citizens have more capacity for collective action that will impact local officials efforts to strengthen village and municipal governments on the demand and supply side demand = boost citizen participation in government, elections, access to information etc. Supply = enhance ability of local government to deliver services, boost capacity of elected officials, streamline administration.
