About community driven development

A bombshell Evaluation of Community Driven Development by Duncan Green. See also the comments by several experts.
“3IE cast its baleful eye over the evidence from 25 impact evaluations, covering 23 CDD programmes in 21 low- and middle-income countries and concluded.

• CDD programmes have no impact on social cohesion or governance.
• Many community members may hear about CDD programmes but not many attend meetings.
• Few people speak at the meeting and fewer still participate in decision-making.
• Women are only half as likely as men to be aware of CDD programmes and even less likely to attend or speak at community meetings.
• CDD programmes have made a substantial contribution to improving the quantity of small-scale infrastructure.
• They have a weak effect on health outcomes and mostly insignificant effects on education and other welfare outcomes.
• There is impact on improved water supply leading to time savings.”