Evidence on Community Driven Development from an Indian Village

Journal of Development Studies, Forthcoming

Posted: 21 Jun 2013

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Arnab Mukherji

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Date Written: March 16, 2013

Abstract

This paper examines the functioning of a community driven development (CDD) project that unlike most CDDs was set in a homogeneous community, consisted of simple tasks, had a year-long pre-intervention planning period, and maintained records of its decisions. To identify the impacts of the intervention on agricultural outcomes, and on strategies to manage risk, we use a semi-parametric difference in difference model that collected retrospective panel data on program participants and non-participants over multiple seasons. Our findings suggest that the CDD project led to greater exposure to risk and no gains in productivity for the community.

Keywords: community driven development, average treatment effect on the treated, propensity score, difference-in-difference

JEL Classification: C14, C23, C42, H11, H43

Suggested Citation

Mukherji, Arnab, Evidence on Community Driven Development from an Indian Village (March 16, 2013). Journal of Development Studies, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2254410

Arnab Mukherji (Contact Author)

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore ( email )

NF010, IIM Bangalore
Bannerghatta Road
Bangalore, Karnataka 560076
India

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