It is not that we should simply seek new and better ways for managing society, the economy, and the world. The point is that we should fundamentally change how we behave.

-Vaclav Havel

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Introduction

Chapter I:
Reflections: What is Participation?

Chapter II:
Sharing Experiences - Examples of Participatory Approaches

• Albania: Rural Poverty Alleviation Pilot Project
  
• Benin: Health Services Development Project
  
• Brazil: Municipalities and Low-Income Sanitation
  
• Chad: Education V Project
  
• Colombia: Electricity Sector Reform
  
• Egypt: Matruh Resource Management Project
  
• India: Andhra Pradesh Forestry Project
  
• Lao People's Democratic Republic: Health System Reform and Malaria Control
  
• Mexico: Hydroelectric Project
  
• Morocco: Enhancing the Participation of Women in Development
  
• Mozambique: Country Implementation Review
  
• Nigeria: Women in Agriculture
  
• Pakistan: Sindh Special Development Project
  
• Philippines: Integrated Protected Areas Project
  
• Philippines: Communal Irrigation Projects
  
• Republic of Yemen: Education Sector Adjustment Program

Chapter III:
Practice Pointers in Participatory Planning and Decisionmaking

Chapter IV:
Practice Pointers in Enabling the Poor to Participate

Appendix I:
Methods and Tools

Appendix II:
Working Paper Summaries

Index

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