Replication data for: Pitfalls of Participatory Programs: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Education in India

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Abhijit V. Banerjee; Rukmini Banerji; Esther Duflo; Rachel Glennerster; Stuti Khemani

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Project Citation:

Banerjee, Abhijit V., Banerji, Rukmini, Duflo, Esther, Glennerster, Rachel, and Khemani, Stuti. Replication data for: Pitfalls of Participatory Programs: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Education in India. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2010. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114729V1

Project Description

Summary: Participation of beneficiaries in the monitoring of public services is increasingly seen as a key to improving their quality. We conducted a randomized evaluation of three interventions to encourage beneficiaries' participation to India: providing information on existing institutions, training community members in a testing tool for children, and training volunteers to hold remedial reading camps. These interventions had no impact on community involvement, teacher effort, or learning outcomes inside the school. However, in the third intervention, youth volunteered to teach camps, and children who attended substantially improved their reading skills. This suggests that citizens face constraints in influencing public services. (JEL H52, I21, I28, O15)

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      H52 National Government Expenditures and Education
      I21 Analysis of Education
      I28 Education: Government Policy
      O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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