@article{Toan:197988,
      recid = {197988},
      author = {Toan, Dang Ngoc},
      title = {Participation in Development: A Case Study on Local  Participation in Rural Water Supply and Sanitation in  Vietnam},
      journal = {Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development},
      address = {2012-09},
      number = {393-2016-23823},
      series = {13-124-AJARD-422-446},
      pages = {25},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {Since the adoption of Doi Moi (reform) policy in 1986,  local participation has attracted special attention in  development projects in Vietnam. In particular, the  questions of whether local participation in development  projects should be promoted and whether it would be  feasible became a major concern among development  practitioners, as the debates on participation and project  sustainability continued. While some argued that although  socio-economic, cultural, ethnic and political obstacles  were always present, many also believed that the promises  of participation in development projects in Vietnam had  been strengthened in recent times especially when the  Government realised that its top-down approach in  implementing development projects could only weaken local  capacity. This article is an examination of how  participatory approach was promoted in two villages in  Daklak province, Vietnam, where a Danish-funded RWSS (Rural  water supply and sanitation) project was implemented. It  investigates how development was perceived differently by  local people and other major stakeholders, and in turn, how  participation was exercised. It also identifies the  obstacles that emerged that hampered local participation  and discusses how locals responded with appropriate  solutions.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/197988},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.197988},
}