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Through a study of seven public works programs implemented in Western Cape province, this report examines the benefits and challenges of pursuing community participation, together with the effects of participation on meeting the other objectives of the programs. Although aspects of South Africa's experience are unique to its political economy, the study's findings reveal insights, dilemmas, and possibilities of considerable relevance in the wider context of participatory or "community-driven" development programs, which have increasingly become integral to the development agenda throughout the world.and were not trained.Politics, conflicts of interest, struggles over resources, and processes of consultation and consensus-building are part of the landscape of community-driven development. If participatory development is to remain on South Africa's development agenda, all actors must commit to realizing this objective, including generating sufficient resources, creativity, and patience to see the process through. ; PR ; IFPRI1; GRP25; Theme 5; Governance ; FCND

IFPRI3; ISI; CRP4; F Strengthening institutions and governance ; PHND; A4NH ; PR ; CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

The paper uses a panel data of 347 households in Egypt to measure changes in household consumption during 1997-99 and to identify causes behind the changes. Per capita consumption has decreased for the households during this time. The decrease has not been dramatic, but it has occured at all points along the distribution. Over the two-year period, the number of households who have fallen into poverty is over twice as large as the number of households who have climbed out of poverty. About two-thirds of overall poverty is chronic and almost half of all poor are always poor. (DSE/DÜI)

IFPRI5; CRP4 ; PHND; A4NH ; Non-PR ; CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)