Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/93712 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2013/112
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
This paper describes the results of an impact evaluation of the National Solidarity Programme, a community-driven development programme in Afghanistan that created democratic village councils and funded small-scale development projects. Using a randomized controlled trial across 500 villages, we find that the programme had a positive effect on access to drinking water and electricity, acceptance of democratic processes, perceptions of economic wellbeing, and participation of and attitudes towards women. Effects on perceptions of local and national government performance and material economic outcomes were, however, more limited or short-lived. We also find that the programme negatively impacted the quality of local governance as perceived by male villagers.
Subjects: 
community-driven development
international aid
randomized controlled trial
Afghanistan
public goods provision
JEL: 
H41
O10
O22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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