New paper from the group:
Does User Participation Lead to Sense of Ownership for Rural Water Systems? Evidence from Kenya
Sara J. Marks, Jennifer Davis
World Development
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.03.011
Abstract: Despite
broad acceptance of the idea that “sense of ownership” among users is
critical to infrastructure sustainability in developing countries,
little is known about what sense of ownership is, or its drivers. We
present a novel measure of sense of ownership for piped water systems
using empirical data collected from 1140 households in 50 rural Kenyan
villages. This study establishes an empirical referent for households’
sense of ownership. We find that some, but not all, types of
participation enhance community members’ sense of ownership for rural
water projects.
