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Healthy Civic Infrastructure Fosters Community Development

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Chris Steins
28 May 2003 - 2:00pm

A new study by William Bogart examines the link between communitydevelopment organizations and thevitality of community development itself.

Using case studies from three major cities, Bogart's work indicates that those with the strongest and most diverse network of non-profit community development organizations realize greater private sector participation. The result is fewer subsidies per project, leading to more community development activity.

Full Story: Civic Infrastructure and the Financing of Community Development
Source: The Brookings Institution, May 27, 2003
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This is in fact the kind of self-sufficient, self-sustaining 'village' community that Mahatma Gandhi -- the Father of the Nation -- dreamt of and wrote about in his books on India’s path to development.
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