QUESTION 17
GS2
15 marks
Do you agree with the view that increasing dependence on donor agencies for development reduces the importance of community participation in the development process? Justify your answer
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11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
Take a position on whether dependence on donor agencies weakens community participation in development, and justify it.
JustifyGive reasons and evidence that support the statement.
Demand-wise check
- 1Arguments for: donor-driven priorities, short project cycles, upward accountability to donors, consultants replacing local voices≈65 words
- 2Arguments against: many donors require participation (CDD projects), capacity building, World Bank social safeguards≈65 words
- 3Indian examples and your judgement≈65 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
PositionArguments forArguments againstExamplesConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Not taking a clear position
- No examples
Draw this
- Two-column table: how donor funding can crowd out vs crowd in participation
Value addition
- ExampleAndhra Pradesh's Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty, backed by World Bank funding, built large women's self-help group federations.World Bank / SERP
- ConceptArnstein's ladder of participation separates tokenism from real citizen power.Sherry Arnstein, 1969
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 38 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aditya Srivastava · AIR 1 · Page 15 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 15 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aditya Srivastava · AIR 1 · Page 5 ↗Same syllabus reference
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