Abstract
The objective of this article is to start unravelling that question by analyzing selected institutional determinants of the impact and performance of community-based water services. Using quantitative and qualitative data from 1088 rural households and 50 water committees this study investigates how service rules and practices social capital and governmental and nongovernmental organization institutions affect the impact and performance of services supported by three projects in Sri Lanka and India that are financed by the World Bank. In this article we focus on measuring and econometrically analyzing selected aspects of project design and implementation such as the importance of community participation in service design and decision making. This article is also one of the first to measure and econometrically analyze the effect of social capital on the impact of community-based water services. (excerpt)
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