genuine public participation at all levels provides a foudation for democratic and responsive government. Participation will not cure all of the ills of government, including the limits of democracy itself, but it will go some distance to alleviating the ills of the politics of development policy reform. Unfortunately, The rhetoric is still well ahead of the reality on the ground.
We may conclude, then, that successful economic development requires improved functioning of the public, private, and citizen sectors. Each has serious weaknesses that must be addressed. At the same time, each plays an essential and complementary role in attaining balanced, shared, and sustainable development