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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449722803321

Titolo

The effectiveness of World Bank support for community development [[electronic resource] ] : an OED evaluation / / Nalini Kumar ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2005

ISBN

1-280-28064-6

9786610280643

0-8213-6391-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Collana

Operations evaluation studies

Altri autori (Persone)

KumarNalini

Disciplina

30

Soggetti

Community development - Developing countries - Evaluation

Economic assistance - Developing countries - Evaluation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Executive Summary; Table; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 Origin, Scope, Design, and Methodology of Evaluation; Figures; Boxes; 2 The CBD/CDD Portfolio; 3 Outcome of Bank-Supported CBD/CDD Projects; 4 Institutional Enhancement and Sustainability; 5 Bank Operational Policy Requirements, Processes, and CBD/CDD Interventions; 6 Conclusions; 7 Recommendations; Annexes; Endnotes; References

Sommario/riassunto

Participatory approaches that involve local communities in their own development have gained substantial support among international donors over the past quarter-century and have become increasingly important in the work of the World Bank. Community participation is an approach to development that can be used with any Bank lending instrument and across sectors. Projects can involve communities in different ways-by sharing information, consulting, collaborating, or empowering them. The process of involving communities in project activities is also expected to contribute in most cases to communi