Increasing the Participation of Afro-Descendants in Bank-Funded Projects in Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama
A World Bank's Latin America and Caribbean Region's portfolio (projects) review was carried out with the aim of , (i) analyzing the reach of the Bank's Central America Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development (CAESSD) pro...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/6203106/increasing-participation-afro-descendants-bank-funded-projects-honduras-nicaragua-panama http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10332 |
| Summary: | A World Bank's Latin America and
Caribbean Region's portfolio (projects) review was
carried out with the aim of , (i) analyzing the reach of the
Bank's Central America Environmentally and Socially
Sustainable Development (CAESSD) projects in Afro-descendant
areas, and (ii) suggesting recommendations for increasing
Afro-descendent participation in Bank's projects. This
note, presents a brief analysis of the review and makes
recommendation as fallows : use existing participatory
mechanisms to ensure Afro-community participation from
project design and to evaluation; considerable payoff will
arise from investment in capacity building for
Afro-descendants aimed at making participatory mechanisms
function and sustainable; the Bank should consider expanding
the project areas to reach; Afro-descendant communities.
Afro-descendants should be viewed as active partners in
development, and not the objects of development; integrate
development plans of Afro-descendants communities and
organizations at different levels (national, regional, and
local) into Bank-funded projects; ensure the inclusion of
Afro-descendant communities in the areas selected for
projects; and finally, provide support to improve the
gathering of disaggregated data for ethnic groups, including Afro-descendants. |
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