Community Foundations - The Relevance for Social Funds in Urban Areas : The Tanzania Social Action Fund Experience

This newsletter concerns the relevance for social funds in Urban Areas. Social funds face a common challenge of sustaining the community capacities that are built and investments that are supported beyond the relatively short lifespan of external f...

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Main Authors: Manjolo, Ida, Likwelile, Servacius B, Kamagenge, Amadeus M, Mesik, Juraj, Owen, Daniel
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/02/9044774/community-foundations-relevance-social-funds-urban-areas-tanzania-social-action-fund-experience
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spelling okr-10986-111542021-04-23T14:02:54Z Community Foundations - The Relevance for Social Funds in Urban Areas : The Tanzania Social Action Fund Experience Manjolo, Ida Likwelile, Servacius B Kamagenge, Amadeus M Mesik, Juraj Owen, Daniel CITIES CIVIL SOCIETY COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY ASSETS COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT COMMUNITY GRANTS COMMUNITY LEADERS COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT CONFLICT CONTRIBUTIONS DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS DISTRICTS FUNDRAISING STRATEGY GRANT-MAKING FOUNDATIONS HOTELS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK INHABITANTS INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS LESSONS LEARNED LOCAL CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS LOCAL CONTRIBUTORS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT LOCAL GOVERNANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GROUPS LOCAL KNOWLEDGE LOCAL OWNERSHIP LOCAL RESOURCE MOBILIZATION PARTICIPATORY MONITORING PHILANTHROPY POOR PEOPLE PRIVATE SECTOR PROCUREMENT QUALITY OF LIFE RURAL AREAS SOCIAL ACTION SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL PROTECTION STAKEHOLDERS TRANSPARENCY URBAN AREAS URBAN COMMUNITIES URBANIZATION YOUTH This newsletter concerns the relevance for social funds in Urban Areas. Social funds face a common challenge of sustaining the community capacities that are built and investments that are supported beyond the relatively short lifespan of external funding. For long-term sustainability, external funding needs to be replaced by a steady flow of domestic revenue. The Community foundation (CF) approach offers a number of advantages for urban work. Community foundations are independent organizations that provide grants to support a variety of projects identified and implemented by local residents. A CF does not replace the scale of resources and national reach achieved by social funds. But it can provide a partial answer to the sustainability challenge in some large and medium-size urban areas, where it can mobilize local resources and sustain social dynamism and participation in broad areas of development work. 2012-08-13T14:18:08Z 2012-08-13T14:18:08Z 2008-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/02/9044774/community-foundations-relevance-social-funds-urban-areas-tanzania-social-action-fund-experience http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11154 English Social Funds Innovation Notes; Vol. 5, No. 1 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic CITIES
CIVIL SOCIETY
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY ASSETS
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT
COMMUNITY GRANTS
COMMUNITY LEADERS
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
CONFLICT
CONTRIBUTIONS
DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS
DISTRICTS
FUNDRAISING STRATEGY
GRANT-MAKING FOUNDATIONS
HOTELS
HOUSEHOLDS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
INHABITANTS
INTERVENTION
INTERVENTIONS
LESSONS LEARNED
LOCAL CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
LOCAL CONTRIBUTORS
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
LOCAL GOVERNANCE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GROUPS
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
LOCAL OWNERSHIP
LOCAL RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
PARTICIPATORY MONITORING
PHILANTHROPY
POOR PEOPLE
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROCUREMENT
QUALITY OF LIFE
RURAL AREAS
SOCIAL ACTION
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOCIAL COHESION
SOCIAL FUNDS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
STAKEHOLDERS
TRANSPARENCY
URBAN AREAS
URBAN COMMUNITIES
URBANIZATION
YOUTH
spellingShingle CITIES
CIVIL SOCIETY
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY ASSETS
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT
COMMUNITY GRANTS
COMMUNITY LEADERS
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
CONFLICT
CONTRIBUTIONS
DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS
DISTRICTS
FUNDRAISING STRATEGY
GRANT-MAKING FOUNDATIONS
HOTELS
HOUSEHOLDS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
INHABITANTS
INTERVENTION
INTERVENTIONS
LESSONS LEARNED
LOCAL CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
LOCAL CONTRIBUTORS
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
LOCAL GOVERNANCE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GROUPS
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
LOCAL OWNERSHIP
LOCAL RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
PARTICIPATORY MONITORING
PHILANTHROPY
POOR PEOPLE
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROCUREMENT
QUALITY OF LIFE
RURAL AREAS
SOCIAL ACTION
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOCIAL COHESION
SOCIAL FUNDS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
STAKEHOLDERS
TRANSPARENCY
URBAN AREAS
URBAN COMMUNITIES
URBANIZATION
YOUTH
Manjolo, Ida
Likwelile, Servacius B
Kamagenge, Amadeus M
Mesik, Juraj
Owen, Daniel
Community Foundations - The Relevance for Social Funds in Urban Areas : The Tanzania Social Action Fund Experience
relation Social Funds Innovation Notes; Vol. 5, No. 1
description This newsletter concerns the relevance for social funds in Urban Areas. Social funds face a common challenge of sustaining the community capacities that are built and investments that are supported beyond the relatively short lifespan of external funding. For long-term sustainability, external funding needs to be replaced by a steady flow of domestic revenue. The Community foundation (CF) approach offers a number of advantages for urban work. Community foundations are independent organizations that provide grants to support a variety of projects identified and implemented by local residents. A CF does not replace the scale of resources and national reach achieved by social funds. But it can provide a partial answer to the sustainability challenge in some large and medium-size urban areas, where it can mobilize local resources and sustain social dynamism and participation in broad areas of development work.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Manjolo, Ida
Likwelile, Servacius B
Kamagenge, Amadeus M
Mesik, Juraj
Owen, Daniel
author_facet Manjolo, Ida
Likwelile, Servacius B
Kamagenge, Amadeus M
Mesik, Juraj
Owen, Daniel
author_sort Manjolo, Ida
title Community Foundations - The Relevance for Social Funds in Urban Areas : The Tanzania Social Action Fund Experience
title_short Community Foundations - The Relevance for Social Funds in Urban Areas : The Tanzania Social Action Fund Experience
title_full Community Foundations - The Relevance for Social Funds in Urban Areas : The Tanzania Social Action Fund Experience
title_fullStr Community Foundations - The Relevance for Social Funds in Urban Areas : The Tanzania Social Action Fund Experience
title_full_unstemmed Community Foundations - The Relevance for Social Funds in Urban Areas : The Tanzania Social Action Fund Experience
title_sort community foundations - the relevance for social funds in urban areas : the tanzania social action fund experience
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/02/9044774/community-foundations-relevance-social-funds-urban-areas-tanzania-social-action-fund-experience
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