Social Assessment and the Baku Water Supply Project

Social Assessment and the Baku Water Supply Project

The World Bank supports development that improves human welfare and reduces poverty. Achieving this goal requires sustainable economic growth; the development of physical infrastructure, human resources, and institutions; and sound environmental ma...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ADVERSE EFFECTS
CONSUMER RELATIONS
CONTAMINATED WATER
COST RECOVERY
EXPENDITURES
HOUSEHOLDS
INCOME
LOCAL WATER
MEDICAL EXPENSES
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
PERMITS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC WATER
PUMPING
PUMPING STATIONS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
SCIENCES
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
WATER CONSERVATION
WATER DEPARTMENT
WATER DISTRIBUTION
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
WATER MAINS
WATER METERS
WATER PRESSURE
WATER QUALITY
WATER SERVICE
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
WATER SYSTEM
WATER USE
WELLS SOCIAL ASSESSMENT
WELFARE ACTIVITIES
POVERTY REDUCTION OBJECTIVES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
STAKEHOLDERS
PROJECT SELECTION
VULNERABLE GROUPS
OWNERSHIP
DECISION MAKING PROCESSES
SOCIAL ANALYSIS
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1995/08/2822750/social-assessment-baku-water-supply-project
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11656
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Summary:The World Bank supports development that improves human welfare and reduces poverty. Achieving this goal requires sustainable economic growth; the development of physical infrastructure, human resources, and institutions; and sound environmental management. In recent years development practitioners have recognized that having stakeholders participate in project selection and design has a number of advantages: it can help reach the poor and other vulnerable groups, strengthen participants' "ownership" of the project, and improve decision-making. Development practitioners also recognize that systematic social analysis can help ensure that projects achieve their objectives, that they are appropriately targeted, that they are acceptable to the intended beneficiaries, and that they are institutionally feasible. Social assessment (SA) supports participation, and is a tool for incorporating social analysis into the Bank's projects and analytical work. SA is the systematic investigation of the social processes and factors that affect the outcomes of development projects. In project work, Bank staff use SA to identify key stakeholders and establish a framework for their participation in the project, to ensure that intended beneficiaries find the project's objectives acceptable, to assess the social impacts of a project and determine how to mitigate any adverse impacts, and to develop the institutional capacity necessary for the project to succeed.

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