The National Solidarity Program : Assessing the Effects of Community-Driven Development in Afghanistan

Over the past two decades, community-based approaches to project delivery have become a popular means for governments and development agencies to improve the alignment of projects with the needs of rural communities and increase the participation o...

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Main Authors:	Beath, Andrew, Christia, Fotini, Enikolopov, Ruben
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	COMMUNITIES NGO VILLAGES POLITICS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES INCOME INTEREST AID ALLOCATION DATA SOURCES PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES DATA COLLECTION RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROGRAMS WATER SUPPLY SERVICES MONITORING LOCAL GOVERNANCE VILLAGE LEADERSHIP IMPACTS HEALTH ELECTORAL RULES PROJECTS PROJECT PLANNING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT QUALITY PROGRAM IMPACTS INSTRUMENTS PLANS POVERTY REDUCTION LITERACY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY COMMUNITY MEMBERS INSTITUTIONS GOVERNANCE QUALITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOCAL KNOWLEDGE TRAINING TRANSPORT INTERVENTION VILLAGE CHARACTERISTICS IMPACT EVALUATION DEMOCRACY MOBILITY PARTICIPATORY PLANNING PRODUCTIVITY MIGRATION SCHOOL CURRICULUM CRITERIA DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS MARKETS HOUSEHOLD INCOME INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOVERNANCE INDICATORS LEARNING INDICATORS RESEARCH INCOME LEVELS LABOR SOCIAL INDICATORS SERVICE DELIVERY GRANTS INTERNATIONAL AID INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN CONSULTATION PROCESS TECHNOLOGY RURAL COMMUNITIES ACCOUNTABILITY OUTCOME INDICATORS SCIENCE QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION GOVERNANCE ISSUES CONTROL GROUPS DESCRIPTION PARTICIPATION VALUE CRIMES GENDER BANK PROJECT MONITORING HOUSEHOLD MANDATES YOUTH DECISION MAKING BLOCK GRANTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS LOCAL INSTITUTIONS SURVEYS POLICY CITIZENS GOVERNANCE TAXATION LAND SECURITY VILLAGE LEVEL LOCAL COMMUNITIES STATISTICS EVALUATION RISK HOUSEHOLDS AFFILIATE SOCIAL OUTCOMES RURAL AREAS POVERTY LOCAL PARTICIPATION INCIDENCE OF POVERTY SOCIAL COHESION REVENUE FACILITIES FUNDING INTERVENTIONS LIVELIHOODS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATORY APPROACH SOCIAL CHANGE COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE COLLECTIVE ACTION GOVERNMENTS OUTCOMES RURAL DEVELOPMENT CIVIL SERVICE FEMALE HEALTH SERVICES POLITICAL PARTICIPATION SERVICE DISTRICTS DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CONSOLIDATION GROWTH
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spelling	okr-10986-226532021-04-23T14:04:10Z The National Solidarity Program : Assessing the Effects of Community-Driven Development in Afghanistan Beath, Andrew Christia, Fotini Enikolopov, Ruben COMMUNITIES NGO VILLAGES POLITICS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES INCOME INTEREST AID ALLOCATION DATA SOURCES PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES DATA COLLECTION RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROGRAMS WATER SUPPLY SERVICES MONITORING LOCAL GOVERNANCE VILLAGE LEADERSHIP IMPACTS HEALTH ELECTORAL RULES PROJECTS PROJECT PLANNING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT QUALITY PROGRAM IMPACTS INSTRUMENTS PLANS POVERTY REDUCTION LITERACY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY COMMUNITY MEMBERS INSTITUTIONS GOVERNANCE QUALITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOCAL KNOWLEDGE TRAINING TRANSPORT INTERVENTION VILLAGE CHARACTERISTICS IMPACT EVALUATION DEMOCRACY MOBILITY PARTICIPATORY PLANNING PRODUCTIVITY MIGRATION SCHOOL CURRICULUM CRITERIA DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS MARKETS HOUSEHOLD INCOME INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOVERNANCE INDICATORS LEARNING INDICATORS RESEARCH INCOME LEVELS LABOR SOCIAL INDICATORS SERVICE DELIVERY GRANTS INTERNATIONAL AID INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN CONSULTATION PROCESS TECHNOLOGY RURAL COMMUNITIES ACCOUNTABILITY OUTCOME INDICATORS SCIENCE QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION GOVERNANCE ISSUES CONTROL GROUPS DESCRIPTION PARTICIPATION VALUE CRIMES GENDER BANK PROJECT MONITORING HOUSEHOLD MANDATES YOUTH DECISION MAKING BLOCK GRANTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS LOCAL INSTITUTIONS SURVEYS POLICY CITIZENS GOVERNANCE TAXATION LAND SECURITY VILLAGE LEVEL LOCAL COMMUNITIES STATISTICS EVALUATION RISK HOUSEHOLDS AFFILIATE SOCIAL OUTCOMES RURAL AREAS POVERTY LOCAL PARTICIPATION INCIDENCE OF POVERTY SOCIAL COHESION REVENUE FACILITIES FUNDING INTERVENTIONS LIVELIHOODS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATORY APPROACH SOCIAL CHANGE COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE COLLECTIVE ACTION GOVERNMENTS OUTCOMES RURAL DEVELOPMENT CIVIL SERVICE FEMALE HEALTH SERVICES POLITICAL PARTICIPATION SERVICE DISTRICTS DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CONSOLIDATION GROWTH Over the past two decades, community-based approaches to project delivery have become a popular means for governments and development agencies to improve the alignment of projects with the needs of rural communities and increase the participation of villagers in project design and implementation. This paper briefly summarizes the results of an impact evaluation of the National Solidarity Program, a community-driven development program in Afghanistan that created democratically elected community development councils and funded small-scale development projects. Using a randomized controlled trial across 500 villages, the evaluation finds that the National Solidarity Program had a positive effect on access to drinking water and electricity, acceptance of democratic processes, perceptions of economic wellbeing, and attitudes toward women. Effects on perceptions of local and national government performance and material economic outcomes were, however, more limited or short-lived. 2015-09-23T13:50:16Z 2015-09-23T13:50:16Z 2015-09 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/09/25064958/national-solidarity-program-assessing-effects-community-driven-development-afghanistan-infrastructure-investment-demands-emerging-markets-developing-economies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22653 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7415 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia Afghanistan
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topic	COMMUNITIES NGO VILLAGES POLITICS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES INCOME INTEREST AID ALLOCATION DATA SOURCES PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES DATA COLLECTION RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROGRAMS WATER SUPPLY SERVICES MONITORING LOCAL GOVERNANCE VILLAGE LEADERSHIP IMPACTS HEALTH ELECTORAL RULES PROJECTS PROJECT PLANNING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT QUALITY PROGRAM IMPACTS INSTRUMENTS PLANS POVERTY REDUCTION LITERACY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY COMMUNITY MEMBERS INSTITUTIONS GOVERNANCE QUALITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOCAL KNOWLEDGE TRAINING TRANSPORT INTERVENTION VILLAGE CHARACTERISTICS IMPACT EVALUATION DEMOCRACY MOBILITY PARTICIPATORY PLANNING PRODUCTIVITY MIGRATION SCHOOL CURRICULUM CRITERIA DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS MARKETS HOUSEHOLD INCOME INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOVERNANCE INDICATORS LEARNING INDICATORS RESEARCH INCOME LEVELS LABOR SOCIAL INDICATORS SERVICE DELIVERY GRANTS INTERNATIONAL AID INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN CONSULTATION PROCESS TECHNOLOGY RURAL COMMUNITIES ACCOUNTABILITY OUTCOME INDICATORS SCIENCE QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION GOVERNANCE ISSUES CONTROL GROUPS DESCRIPTION PARTICIPATION VALUE CRIMES GENDER BANK PROJECT MONITORING HOUSEHOLD MANDATES YOUTH DECISION MAKING BLOCK GRANTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS LOCAL INSTITUTIONS SURVEYS POLICY CITIZENS GOVERNANCE TAXATION LAND SECURITY VILLAGE LEVEL LOCAL COMMUNITIES STATISTICS EVALUATION RISK HOUSEHOLDS AFFILIATE SOCIAL OUTCOMES RURAL AREAS POVERTY LOCAL PARTICIPATION INCIDENCE OF POVERTY SOCIAL COHESION REVENUE FACILITIES FUNDING INTERVENTIONS LIVELIHOODS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATORY APPROACH SOCIAL CHANGE COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE COLLECTIVE ACTION GOVERNMENTS OUTCOMES RURAL DEVELOPMENT CIVIL SERVICE FEMALE HEALTH SERVICES POLITICAL PARTICIPATION SERVICE DISTRICTS DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CONSOLIDATION GROWTH
spellingShingle	COMMUNITIES NGO VILLAGES POLITICS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES INCOME INTEREST AID ALLOCATION DATA SOURCES PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES DATA COLLECTION RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROGRAMS WATER SUPPLY SERVICES MONITORING LOCAL GOVERNANCE VILLAGE LEADERSHIP IMPACTS HEALTH ELECTORAL RULES PROJECTS PROJECT PLANNING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT QUALITY PROGRAM IMPACTS INSTRUMENTS PLANS POVERTY REDUCTION LITERACY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY COMMUNITY MEMBERS INSTITUTIONS GOVERNANCE QUALITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOCAL KNOWLEDGE TRAINING TRANSPORT INTERVENTION VILLAGE CHARACTERISTICS IMPACT EVALUATION DEMOCRACY MOBILITY PARTICIPATORY PLANNING PRODUCTIVITY MIGRATION SCHOOL CURRICULUM CRITERIA DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS MARKETS HOUSEHOLD INCOME INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOVERNANCE INDICATORS LEARNING INDICATORS RESEARCH INCOME LEVELS LABOR SOCIAL INDICATORS SERVICE DELIVERY GRANTS INTERNATIONAL AID INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN CONSULTATION PROCESS TECHNOLOGY RURAL COMMUNITIES ACCOUNTABILITY OUTCOME INDICATORS SCIENCE QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION GOVERNANCE ISSUES CONTROL GROUPS DESCRIPTION PARTICIPATION VALUE CRIMES GENDER BANK PROJECT MONITORING HOUSEHOLD MANDATES YOUTH DECISION MAKING BLOCK GRANTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS LOCAL INSTITUTIONS SURVEYS POLICY CITIZENS GOVERNANCE TAXATION LAND SECURITY VILLAGE LEVEL LOCAL COMMUNITIES STATISTICS EVALUATION RISK HOUSEHOLDS AFFILIATE SOCIAL OUTCOMES RURAL AREAS POVERTY LOCAL PARTICIPATION INCIDENCE OF POVERTY SOCIAL COHESION REVENUE FACILITIES FUNDING INTERVENTIONS LIVELIHOODS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATORY APPROACH SOCIAL CHANGE COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE COLLECTIVE ACTION GOVERNMENTS OUTCOMES RURAL DEVELOPMENT CIVIL SERVICE FEMALE HEALTH SERVICES POLITICAL PARTICIPATION SERVICE DISTRICTS DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CONSOLIDATION GROWTH Beath, Andrew Christia, Fotini Enikolopov, Ruben The National Solidarity Program : Assessing the Effects of Community-Driven Development in Afghanistan
geographic_facet	South Asia Afghanistan
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7415
description	Over the past two decades, community-based approaches to project delivery have become a popular means for governments and development agencies to improve the alignment of projects with the needs of rural communities and increase the participation of villagers in project design and implementation. This paper briefly summarizes the results of an impact evaluation of the National Solidarity Program, a community-driven development program in Afghanistan that created democratically elected community development councils and funded small-scale development projects. Using a randomized controlled trial across 500 villages, the evaluation finds that the National Solidarity Program had a positive effect on access to drinking water and electricity, acceptance of democratic processes, perceptions of economic wellbeing, and attitudes toward women. Effects on perceptions of local and national government performance and material economic outcomes were, however, more limited or short-lived.
format	Working Paper
author	Beath, Andrew Christia, Fotini Enikolopov, Ruben
author_facet	Beath, Andrew Christia, Fotini Enikolopov, Ruben
author_sort	Beath, Andrew
title	The National Solidarity Program : Assessing the Effects of Community-Driven Development in Afghanistan
title_short	The National Solidarity Program : Assessing the Effects of Community-Driven Development in Afghanistan
title_full	The National Solidarity Program : Assessing the Effects of Community-Driven Development in Afghanistan
title_fullStr	The National Solidarity Program : Assessing the Effects of Community-Driven Development in Afghanistan
title_full_unstemmed	The National Solidarity Program : Assessing the Effects of Community-Driven Development in Afghanistan
title_sort	national solidarity program : assessing the effects of community-driven development in afghanistan
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2015
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/09/25064958/national-solidarity-program-assessing-effects-community-driven-development-afghanistan-infrastructure-investment-demands-emerging-markets-developing-economies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22653
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