From Social Funds to Local Governance and Social Inclusion Programs : A Prospective Review from the ECA Region
The role and relevance of Social Funds/Community-Driven Development (SF/CDD) have been highly debated in the international development community. This debate is particularly relevant in the Europe andCentral Asia (ECA) region. Since the first socia...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/878381486646657189/From-social-funds-to-local-governance-and-social-inclusion-programs-a-prospective-review-from-the-ECA-region http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26131 |
| Summary: | The role and relevance of Social
Funds/Community-Driven Development (SF/CDD) have been highly
debated in the international development community. This
debate is particularly relevant in the Europe andCentral
Asia (ECA) region. Since the first social fund was created
in 1993 in Albania, governments and donors have actively
supported Social Funds in the Region as instrumentsto deal
with a range of issues, from inadequate access to services,
to local infrastructure provision, to social exclusion. The
circumstances under which most Social Funds were created
have changed significantly. The main objective of this
report is to provide guidance toECA management and client
governments on two questions: (i) Is the social fund
instrument still relevant in the ECA region? Under what
conditions? (ii) What are the future implications in terms
ofcontinuation, transformation, and exit options under
different country scenarios? The study gathered information
from a universe of 16 SFs. Main data sources included bank
documents; literature review; a questionnaire of social
funds; short field trips to several countries (Georgia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine); and
interviews with Task Team Leaders (TTLs). |
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