The Effectiveness of World Bank Support for Community-Based and -Driven Development : Safeguard Policy Review
The Safeguards Policy Review is one of two thematic studies, called the effectiveness of World Bank support for community-based and -driven development, (CBD/CDD Study). The study reviewed project appraisal, supervision, and completion documents fo...
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| Format: | Evaluation |
| Language: | English English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/785161468314078895/The-effectiveness-of-World-Bank-support-for-community-based-and-driven-development-background-paper-safeguard-policy-review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36709 |
| Summary: | The Safeguards Policy Review is one of
two thematic studies, called the effectiveness of World Bank
support for community-based and -driven development,
(CBD/CDD Study). The study reviewed project appraisal,
supervision, and completion documents for a sample of 84
projects to assess their compliance with the Bank's
safeguard policies. A further review of the design and
implementation experience of the same sample of CBD/CDD
projects was done to help identify challenges CBD/CDD
operations face in applying the Bank's safeguards and
assess the extent to which the interventions complied with
safeguard requirements. Four broad themes emerge from the
analysis: (a) although there has been clear improvement,
safeguard compliance in CBD/CDD projects does not yet fully
meet Bank standards; (b) while quality at entry needs
improvement, safeguards compliance during implementation
warrants much greater attention by the Bank and borrowers,
and may indicate the need for greater allocation of
supervision resources; (c) gaps in the compliance system may
be leading to significant environmental and social impacts,
which may not be caught by the monitoring and reporting
systems typically used; and (d) the Bank appears to have
particular difficulty in ensuring safeguard compliance in
its largest borrowers. |
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