Civil Society in Latin America
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Region: Latin America and Caribbean
Description: The LAC civil society program promotes opportunities for enhanced dialogue between government, civil society organizations and the private sector, at the national and local levels, in an effort to harness diverse resources and expertise and create the partnerships and synergies required to address the challenge of inclusion in Latin America.[Back to top] Community Driven Development
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Description: CDD is broadly defined as giving control of decisions and resources to community groups. CDD frameworks link participation, community management of resources, good governance and decentralization. The goals of community driven development are to promote security, opportunity and empowerment by: (i) strengthening accountable, inclusive community groups; (ii) supporting broad-based participation by poor people in the strategies and decisions that affect them; (iii) facilitating access to information and linkages to the market; and (iv) improving governance, institutions and policies so that local and central governments and service providers, including NGOs and the private sector, respond to community demand. This website offers information on project preparation and implementation, policy and strategy, training, evaluations and a series of case studies.[Back to top] Community Empowerment and Social Inclusion
worldbank.org/wbi/communityempowerment/ Source: The World Bank
Description: The World Bank Institute's Community Empowerment and Social Inclusion Learning Program (CESI) is an Institute-wide, cross-thematic program designed to: share knowledge among decision makers about principles and strategies for inclusive community-driven development, civic engagement and public participation and to help prepare community groups to drive their own development. The CESI program is constructed around 13 key learning modules that can be combined for flexible use to meet the needs of targeted audiences. [Back to top] Decentralization Net
www1.worldbank.org/publicsector/decentralization/ Source: The World Bank
Description: Decentralization, a set of policies that encompasses fiscal, political, and administrative changes, can impact virtually all aspects of development. The structure of intergovernmental relations affects everything from the efficiency
The notes found under each topic in the website are designed to highlight the broad range of issues that need to be considered with regard to decentralization. They are intended to provide brief overviews of the many different aspects of decentralization and summarize key issues that need to be considered by practitioners.
[Back to top] E-Government
www1.worldbank.org/publicsector/egov/ Source: The World Bank
Description: This site focuses on e-government in developing countries. Case studies are presented as a source of ideas and learning. Each follows a common structure, assessing government strategies and experience with e-government tools. Related Sites:Empowerment through information Information is a critical ingredient for development. The more information that the poor possess, the greater their sense of empowerment. Empowered citizens can more readily hold governments accountable. With greater information the poor also are better able to organize and take actions to improve their qualtiy of life. [Back to top] Enterprise Development Impact Assessment Information Service (EDIAIS)
www.enterprise-impact.org.uk/ Description: The Enterprise Development Impact Assessment Information Service (EDIAIS) is funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and jointly managed by the Institute for Development Policy and Management at the University of Manchester and Women in Sustainable Enterprise (WISE) Development Ltd. The purpose of the project is to provide information, handle enquiries and facilitate networking, discussion and information exchange on innovative methods of assessing the impact of projects and programmes which focus on developing micro-, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) in developing and transitional countries. The web site includes papers on assessing the impact of different types of enterprise development projects, impact assessment tools and methods and case studies. The monthly newsletter, Enterprise Impact News is available online as are details of the EDIAIS e-mail discussion list and the EDIAIS bibliography. There is an extensive list of links to other related sites.[Back to top] Human Rights & Sustainable Development: What Role for the Bank?
lnweb18.worldbank.org/essd/essd.nsf/SocialDevelopment/HR&SD-ExecSum Source: The World Bank
Description: As part of the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Network's (ESSD) Sustainable Development Month, a workshop entitled "Human Rights and Sustainable Development: What Role for the Bank?" gave on May 2, 2002 World Bank staff the opportunity to explore the role of human rights in the Bank's work. This historic one-day Bank learning event attracted over 100 staff from across the Bank to join in an open dialogue on human rights. [Back to top] Illuminating Development
www.worldbank.org/illuminate/ Source: The World Bank
Description: What Does Development Look Like? We asked local photographers from 16 countries to provide a visual sense of the impact of development on the lives of ordinary people. From the resulting collection of 1,800 images, we chose 60 photos from Africa, East Asia, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America, Middle East and North Africa, and South Asia representing the theme of empowerment.[Back to top] Participation
www.worldbank.org/participation/ Source: The World Bank
Description: The Participation Thematic Team promotes methods and approaches that encourage the involvement of various stakeholders, especially the poor, in development initiatives that affect them.[Back to top] Rural Producers Organizations
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Description: Seventy-five percent of the world's poor live in rural areas and agriculture or agriculture-related activities are their primary income source. Rural producer organizations contribute to food security, making marketable goods available. They also contribute to natural resource management and biodiversity conservation. They both preserve local cultural heritage and contribute to economic development by building profitable businesses on traditional know-how. This web site aims to share information and experience among people and institutions committed to building the capacity of Rural Producer Organizations as key economic stakeholders in the fight to reduce rural poverty. [Back to top] Small and Medium Enterprise
www.ifc.org/sme/ Source: The World Bank
Description: The World Bank Group’s Small and Medium Enterprise Department combines the market perspective of the International Finance Corporation with the policy expertise of the World Bank to promote local small business growth in developing nations. These merged capabilities create a powerful synergy and underscore a strategic commitment to improving lives by creating opportunities in small business. To meet this challenge, the department has identified a four-part approach to its SME work: better business environments, technical assistance and capacity building, access to capital, and access to information technology.
[Back to top] Social Analysis
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Description: Social analysis enables the World Bank to assess whether a proposed program or operation is likely to meet its social objectives and to recommend measures that will ensure that these objectives are met. This involves examining the project's socio-cultural, institutional, historical and political context, and stakeholder views and priorities, and including as many relevant stakeholders as feasible in the project cycle. Good social analysis can thus broaden social support for economic and social development. This website features the Social Analysis Sourcebook, information on the Poverty and Social Impact Analysis framework, case studies and additional tools and methods.[Back to top]
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