Working Together for a Change: Government, Business, and Civic Partnerships for Poverty Reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean

by Fiszbein, Ariel; Lowden, Pamela

• ISBN13: 9780821343395
• ISBN10: 0821343394
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: World Bank

Summary

The Economic Development Institute (EDI), in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Inter-American Foundation, launched the Partnerships for Poverty Reduction program in six countries in Latin America and the Caribbean-as part of the Bank's Mission "to fight poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results." The program sought to promote the adoption of an approach to poverty reduction that relies on partnerships among local, regional, and central governments, other public sector agencies, nongovernmental organizations, private sector companies and other civic organizations. This publication is a result of these collaborative efforts. It contains a powerful message about partnerships with the state, civil society and business: these partnerships have the potential of becoming the basis of an approach to poverty reduction that replaces old and failed paradigms in the region.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	1	(14)
What Are Partnerships?	4	(1)
Why Are Partnerships Emerging as a New Development Alternative?	5	(4)
Partnerships and Social Capital	9	(6)
A Partnership-Based Approach to Poverty Reduction: An Empirical Exploration	15	(32)
Bringing New Resources to Poverty Reduction	16	(7)
Quantitative and Qualitative Productivity Gains in Output Through Complementarities and Synergies	23	(3)
Improvement of Social Services: Eduction, Health, and Nutrition	26	(5)
Creating New Assets Through Partnerships	31	(12)
Conclusions	43	(4)
The Enabling Environment for Partnerships: What Is Helping and What Is Hindering?	47	(38)
Making the State an Honest Partner	48	(12)
Bringing in Business as a Partner for Poverty Reduction	60	(9)
Participation as Partnership: Civil Society as Actor and Subject of Poverty Reduction	69	(9)
Preliminary Conclusions	78	(7)
Conclusions	85	(14)
Summary of Key Points	85	(5)
Scaling-up: From the Micro to the Macro	90	(2)
An Emerging Research Agenda	92	(3)
Toward a New Paradigm for Poverty Reduction?	95	(4)
Annex 1: Summaries of Selected Case Studies	99	(50)
Annex 2: Basic Information on the Selected Case Studies	149	(4)
Annex 3: Further Information on the Partnerships for Poverty Reduction Program: Methodology, Collaborating Partners, Case Studies, and Web Page	153	(8)
Bibliography	161	(4)
Abbreviations and Acronyms	165