The Effectiveness of World Bank Support for Community-Based and -Driven Development An OED Evaluation

by Kumar, Nalini; Vajja, Anju; Pozzoni, Barbara; Woodall, George Garner

• ISBN13: 9780821363904
• ISBN10: 0821363905
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-01
• Publisher: World Bank Publications

Summary

Participatory approaches that involve local communities in their own development have gained substantial support among international donors over the past quarter-century and have become increasingly important in the work of the World Bank. Community participation is an approach to development that can be used with any Bank lending instrument and across sectors. Projects can involve communities in different ways-by sharing information, consulting, collaborating, or empowering them. The process of involving communities in project activities is also expected to contribute in most cases to community capacity enhancement.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Foreword	ix
Executive Summary	xi
Acronyms and Abbreviations	xvii
Origin, Scope, Design, and Methodology of Evaluation	1	(6)
Scope	2	(1)
Design	2	(2)
Methodology	4	(1)
Some Limitations of the Study Design	4	(3)
The CBD/CDD Portfolio	7	(4)
Temporal, Regional, and Sectoral Distribution of the Portfolio	7	(1)
Ways That CBD/CDD Projects Differ from Those in the Non-CBD/CDD Portfolio	7	(4)
Outcome of Bank-Supported CBD/CDD Projects	11	(18)
Outcome Ratings	11	(1)
Relevance	11	(4)
Efficacy	15	(7)
Targeting the Poor Is Not Enough to Reach the Poor	22	(3)
Efficiency	25	(4)
Institutional Enhancement and Sustainability	29	(12)
Institutional Enhancement	29	(7)
Sustainability	36	(5)
Bank Operational Policy Requirements, Processes, and CBD/CDD Interventions	41	(8)
The Bank Has Attempted to Adapt Its Policies to Design and Implement CBD/CDD Projects	41	(4)
Bank Capacity to Ensure Effective Implementation of CBD/CDD Interventions	45	(4)
Conclusions	49	(2)
Recommendations	51	(2)
Annexes	53	(124)
Annex A: Definition of ``Community''	55	(2)
Annex B: Results Chain for World Bank CDD Projects	57	(2)
Annex C: World Bank Guidance on Key Design Principles for CDD	59	(4)
Annex D: Study Framework, Methods, and Instruments	63	(4)
Annex E: The Universe of CBD/CDD Projects and Its Distribution	67	(4)
Annex F: Sample of CBD/CDD and CDD Projects	71	(6)
Annex G: OED Ratings of Completed Projects	77	(4)
Annex H: Focus on CBD/CDD and Related Aspects in Bank and Borrower Strategy	81	(4)
Annex I: Central Government and Local Government Surveys	85	(4)
Annex J: Efficiency	89	(6)
Annex K: Nkayi District Formal and Informal Systems	95	(2)
Annex L: Results of Bank Staff Survey	97	(6)
Annex M: Methodology for Community-Level Data Collection and Analysis	103	(16)
Annex N: Enhancing Community Capacities	119	(22)
Annex O: Poverty Targeting	141	(2)
Annex P: Evidence from Fieldwork on Sustainability	143	(4)
Annex Q: Safeguard Thematic Study: A Summary	147	(4)
Annex R: Advisory Committee Comments	151	(8)
Annex S: Management Response	159	(14)
Annex T: Chairman's Summary: Committee on Development Effectiveness	173	(4)
Endnotes	177	(14)
References	191