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The Social Impact of Social Funds in Jamaica : A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Participation, Targeting, and Collective Action in Community-Driven Development

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dc.contributor.authorIbáñez, Ana María
dc.contributor.authorRao, Vijayendra
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-31T19:14:45Z
dc.date.available2014-07-31T19:14:45Z
dc.date.issued2003-02
dc.description.abstractThe authors develop an evaluation method that combines qualitative evidence with quantitative survey data analyzed with propensity score methods on matched samples to study the impact of a participatory community-driven social fund on preference targeting, collective action, and community decision-making. The data come from a case study of five pairs of communities in Jamaica where one community in the pair has received funds from the Jamaica social investment fund (JSIF) while the other has not-but has been picked to match the funded community in its social and economic characteristics. The qualitative data reveal that the social fund process is elite-driven and decision-making tends to be dominated by a small group of motivated individuals. But by the end of the project there was broad-based satisfaction with the outcome. The quantitative data from 500 households mirror these findings by showing that ex-ante the social fund does not address the expressed needs of the majority of individuals in the majority of communities. By the end of the construction process, however, 80 percent of the community expressed satisfaction with the outcome. An analysis of the determinants of participation shows that better educated and better networked individuals dominate the process. Propensity score analysis reveals that the JSIF has had a causal impact on improvements in trust and the capacity for collective action, but these gains are greater for elites within the community. Both JSIF and non-JSIF communities are more likely now to make decisions that affect their lives which indicates a broad-based effort to promote participatory development in the country, but JSIF communities do not show higher levels of community-driven decisions than non-JSIF communities. The authors shed light on the complex ways in which community-driven development works inside communities-a process that is deeply imbedded within Jamaica's sociocultural and political context.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2156911/social-impact-social-funds-jamaica-mixed-methods-analysis-participation-targeting-collective-action-community-driven-development
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2970
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/19146
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 2970
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectANTHROPOLOGISTS
dc.subjectAUTHORITY
dc.subjectBASIC SERVICES
dc.subjectBENEFICIARY ASSESSMENT
dc.subjectBENEFICIARY ASSESSMENTS
dc.subjectBROAD CONSULTATION
dc.subjectCAUSAL IMPACT
dc.subjectCITIZENS
dc.subjectCOLLECTIVE ACTION
dc.subjectCOMMUNITIES
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY CENTERS
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY CONSULTATION
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY GROUPS
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY LEADERS
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY LEVEL
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY LIFE
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY MOBILIZATION
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY STRUCTURES
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY SUPPORT
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCONFLICT
dc.subjectCONSULTATION
dc.subjectCRIME
dc.subjectDATA COLLECTION
dc.subjectDECISION MAKING
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC CONDITIONS
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC POLICIES
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFIELD VISITS
dc.subjectFOCUS GROUP
dc.subjectFOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectFOCUS GROUPS
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectIDEAS
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
dc.subjectKEY ACTORS
dc.subjectLEADERSHIP
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectLOCAL COMMUNITY
dc.subjectPARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectPARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISALS
dc.subjectPOLICY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL PARTIES
dc.subjectPOLITICIANS
dc.subjectPRIME MINISTER
dc.subjectPUBLIC GOOD
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subjectSOCIAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectSOCIAL CAPITAL
dc.subjectSOCIAL COHESION
dc.subjectSOCIAL FUNDS
dc.subjectSOCIAL IMPACT
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROBLEMS
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectSOCIETY
dc.subjectTELEVISION
dc.subjectCASE STUDIES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectMETHODOLOGY
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subjectSOCIOCULTURAL ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectNETWORKING ACCESS INITIATIVES
dc.titleThe Social Impact of Social Funds in Jamaica : A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Participation, Targeting, and Collective Action in Community-Driven Developmenten
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okr.crossref.titleThe Social Impact of Social Funds in Jamaica: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Participation, Targeting, and Collective Action in Community-Driven Development
okr.date.disclosure2003-02
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T09:23:34.501616Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
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okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeEducation
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2970
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum2156911
okr.identifier.reportWPS2970
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okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.countryJamaica
okr.sectorHealth and other social services :: Other social services
okr.topicPublic Sector Development::Decentralization
okr.topicSocial Development::Community Development and Empowerment
okr.topicSocial Development::Social Capital
okr.topicEducation::Education and Society
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Public Health Promotion
okr.topicGovernance::Governance Indicators
okr.topicSocial Development::Civil Society
okr.unitOff of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP)
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