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Supporting Communities in Transition : The Impact of the Armenian Social Investment Fund

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dc.contributor.authorChase, Robert S.
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-04T17:26:29Z
dc.date.available2014-03-04T17:26:29Z
dc.date.issued2002-05
dc.description.abstractThe Armenian Social Investment Fund supports communities' efforts to improve local infrastructure during Armenia's economic transition away from central planning, financing community-designed and -implemented projects to rehabilitate primary schools, water systems, and other infrastructure. This article considers the targeting, household impact, and community effects of the social fund's activities. It relies on a nationally representative household survey, oversampled in areas where the social fund was active. Using propensity and pipeline matching techniques to control for community self-selection into the social fund, it evaluates the household effects of rehabilitating schools and water systems. The results show that the social fund reached poor households, particularly in rural areas. Education projects increased households' spending on education significantly and had mild effects on school attendance. Potable water projects increased household access to water and had mild positive effects on health. Communities that completed a social fund project were less likely than the comparison group to complete other local infrastructure projects, suggesting that social capital was expended in these early projects. By contrast, communities that joined the social fund later and had not yet completed their projects took more initiatives not supported by the social fund.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/17741846/supporting-communities-transition-impact-armenian-social-investment-fund-impact-evaluation-social-funds
dc.identifier.citationWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/17204
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/17204
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subjectBENEFICIARY ASSESSMENTS
dc.subjectBIASES
dc.subjectCENTRAL AUTHORITIES
dc.subjectCENTRAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subjectCOMMUNITIES
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY CENTERS
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY PROJECTS
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectEDUCATION LEVELS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectFEMALE
dc.subjectHOMES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectIMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH
dc.subjectINCLUSION
dc.subjectINTERVENTION
dc.subjectINTERVENTIONS
dc.subjectJOBS
dc.subjectREHABILITATION
dc.subjectREHABILITATIONS
dc.subjectROADS
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectSANITATION
dc.subjectSCHOOL SERVICE
dc.subjectSCHOOL SERVICES
dc.subjectSCHOOLS
dc.subjectSOCIAL CAPITAL
dc.subjectSOCIAL FUNDS
dc.subjectSOCIETIES
dc.subjectSOCIETY
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectWASTE
dc.subjectWATER SUPPLY
dc.titleSupporting Communities in Transition : The Impact of the Armenian Social Investment Funden
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.date.disclosure2013-05-22
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-06T11:10:10.035673Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/17741846/supporting-communities-transition-impact-armenian-social-investment-fund-impact-evaluation-social-funds
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
okr.guid519531468208168531
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000333037_20130522110435
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum17741846
okr.identifier.report77390
okr.journal.nbpages219-240
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.administrativeEurope and Central Asia
okr.region.countryArmenia
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Disability
okr.topicSocial Development::Community Development and Empowerment
okr.topicUrban Development::Urban Services to the Poor
okr.topicHousing and Human Habitats
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements::Urban Slums Upgrading
okr.unitS.A. Human Development Sector (SASHD)
okr.volume16(2)
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