Publication: Community Driven Development and Accountable Local Governance : Some Lessons from the Philippines
Date
2009-10-15
ISSN
Published
2009-10-15
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
This study evaluates the connections
between community-driven development (CDD) and decentralized
local governance, and the need to identify strategies for
operational integration. It aims to deepen the understanding
of how the institutional environment for local governance
interacts with CDD project operations. It gives special
emphasis on the issue of accountability, analyzing how CDD
operations perform in terms of strengthening the capacity of
citizens and civil society to hold local authorities and
public service providers accountable, and the capacity of
the local government to be held accountable. The study
utilizes a two-pronged approach. First, it assesses the
institutional environment for accountability in local
governance. Second, it examines the operations of two major
World Bank-assisted CDD projects in two municipal case study
sites. Given that CDD projects both shape and are shaped by
local governance contexts in which they are embedded, the
study investigates how CDD operations in the Philippines are
affected by and are helping reform local governance
conditions. It is from the analysis of this interface
between CDD operations and local governance conditions that
the study aims to generate policy and operational
recommendations to enhance integration between CDD and local
governance approaches. The analysis of the institutional
environment for accountability in local governance often
found an enabling policy and legal framework in principle,
but severely limiting constraints in practice.
Citation
“World Bank. 2009. Community Driven Development and Accountable Local Governance : Some Lessons from the Philippines. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/6370dd23-61bd-5996-a402-979b635d4765 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”