Publication: Increasing the Participation of Afro-Descendants in Bank-Funded Projects in Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama
Date
2005-05
ISSN
Published
2005-05
Author(s)
Stubbs, Josefina
Aoki, Sayo
Abstract
A World Bank's Latin America and
Caribbean Region's portfolio (projects) review was
carried out with the aim of , (i) analyzing the reach of the
Bank's Central America Environmentally and Socially
Sustainable Development (CAESSD) projects in Afro-descendant
areas, and (ii) suggesting recommendations for increasing
Afro-descendent participation in Bank's projects. This
note, presents a brief analysis of the review and makes
recommendation as fallows : use existing participatory
mechanisms to ensure Afro-community participation from
project design and to evaluation; considerable payoff will
arise from investment in capacity building for
Afro-descendants aimed at making participatory mechanisms
function and sustainable; the Bank should consider expanding
the project areas to reach; Afro-descendant communities.
Afro-descendants should be viewed as active partners in
development, and not the objects of development; integrate
development plans of Afro-descendants communities and
organizations at different levels (national, regional, and
local) into Bank-funded projects; ensure the inclusion of
Afro-descendant communities in the areas selected for
projects; and finally, provide support to improve the
gathering of disaggregated data for ethnic groups, including Afro-descendants.
Citation
“Stubbs, Josefina; Aoki, Sayo. 2005. Increasing the Participation of Afro-Descendants in Bank-Funded Projects in Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. en breve; No. 69. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/be8a701b-39d2-5019-9aa0-dc72280a9154 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”