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Evaluating Social Funds : A Cross-Country Analysis of Community Investments

dc.contributor.author Rawlings, Laura B.
dc.contributor.author Sherburne-Benz, Lynne
dc.contributor.author van Domelen, Julie
dc.date.accessioned 2013-08-14T16:34:29Z
dc.date.available 2013-08-14T16:34:29Z
dc.date.issued 2004
dc.description.abstract The study seeks to answer four questions that summarize the fundamental issues in the international debate about the capacity of social funds to improve beneficiaries' living conditions: o Do social funds reach poor areas and poor households? Do social funds deliver high-quality, sustainable investments? Do social funds affect living standards? How cost-efficient are social funds and the investments they finance, compared with other delivery mechanisms? The findings and lessons from this research reflect a specific moment in the evolution of six social funds and therefore may not fully predict the future impact of current investments. The evaluation assesses subprojects identified and implemented between 1993 and 1999, a period when longer-term objectives-such as increasing access to and utilization of basic services-began to supplant the funds' original emergency mandates. The time period selected allowed enough elapsed time following the implementation of the social fund subprojects to make measurement of impact and sustainability possible. The evaluation does not consider the effects of social fund projects on employment or on income generation-the original objectives of the first generation of social funds, which were introduced in Latin America. It also does not discuss the effect of social fund investments on capacity building-a more recent emphasis of social funds seeking to assist decentralization and community development. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/2946755/evaluating-social-funds-cross-country-analysis-community-investments
dc.identifier.isbn 0-8213-5062-5
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15057
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries Regional and Sectoral Studies;
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject ACCESS TO SAFE WATER
dc.subject ACCESS TO SERVICES
dc.subject BENEFICIARIES
dc.subject CAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subject CASE STUDIES
dc.subject CASE STUDY
dc.subject CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subject CHILD MORTALITY
dc.subject CLINICS
dc.subject COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject COST ANALYSIS
dc.subject COST RECOVERY
dc.subject COUNTERFACTUAL
dc.subject DATA COLLECTION
dc.subject DATA SOURCES
dc.subject DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
dc.subject DIPHTHERIA
dc.subject DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subject EVALUATING POVERTY
dc.subject EVALUATION RESULTS
dc.subject FACILITY SURVEYS
dc.subject FEASIBILITY STUDIES
dc.subject FINANCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subject GEOGRAPHIC TARGETING
dc.subject GRANT FINANCING
dc.subject GROUP INTERVIEWS
dc.subject HEALTH CARE
dc.subject HEALTH CENTER
dc.subject HEALTH CENTERS
dc.subject HEALTH EFFECTS
dc.subject HEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD ACCESS
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD DATA
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subject HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject IMPACT EVALUATION
dc.subject IMPROVED HEALTH
dc.subject INCOME
dc.subject INCREASED ACCESS
dc.subject INCREASED DEMAND
dc.subject INFANTS
dc.subject INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
dc.subject LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT
dc.subject LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT STUDY
dc.subject LOCAL AUTHORITIES
dc.subject LOCAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject LOCAL SERVICES
dc.subject MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES
dc.subject MANAGERS
dc.subject MEDICINES
dc.subject MORTALITY
dc.subject MORTALITY RATES
dc.subject MUNICIPALITIES
dc.subject NATIONAL POVERTY
dc.subject NATIONAL POVERTY LINE
dc.subject NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE
dc.subject NGO
dc.subject NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject NUTRITION
dc.subject PATIENTS
dc.subject PIPELINE
dc.subject POLICY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subject POOR AREAS
dc.subject POOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subject PORTFOLIOS
dc.subject POVERTY ANALYSIS
dc.subject POVERTY LEVELS
dc.subject POVERTY LINES
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
dc.subject POVERTY TARGETING
dc.subject PRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subject PUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subject QUALITY OF WATER
dc.subject REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES
dc.subject RESEARCH DESIGN
dc.subject RURAL AREAS
dc.subject RURAL WATER
dc.subject SAMPLE SIZE
dc.subject SAMPLE SIZES
dc.subject SANITARY FACILITIES
dc.subject SANITATION SERVICES
dc.subject SCHOOLS
dc.subject SECTOR MINISTRIES
dc.subject SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
dc.subject SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
dc.subject SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject SOCIAL EXPENDITURES
dc.subject SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject SOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subject TARGETING PERFORMANCE
dc.subject TECHNICAL QUALITY
dc.subject TIME FRAME
dc.subject TRADEOFFS
dc.subject URBAN AREAS
dc.subject UTILITIES
dc.subject WATER PROJECTS
dc.subject WATER SUPPLY
dc.subject WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
dc.subject WATER SYSTEMS
dc.subject WILLINGNESS TO PAY
dc.subject WORKERS SOCIAL FUNDS
dc.subject COMMUNITY INVESTMENT
dc.subject CAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subject STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION
dc.subject HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject METHODOLOGY
dc.subject INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
dc.subject HEALTH ISSUES
dc.subject WATER SYSTEMS
dc.subject LATRINES
dc.subject COMMUNITY PRIORITIES
dc.subject MAINTENANCE
dc.subject EDUCATION
dc.subject WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
dc.subject SEWERAGE
dc.subject COST EFFICIENCY
dc.subject METHODOLOGY
dc.subject EDUCATION
dc.subject SANITATION
dc.subject HEALTH CENTERS
dc.subject GENDER ISSUES
dc.subject OWNERSHIP
dc.subject SOCIAL PROGRAMS
dc.title Evaluating Social Funds : A Cross-Country Analysis of Community Investments en
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okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Publication
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Publication
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/2946755/evaluating-social-funds-cross-country-analysis-community-investments
okr.globalpractice Poverty
okr.globalpractice Water
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/978-0-8213-5062-1
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000090341_20040213142553
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 2946755
okr.identifier.report 27834
okr.language.supported en
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okr.peerreview Academic Peer Review
okr.topic Health Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topic Water Supply and Sanitation :: Town Water Supply and Sanitation
okr.topic Environmental Economics and Policies
okr.topic Poverty Monitoring and Analysis
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Poverty Assessment
okr.unit Social Protection Sector (LCSHS)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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