Publication: Lessons from Africa's Social Funds, Public Works and Employment Projects
Date
1998-11
ISSN
Published
1998-11
Author(s)
Frigenti, Laura
Harth, Alberto
Huque, Rumana
Abstract
The note focuses on the review of
"Local solutions to regional problems: the growth of
social funds and public works, and employment projects in
Sub-Saharan Africa", which compares, and draws lessons
from the African experience. It highlights three social
funds in Zambia, Eritrea and Angola, and three urban works
projects in Senegal, Benin, and Mauritania, and provides
stakeholder views: it reports high impact on employment,
income, and local capacity building; improved coordination
between service providers; weak consideration to the
sustainability of micro-projects; and, participatory
inadequacies, at the expense of long-term sustainability.
The note implies the greatest challenge these operations
face, is the reconciliation of short-term, and long-term
goals, and, beneficiary participation, and ownership should
be key to social funds project design, with appropriate
technical standards in design, construction, and supervision
for micro-projects sustainability.
Citation
“Frigenti, Laura; Harth, Alberto; Huque, Rumana. 1998. Lessons from Africa's Social Funds, Public Works and Employment Projects. Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 122. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/efebb4a7-e048-5a9a-a54c-b9edabebb55e License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”