Kuehnast, Kathleen2012-08-132012-08-132001-03Social development notes. -- Note no. 51 (March 2001)https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11390The Rural Poverty Alleviation Program in Northeast Brazil uses an integrated approach to social and economic analysis in tackling poverty at the community level. Key to the success of this program is the use of economic and social indicators to monitor changes in the community. The reform process encourages the empowerment of the poor and the development of social capital. Those who formerly were socially excluded are now directly involved in institutional development at the local level. Such community-oriented projects encourage new alliances and enable the development of more innovative ways to improve the lives of the rural poor. The components of success in this project are: Community-based empowerment, poverty-targeting mechanisms, decentralization of fiscal and investment decision making from Federal to state and local governments, stakeholder participation, technical assistance and training for beneficiaries, transparency of funding process, an integrated monitoring and evaluation system, and technical assistance and training for beneficiaries, and supervision quality enhanced through a highly effective Management Information System.CC BY 3.0 IGOPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONEMPOWERMENTCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONPOVERTY TARGETED PROGRAMSSTAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATIONDECENTRALIZATION IN GOVERNMENTLOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATIONFISCAL ADMINISTRATIONDISBURSEMENTSTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETRAININGBUDGETARY PROCESSBUDGETARY RESOURCESMONITORING & EVALUATIONSUPERVISION SYSTEMSMANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS ACCOUNTABILITYBUREAUCRACYCOMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONSCOMMUNITY BUILDINGSCOMMUNITY LEVELCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCOMMUNITY SUBPROJECTSCORRUPTIONDECISIONMAKINGDEVELOPMENT NETWORKECONOMIC ANALYSISECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTEXTREME POVERTYFINANCIAL RESOURCESFLOW OF FUNDSFORMAL INSTITUTIONSHEALTH CONDITIONSINCOMEINFANT MORTALITYINSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTSINSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTLOCAL COMMUNITIESLOCAL LEVELMEDICAL COSTSNATURAL RESOURCE BASEOPPORTUNITY COSTSPOLITICAL SUPPORTPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRODUCTIVITYPUBLIC AGENCIESREDUCING POVERTYRURAL AREASRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL POORRURAL POPULATIONRURAL POVERTYSAVINGSSOCIAL CAPITALSOCIAL CONDITIONSSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL INCLUSIONSOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURESUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTACKLING POVERTYTASK TEAM LEADERSTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETRANSPARENCYUNEMPLOYMENTWATER SUPPLYWorld Bank10.1596/11390