World Bank2012-08-132012-08-132007-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11167This note emphasizes that Community Foundations present a practical instrument to supplement larger cultural heritage projects and to support the preservation and use of cultural heritage applying community driven development (CDD) approaches. This is relevant especially since while existing World Bank instruments have proven suitable for financing infrastructure projects, including projects that preserve material culture such as historical buildings, structures and landscapes, it is often much more difficult to support preservation and use of small and intangible cultural heritage.CC BY 3.0 IGOADOBEADOBE ­ BUILDINGARTARTISANSBANDBELIEFSCAPACITY BUILDINGCITIESCITIZENSCIVIL SOCIETYCOMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENTCOMMUNITY GROUPSCONTRIBUTIONSCOSTUMESCRAFTCRAFTSCULTURAL ASSETSCULTURAL DIVERSITYCULTURAL ENTERPRISESCULTURAL EVENTSCULTURAL HERITAGECULTURAL HERITAGE PROJECTSCULTURAL HISTORYCULTURAL IDENTITYCULTURAL INITIATIVESCULTURAL ORGANIZATIONSCULTURAL TOURISMCUSTOMSDANCESDECORATIVE ARTSDEVELOPMENT GRANT FACILITYEMPOWERMENTETHNIC GROUPSETHNOGRAPHYEXHIBITIONEXHIBITIONSFESTIVALFESTIVALSFOLKFOLK CRAFTSFOLK MUSICFOLKLOREGRANT-MAKING FOUNDATIONSHERITAGE ACTIVITIESHERITAGE TOURISMHISTORIANSHISTORICAL BUILDINGSHISTORICAL MATERIALSHISTORICAL MONUMENTSINDIGENOUS WOMENINFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTSINSTRUMENTINTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGELANDSCAPESLANGUAGESLITERATURELOCAL CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONSLOCAL GOVERNANCELOCAL GOVERNMENTSLOCAL HISTORYLOCAL OWNERSHIPMEDIEVAL CASTLESMONUMENTMUSEUMMUSEUMSMUSICMUSIC FESTIVALSMUSICALNONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONSPARTICIPATORY GOVERNANCEPOTTERYPRESERVATIONPRIVATE ORGANIZATIONSQUALITY OF LIFERECORDINGREGIONAL ORGANIZATIONSRENOVATIONSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTSONGSTHEATERTOURISMTOURISM INDUSTRYTOURISTSTRADITIONAL ARTSTRADITIONAL CRAFTSTRADITIONAL TECHNIQUESTRADITIONSURBAN DEVELOPMENTWORLD HERITAGEWORLD HERITAGE SITECommunity Foundations : A Tool for Preservation of Cultural HeritageWorld Bank10.1596/11167