Binswanger-Mkhize, Hans P.de Regt, Jacomina P.Spector, Stephen2017-09-082017-09-082009-02https://hdl.handle.net/10986/28252Local and Community Driven Development (LCDD) is an approach that gives control of development decisions and resources to community groups and representative local governments. Poor communities receive funds, decide on their use, plan and execute the chosen local projects, and monitor the provision of services that result from it. It improves not just incomes but people's empowerment and governance capacity, the lack of which is a form of poverty as well. LCDD operations have demonstrated effectiveness at delivering results and have received substantial support from the World Bank. Since the start of this decade, our lending for LCDD has averaged around US$2 billion per year. Through its support to local and community-driven programs, the Bank has financed services such as water supply and sanitation, health services, schools that are tailored to community needs and likely to be maintained and sustainable, nutrition programs for mothers and infants, the building of rural access roads, and support for livelihoods and micro enterprise. This eBook brings together the thoughts and experiences of many of the leading proponents and practitioners of LCDD, a phrase that evolved from Community-Driven Development, and most clearly describes the process of empowering communities and their local governments so they drive economic and social development upwards and outwards. This, too many, appears as a new paradigm, though it has actually evolved over the decades, since it emerged from India in the 1950s. While many LCDD projects have taken root, the key challenge now is how such islands of success, that is, the discrete LCDD projects, can be scaled up into sustainable national programs that build skills in decision-making, management, and governance.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMSACCOUNTINGACTION PLANAGRICULTUREALLOCATION OF RESPONSIBILITIESASSISTANCE STRATEGYAUDITSAUTONOMYBROAD RANGE OF ACTIVITIESBROAD RANGE OF STAKEHOLDERSCAPCAPACITY BUILDINGCAPITALSCENTRAL GOVERNMENTSCITIZENSCIVIL SOCIETYCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONSCLINICSCOMMUNITY ACTIONCOMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONSCOMMUNITY CAPACITYCOMMUNITY CONSULTATIONCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTSCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORKERSCOMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENTCOMMUNITY EMPOWERMENTCOMMUNITY GROUPSCOMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTCOMMUNITY LEADERSCOMMUNITY LEVELCOMMUNITY MANAGEMENTCOMMUNITY MEMBERSCOMMUNITY OWNERSHIPCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCOMMUNITY PROJECTSCOMMUNITY ROLESCOMMUNITY STRUCTURECOMMUNITY SUBPROJECTSCOMMUNITY SUPPORTCOMMUNITY WATER SUPPLYCOMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENTCONSOLIDATIONCONTRIBUTIONSDEBTDECONCENTRATIONDESCRIPTIONDEVELOPMENT AGENDASDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDEVELOPMENT COMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT PROCESSDEVOLUTIONDIRECT FINANCINGDISTRICT OFFICIALSDISTRICTSECONOMIC CONDITIONSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTEMPLOYMENTEMPOWERMENTFACILITATORSFIELD TESTINGFINANCESFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTFINANCIAL REFORMFISCAL CONDITIONSGOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONSGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSHEALTH EXPENDITURESHEALTH SERVICESHOUSINGHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORKINFLATIONINHABITANTSINSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTINSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKINTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENTIRRIGATION ASSOCIATIONSLABOR MARKETLAND USELESSONS LEARNEDLOCAL COMMUNITIESLOCAL DEVELOPMENTLOCAL GOVERNANCELOCAL GOVERNMENTLOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONSLOCAL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURESLOCAL GOVERNMENTSLOCAL INSTITUTIONSLOCAL LANGUAGESLOCAL PEOPLELOCALITIESMARGINALIZED GROUPSMICROFINANCEMINISTRIES OF FINANCEMUNICIPALITIESNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTNATIONAL GOVERNMENTSNATIONAL POLICYNEIGHBORHOODSNGONONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSNUTRITIONORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHOUTREACHPANCHAYATSPARTICIPATION OF COMMUNITIESPARTICIPATORY APPROACHESPARTICIPATORY ASSESSMENTPARTICIPATORY PROCESSESPILOT PROJECTSPOLICY DIALOGUEPOLITICAL DECENTRALIZATIONPOLITICAL OPPOSITIONPOLITICAL SUPPORTPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRIVATE SECTORPROCUREMENTPROCUREMENT PROCEDURESPROJECT EVALUATIONPROJECT IMPLEMENTATIONPUBLIC PARTICIPATIONPUBLIC SERVICE PROVISIONREGIONAL DEVELOPMENTRESOURCE ALLOCATIONROADSRURAL AREASRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL PEOPLESAFETYSAVINGSSLUMSSOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITYSOCIAL ACTIONSOCIAL CAPITALSOCIAL COHESIONSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTSOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSSOCIAL FUNDSSOCIAL INCLUSIONSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL SAFETY NETSSTAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATIONSUSTAINABILITYSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTARGETED PROGRAMSTRAINING COURSESTRUST FUNDSURBAN AREASURBAN SERVICESVILLAGE LEVELVILLAGESWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/28252