The World Bank supports development that improves human welfare and reduces poverty. Achieving this goal requires sustainable economic growth; the development of physical infrastructure, human resources, and institutions; and sound environmental management. In recent years development practitioners have recognized that having stakeholders participate in project selection and design has a number of advantages: it can help reach the poor and other vulnerable groups, strengthen participants' "ownership" of the project, and improve decision-making. Development practitioners also recognize that systematic social analysis can help ensure that projects achieve their objectives, that they are appropriately targeted, that they are acceptable to the intended beneficiaries, and that they are institutionally feasible. Social assessment (SA) supports participation, and is a tool for incorporating social analysis into the Bank's projects and analytical work. SA is the systematic investigation of the social processes and factors that affect the outcomes of development projects. In project work, Bank staff use SA to identify key stakeholders and establish a framework for their participation in the project, to ensure that intended beneficiaries find the project's objectives acceptable, to assess the social impacts of a project and determine how to mitigate any adverse impacts, and to develop the institutional capacity necessary for the project to succeed.
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Document Date
1995/08/01
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Document Type
Brief
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Report Number
27373
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Volume No
1
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Total Volume(s)
1
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2010/07/01
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Doc Name
Social assessment and the Baku water supply project
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Keywords
water supply system;economic and sector work;coping strategy;public water;household survey;alternative water supply;large capital investment;sources of water;cost of care;private sector provider;electricity and communication;monthly water charge;public water system;cost of illness;poor water supply;degrees of participation;government reform agenda;social group;water meter;improved service;social impact;intended beneficiary;social analysis;insufficient water;informal interview;illegal connection;public support;Social Assessment;system improvement;medical expense;health consequence;field work;market economy;process water;housing development;fuel use;telecommunications system;institutional measure;data processing;consumer relation;project reporting;private well;pumping station;foregone income;water distribution;population data;institutional analysis;metering equipment;rapid appraisal;storage tank;cost-effective intervention;non-governmental organization;high share;poor household;contaminated water;fetching water;better-off household;social process;water main;water permit;vulnerable group;project selection;beneficiary assessment;quantitative approach;physical infrastructure;human welfare;qualitative approach;participatory assessment;buying water;water quality;water infrastructure;drilling wells;storage facility;tap water;water conservation;privatization process;water use;supply situation;community intervention;adverse health;
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Social assessment and the Baku water supply project (English). Social Development Notes ; no. 15 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/723861468769298173/Social-assessment-and-the-Baku-water-supply-project