Documents & Reports
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Design and implementation of public works programs through social funds (English)
Social funds (SFs) aim to alleviate poverty by creating and upgrading social and economic infrastructure, promoting income-generating activities, and supporting the development of civil society and social...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 54968 Document Date: June 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Costella,Cecilia Valentina,Manjolo,Ida
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Microinsurance : extending pro-poor risk management through the social fund platform (English)
Microinsurance (MI) can be an effective complement to existing menus of social protection programs. A flexible and powerful instrument, MI reduces vulnerability and mitigates the negative effects of external...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 46307 Document Date: October 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Maleika, Marc, Kuriakose, Anne T.
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Community Foundations - the relevance for social funds in urban areas : the Tanzania social action fund experience (English)
This newsletter concerns the relevance for social funds in Urban Areas. Social funds face a common challenge of sustaining the community capacities that are built and investments that are supported beyond...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 42738 Document Date: February 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kamagenge , Amadeus M,Likwelile,Servacius B.,Manjolo,Ida,Mesik,Juraj,Owen,Daniel P.
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Sierra Leone - The road to recovery : results from a beneficiary impact assessment (English)
This note explores how a community-driven approach has successfully made inroads in Sierra Leone, a country racked by internal violence and without a tradition of widespread civic participation. By mobilizing...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 53509 Document Date: June 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sum,June-Wei,Hackett,Julie Diane
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A story of social and economic empowerment : the evolution of "community professionals" in Sri Lanka (English)
This note explores the critical and innovative role played by 'community professionals' in the village self help learning initiative and Gemi Diriya programs in Sri Lanka. It describes the strategy used...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 53510 Document Date: September 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Munshi,Meena M.,Hayward,Natasha,Verardo,Barbara
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Integrating social funds into local development strategies - five stories from Latin America (English)
The steady movement towards decentralization that Latin America has experienced in the last decade, often referred to as the "quiet revolution", has led governments and donors to rethink the role Social...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 33805 Document Date: September 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Serrano-Berthet,Rodrigo
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Holding the door open : facilitating access to microcredit in the Benin Social Fund (English)
During preparation of the Benin Social Fund Project, all levels of society indicated that lack of access to credit was a major problem for poor people. At the same time, there was reluctance to put in...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 33393 Document Date: March 1, 2002 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Elder,John A.,Tovo,Maurizia
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Nicaragua Social Investment Fund - conditional cash transfers, a new avenue for social funds? (English)
The note presents the case of the Nicaragua Social Investment Fund (FISE), which accounts for an impressive record, having financed a significant number of projects in ten years (sixty percent of these...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 24090 Document Date: February 28, 2002 Author: Vermehren,Andrea
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The Moldovan Social Investment Fund : building local capacity and improving services (English)
The note reviews the impact of the Moldova Social Investment Fund (MSIF), aimed at building local capacity, and improving services, though also looks at the implementation problems connected with community...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 24093 Document Date: January 31, 2002 Author: Bezhanyan,Anush,Ionascu,Alexei
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The role of information, education and communication in the Malawi Social Action Fund (English)
The note looks at the strategy of the Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF) in linking the roles of information, education, and communication (IEC), designed through a process known as "systematic client consultations"...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 24109 Document Date: December 31, 2001 Author: Chibwana, Bridget,Aryal,Mohan Prasad
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The role of information, education and communication in the Malawi Social Action Fund (Russian)
The note looks at the strategy of the Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF) in linking the roles of information, education, and communication (IEC), designed through a process known as "systematic client consultations"...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 24109 Document Date: December 31, 2001 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chibwana, Bridget,Aryal,Mohan Prasad
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The role of information, education and communication in the Malawi Social Action Fund : Boletin de innovaciones de los fondos sociales (Spanish)
The note looks at the strategy of the Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF) in linking the roles of information, education, and communication (IEC), designed through a process known as "systematic client consultations"...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 24109 Document Date: December 3, 2001 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chibwana, Bridget,Aryal,Mohan Prasad
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The role of information, education and communication in the Malawi Social Action Fund : Le role de l'information, de l'education et de la communication dans le fonds d'action sociale du Malawi (French)
The note looks at the strategy of the Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF) in linking the roles of information, education, and communication (IEC), designed through a process known as "systematic client consultations"...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 24109 Document Date: December 1, 2001 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chibwana, Bridget,Aryal,Mohan Prasad
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Bulgaria Regional Initiatives Fund (RIF) : innovative approach to income generation (English)
The note looks at the role the Regional Initiatives Fund Project had in Bulgaria, which tested the social fund approach, as an institutional mechanisms to help the country protect incomes of the poor during...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 24091 Document Date: October 31, 2001 Author: Pojarski,Peter Ivanov
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The Thailand Social Investment Fund : providing social assistance and building social capital (Russian)
One of the most striking elements of the Thailand Social Investment Fund (SIF), is its emphasis on social capital formation, and how it has catalyzed the voluntary response from Thai society, to help those...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 24092 Document Date: September 30, 2001 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Salim,Maryam
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The Thailand Social Investment Fund : providing social assistance and building social capital (English)
One of the most striking elements of the Thailand Social Investment Fund (SIF), is its emphasis on social capital formation, and how it has catalyzed the voluntary response from Thai society, to help those...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 24092 Document Date: September 30, 2001 Author: Salim,Maryam