Increasing the Participation of Afro-Descendants in Bank-Funded Projects in Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama

A World Bank's Latin America and Caribbean Region's portfolio (projects) review was carried out with the aim of , (i) analyzing the reach of the Bank's Central America Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development (CAESSD) projects in Afro-descendant areas, and (ii) suggesting recommendations for increasing Afro-descendent participation in Bank's projects. This note, presents a brief analysis of the review and makes recommendation as fallows : use existing participatory mechanisms to ensure Afro-community participation from project design and to evaluation; considerable payoff will arise from investment in capacity building for Afro-descendants aimed at making participatory mechanisms function and sustainable; the Bank should consider expanding the project areas to reach; Afro-descendant communities. Afro-descendants should be viewed as active partners in development, and not the objects of development; integrate development plans of Afro-descendants communities and organizations at different levels (national, regional, and local) into Bank-funded projects; ensure the inclusion of Afro-descendant communities in the areas selected for projects; and finally, provide support to improve the gathering of disaggregated data for ethnic groups, including Afro-descendants.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Stubbs, Josefina, Aoki, Sayo
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2005-05
Subjects:	CAPACITY BUILDING, CAS, CENTRAL AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICAN, CITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY, COLLABORATION, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, CORRUPTION, ETHNIC GROUPS, FIELD WORK, GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS, GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, ILLITERACY, INDIGENOUS GROUPS, INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, KEY INTERVENTIONS, LATIN AMERICAN, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS, NATIONAL AVERAGE, NATIONAL LEVELS, NATURAL RESOURCES, POOR LIVING, POVERTY ASSESSMENTS, PROGRAMMING, PROGRAMS, PUBLIC SECTOR, QUALITATIVE INFORMATION, RURAL AREAS, RURAL POVERTY, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, URBAN AREAS, INDIGENOUS POPULATION, PARTICIPATORY PLANNING, PARTICIPATORY METHODS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/6203106/increasing-participation-afro-descendants-bank-funded-projects-honduras-nicaragua-panama http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10332
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