Social Assessment Helps Sharpen Sector Reforms in Armenia

Armenia's recent experience underscores the value of using social assessment (SA) in social sector reform projects. The Government of Armenia and the World Bank carried out an SA to evaluate the social and institutional feasibility of the government's proposed education and health sector reforms. The social assessment helped to identify key stakeholders and their expectations and attitudes toward health and education reforms; test compatibility of beneficiaries' stated needs and the proposed reforms; adjust proposed project components to meet beneficiary needs and reflect socioeconomic realities; and collect and organize baseline data for ongoing participatory monitoring.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 1998-05
Subjects:	SOCIAL ASSESSMENTS, SOCIAL SECTOR REFORM, EDUCATION, HEALTH, SOCIAL ANALYSIS, INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS, PROJECT DESIGN, POLICY FORMATION, PARTICIPATORY PROCESS, STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, INFORMATION SHARING, RAPID APPRAISAL, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOPS, DONORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS ASSESSMENT METHODS, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, CROPS, DOCTORS, EDUCATION REFORM, ENROLLMENT, EXPENDITURES, FAMILIES, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH FINANCING, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH STATUS, HOSPITALS, INCOME, INPATIENT CARE, LEARNING, MEDICAL COSTS, MEDICINES, NGOS, OUTPATIENT CARE, PARENTS, PATIENTS, PRIMARY CARE, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, RURAL SCHOOLS, SCHOOL MANAGEMENT, SCHOOLS, SERVICE DELIVERY, SMALL SCHOOLS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TEACHER, TEACHERS, TEXTBOOKS, TOT, URBAN AREAS, WORKING CONDITIONS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1998/05/693573/social-assessment-helps-sharpen-sector-reforms-armenia https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11550
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