Investing in People : Sustaining Communities through Improved Business Practice

The private sector, as an increasingly significant catalyst for positive change, and as an innovative challenger, is faced with demonstrating responsibility, and accountability in the development process. The fast evolution in communications means that companies' environmental, and social performance are greatly scrutinized by the widening stakeholder audience, thus, understanding the boundaries of private sector corporate responsibility is evolving at a rapid pace. As a result, new innovative models of assurance, accountability, and partnership are emerging, which will seemingly - and hopefully - lay the foundation for sound business performance. In response, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has prepared this Community Development Resource Guide, which builds on concrete examples of corporations, and projects where complex environmental, and social impacts have been dealt with innovatively, and successfully. Key principles for community development programs, define the framework of this document, i.e., the need to engage in effective community consultation, to form the basis for building trust, and further manage expectations, by defining roles, and responsibilities, developing appropriate capacities, and mobilizing core competencies to set measurable goals, and monitor business best practices.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	International Finance Corporation
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2000
Subjects:	CASE STUDIES, CENSUS DATA, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY CAPACITY, COMMUNITY CONSULTATION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY GROUPS, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, COMMUNITY ISSUES, COMMUNITY LEADERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, COMMUNITY RECORDS, COMMUNITY RELATIONS, CONFLICT, CONSULTATION, CONSULTATIVE MANNER, CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP, CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING COUNTRY, DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS, DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, DEVELOPMENT WORK, ECONOMIC GROWTH, FAMILIES, FORESTS, FUNDING MECHANISMS, HUMAN RESOURCES, IMPACT ASSESSMENT, INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, INDIGENOUS GROUPS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT, LEADERSHIP, LESSONS LEARNED, LOCAL CAPACITY, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, LOCAL COMMUNITY, LOCAL DEVELOPMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, LOCAL PEOPLE, MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS, NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, NATURAL RESOURCES, NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, PARTICIPATORY METHODS, POLICY MAKERS, POOR COMMUNITY, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES, PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT, PROJECT APPRAISAL, REDUCING POVERTY, REPUTATION, RESEARCH INSTITUTES, RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL ASSESSMENTS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL IMPACT, SOCIAL MAP, SOCIAL PERFORMANCE, SOCIETY, STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING PROGRAMS, TRANSPARENCY, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WATER SUPPLY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/1677824/investing-people-sustaining-communities-through-improved-business-practice-community-development-resource-guide-companies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14048
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