Results Readiness in Social Protection and Labor Operations
Social funds represent a diverse universe of World Bank projects. Social funds are defined as agencies or programs that channel grants to communities for small scale development projects. Social funds typically finance some mixture of socio economic infrastructure (e.g. building or rehabilitating schools, health centers, water supply systems,), productive investments (e.g. micro?finance and income generating projects), social services (e.g. supporting nutrition campaigns, literacy programs, youth training, support to the elderly and disabled), and capacity building programs (e.g., training for community based organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and local governments). Social Fund programs are demand driven and aim to involve the active participation of several local actors, often using a community driven development approach. The main goal is usually to address the needs of poor and vulnerable communities while building social capital and empowerment at the local level. Social funds have several features that place them in the social protection (SP) realm. They typically target poor communities and/or vulnerable households. They finance social risk management interventions like temporary employment generation and expanded access to basic services by the poorest. Social funds are often employed to address immediate post?conflict needs and responses to natural disasters.
Summary: | Social funds represent a diverse
universe of World Bank projects. Social funds are defined as
agencies or programs that channel grants to communities for
small scale development projects. Social funds typically
finance some mixture of socio economic infrastructure (e.g.
building or rehabilitating schools, health centers, water
supply systems,), productive investments (e.g. micro?finance
and income generating projects), social services (e.g.
supporting nutrition campaigns, literacy programs, youth
training, support to the elderly and disabled), and capacity
building programs (e.g., training for community based
organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and local
governments). Social Fund programs are demand driven and aim
to involve the active participation of several local actors,
often using a community driven development approach. The
main goal is usually to address the needs of poor and
vulnerable communities while building social capital and
empowerment at the local level. Social funds have several
features that place them in the social protection (SP)
realm. They typically target poor communities and/or
vulnerable households. They finance social risk management
interventions like temporary employment generation and
expanded access to basic services by the poorest. Social
funds are often employed to address immediate post?conflict
needs and responses to natural disasters. |
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