CDD in Post-Conflict and Conflict-Affected Areas : Experiences from East Asia

Community Driven Development (CDD) projects are now a major component of World Bank assistance to many developing countries. While varying greatly in size and form, such projects aim to ensure that communities have substantive control in deciding how project funds should be used. Giving beneficiaries the power to manage project resources is believed by its proponents to lead to more efficient and effective fund use. It is also claimed that project-initiated participatory processes can have wider 'spillover' impacts, building local institutions and leadership, enhancing civic capacity, improving social relations and boosting state legitimacy. This paper briefly reviews the World Bank's experience of using CDD in conflict-affected and post-conflict areas of the East Asia and Pacific region. The region has been at the forefront of developing large-scale CDD programming including high profile 'flagships' such as the Kecamatan Development Program (KDP) in Indonesia and the Kapitbisig Laban Sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) project in the Philippines. As of the end of 2007, CDD constituted fifteen percent of the lending portfolio in East Asia compared with ten percent globally. Many of East Asia's CDD projects have operated consciously or not in areas affected by protracted violent conflict. CDD has also been used as an explicit mechanism for post-conflict recovery in Mindanao in the Philippines and in Timor Leste, and for conflict victim reintegration in Aceh, Indonesia. It then looks at the evidence on whether and how projects have achieved these outcomes, focusing on a range of recent and current projects in Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Timor-Leste. The analysis summarizes results, draws on comparative evidence from other projects in the region and elsewhere, and seeks to identify factors that explain variation in outcomes and project performance. The paper concludes with a short summary of what we know, what we don't, and potential future directions for research and programming.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Barron, Patrick
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2010-07-16
Subjects:	AID AGENCIES, ANTI-POVERTY, ARMED CONFLICTS, AUTHORITY, BATTLES, BRAIN DRAIN, BULLET, CASH TRANSFERS, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL WAR, CIVIL WARS, COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, COMMUNITY VIOLENCE, CONFLICT, CONFLICT MANAGEMENT, CONFLICT MEDIATION, CONFLICT PREVENTION, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, CONFLICTS, CRIME, CRIMES, CRISES, DEATHS, DEMOBILIZATION, DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, DEVELOPMENT AID, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, DISARMAMENT, DISPUTED TERRITORY, DISTRICTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ETHNIC GROUPS, EX-COMBATANTS, FAMILIES, FIGHTING, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FORMER FIGHTERS, FOUNDATIONS, FRONTIERS, GENOCIDE, HOMES, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HOUSEHOLDS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN SECURITY, IMPACT ON POVERTY, INCOME, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INTERNAL COMMUNITY RELATIONS, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, INTERVENTION, IRRIGATION, LACK OF INFORMATION, LEADERSHIP, LIVING CONDITIONS, LOCAL CONFLICT, LOCAL PARTICIPATION, LOCALITIES, MARTIAL LAW, MASSACRE, MEETINGS, NEEDS ASSESSMENT, OBSERVER, OCCUPATION, PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT, PEACE, PEACE AGREEMENTS, PEACE RESEARCH, PEACEBUILDING, PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, PILOT PROJECT, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICAL SUPPORT, POLITICAL VIOLENCE, POOR, POOR AREAS, POOR COUNTRIES, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY LEVELS, POVERTY PROGRAMS, PROJECT APPRAISAL, PROJECT DESIGN, PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, REBEL, RECONSTRUCTION, REFUGEE, REHABILITATION, RESETTLEMENT, REVOLUTIONS, ROAD, ROADS, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL ISSUES, SANCTIONS, SAVINGS, SETTLEMENT, SETTLEMENTS, SOCIAL COHESION, SOCIAL IMPACTS, SOCIAL RELATIONS, SOVEREIGNTY, SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION, TARGETING, UNIVERSITIES, URBAN AREAS, VICTIMS, VILLAGE ASSEMBLIES, VILLAGES, VIOLENCE, VIOLENT CONFLICT, VIOLENT CONFLICTS, WARS, WORLD DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/121891468036853572/CDD-in-post-conflict-and-conflict-affected-areas-experiences-from-East-Asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27511
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