The Gemidiriya Program, Sri Lanka

The Gemidiriya program's long-term objective is to reduce rural poverty and promote sustainable and equitable rural development. The program aims at creating an environment that enables rural communities to improve their livelihoods and quality of life. It paves the way for rural communities to get together, organize formally, plan village development by themselves with 50 percent women participation, and to mobilize self-help and community contributions. The Gemidiriya focuses on building accountable and self-governing local institutions by: (i) devolving decision-making power and resources to community organizations; (ii) strengthening selected local governments that demonstrate responsiveness and accountability to rural communities; and (iii) working with federations of village organizations (VOs), the private sector, and non governmental organizations (NGOs) on economic empowerment to increase the size and diversity of livelihoods. This note summarizes the findings, processes, concerns, and lessons learned from the Sri Lanka pilot.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Agarwal, Sanjay, Shah, Parmesh, Sirker, Karen
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2007-08
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY RELATIONSHIPS, ADVOCACY, BENEFICIARIES, CAP, CAPACITY BUILDING, CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, CLEAN WATER, COLLABORATION, COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY ACCOUNTABILITY, COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, COMMUNITY MONITORING, COMMUNITY NEEDS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY PROCUREMENT, COMMUNITY SCORE CARD, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, DATA ANALYSIS, DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE, DISTRIBUTION OF WATER, DISTRICTS, DRINKING WATER, DRINKING WATER SUPPLY, EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION, FIELD VISITS, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, HOUSEHOLDS, IMPROVING SERVICE DELIVERY, INTERFACE MEETINGS, LESSONS LEARNED, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING, PERFORMANCE OF SERVICE PROVIDERS, PILOT PROJECTS, PREPARATION, PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES, PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION, PROVISION OF WATER, PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY, QUALITY OF WATER, QUALITY WATER, RURAL COMMUNITIES, SELF EVALUATION, SELF-HELP, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE DELIVERY SATISFACTION, SERVICE PROVIDER, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY, SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY INITIATIVES, SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS, SOCIAL AUDIT, SOCIAL AUDITS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, STAKEHOLDERS, TRAINING WORKSHOPS, TRANSPARENCY, VILLAGE, VILLAGE COMMUNITIES, VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT, VILLAGES, WATER DISTRIBUTION, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER METERS, WATER QUALITY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/8746815/gemidiriya-program-sri-lanka-piloting-community-assessment-process https://hdl.handle.net/10986/25020
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