Design of Social Funds

Design of Social Funds
Author: Deepa Narayan-Parker
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 92
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780821340196
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Annotation World Bank Discussion Paper No. 375.Social funds have proved to be important instruments for reaching the poor using community-based strategies. Yet, while there have been innovations in the design of these funds, the projects are much less participatory and demand-oriented than is commonly believed. This paper examines the extent to which social fund subprojects are designed to support community participation, demand orientation, and investment in local organizational capacity to achieve sustainability at the community level.

Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund

Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund
Author: Sean Lowry
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2014
Genre:
ISBN:
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This report begins by describing the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund's history, current appropriations, and each of its programs. The next section analyzes four policy considerations of congressional interest regarding the Fund and the effective use of federal resources to promote economic development. Lastly, this report examines the Fund's programs and management to see if they represent an effective and efficient government effort to promote economic development in low-income and distressed communities.

The Constituency Development Fund. Merits and Demerits to Community Development

The Constituency Development Fund. Merits and Demerits to Community Development
Author: B W Namano
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2015-11-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3668078408
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Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Didactics - Social Studies/ Civics, grade: 1, University of Nairobi (School of Continuing and Distance Education), course: Masters of Arts in Project Planning and Management (MAPPM), language: English, abstract: Community Development is an engaging process meant to deliver beneficial change to the participating members of the community. It can also be seen as a product of this so a mentioned progress. The Constituency Development Fund on the other hand is drawn from Kenya ́s national kitty and is meant to foster economic growth at the constituency level. We intend to objectively look at the positive and negative impacts that this fund has had on community (constituency) development and Kenya at large.