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A Traditional Peasant Organization Engaged in Social Monitoring in the Municipality of Totora, Carrasco Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia

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Since 2001, 3600 peasant families from the municipality of Totora—traditionally organized into 83 rural unions comprising 13 subcentrals and the ... more

Administrative Connection

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Powerpoint presentation summarizing the "Administrative Connection" project, financed by CSPD and implemented by Youth for Terra Association. Presentations covers ... more

Administrative Connection (Executive Summary)

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Executive summary of the "Administrative Connection" project, financed by CSPD and implemented by Youth for Terra Association. Paper discusses the ... more

Analysing and Managing Potential Conflict Case Study: Fadama Project in Nigeria

This case study describes the impact of the Fadama project in Nigeria in terms of conflict and conflict management. more

Analysing and Managing Potential Conflict Case Study: Fadama Project in Nigeria

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This case study describes the impact of the Fadama project in Nigeria in terms of conflict and conflict management. more

Andhra Pradesh District Poverty Initiatives Project: Monitoring and Learning Systems (M&L)

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The Andhra Pradesh-District Poverty Initiative Project (APDPIP) was launched in June 2000 with the support of the World Bank and ... more

Case Studies on Participation in Public Expenditure Management

The Case Studies on Participation in Public Expenditure Management are a part of the Action Learning Program on Participatory Processes ... more

Case Study of Community Participation in Monitoring Systems in Nigeria: Studies of Farman and Kapil Communities

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The Nigerian Integrated Rural Accelerated Development Organization (NIRADO) is a national NGO involved in rural development in Nigeria. NIRADO’s Integrated ... more

Case Study of Community Participation in Monitoring Systems in Nigeria: Community Based Technology transfer in support of food production for Food Security in five Local Government Agencies (LGA), Oyo State

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To address the challenge of high poverty and food insecurity among poor farmers, the Community Based Technology Transfer Centers (CTTC) ... more

Case Study of Scaling Up Community Driven Development in Social Investment Fund Programme of Zambia

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The Zambia Social Investment Fund exemplifies the problems that can occur when a CDD project is carried out in the ... more

Case Study: Community Contracting by SFD Yemen

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The Social Fund for Development in Yemen is a demand-driven program financing various basic development projects emanating essentially from rural ... more

Case Study: Conflict in Fadama Communities

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It may be concluded that most of the conflicts arise from competition over the use of land, water and grazing ... more

Case Study: Conflict in Fadama Communities

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It may be concluded that most of the conflicts arise from competition over the use of land, water and grazing ... more

Citizen Audit of the Quality of Democracy in Costa Rica: State of the Nation Project

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The Citizen Audit of the Quality of Democracy is a method for citizen participation, deliberation, and evaluation of public affairs ... more

Citizen Initiative for Freedom of Information in Guatemala: Citizen Action

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Fifteen Guatemalan civil society organizations joined together to form a Citizens’ Observatory. Its purpose is to initiate processes and activities ... more

City of Tirana

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This Albania case study reviews the Municipal Citizen Commissions, Transparency through media, and Participation in Master Planning in the City ... more

Civil Society and Public Space in Brazil: Case study-National Forum of Urban Reform, FNRU

Based on the experience of the FNRU (National Forum of Urban Reform) in Brazil, this research paper investigates public spaces ... more

Civil Society, Public Space and Local Power: A Study of the Participatory Budget in Belo Horizonte and Porto Alegre

Looks at participatory budgets and analyses the limits of State policies and the role of civil organizations in improving the ... more

Community Contracting Case Study: Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project

Based on this case study, participants will be asked to identify issues and design principles for community contracting in the ... more

Community Empowerment through Decentralization: The Case of Uganda

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Community here is understood to refer to people residing in a locality with common ties of ethnicity, religion, culture or ... more

Community Forum Program

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This case study summarizes and analyzes the "Community Forum Program" in Bulgaria. The stated goal of the forum is ... more

Community Information System for Primary Health Care in the Municipality of Arismendi, State of Sucre, Venezuela: Paria Project Foundation

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The Community Health Program of the Paria Project Foundation [Fundación Proyecto Paria (FPP)] includes a capacity-building component in rural communities ... more

Conflict in Fadama Communities: Case Studies

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It may be concluded that most of the conflicts arise from competition over the use of land, water and grazing ... more

Consensus Building: Fadama Example

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This presentation addresses the following topics: What are the causes of conflicts within the Fadama communities? What are the effects ... more

Decentralization and Citizen Participation in Honduras

This study focuses on the period 1994-1998, coinciding with the development of the decentralization process in Honduras, and is focused ... more

Empowering Communities to Drive Their Development and Hold Government Accountable: Empowering Councils and Sub-District Structures

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This case study of Kaputa, Mbala and Luwingu, Northern Province of Zambia emphasizes the challenge faced by many local governments ... more

Ethiopia Woreda Studies

The studies seek to relate official Ethiopian decentralization policies to the actual practice of rural development in nine case woredas, ... more

Evaluation of Changes in the Quality of Life in Bogota, Colombia, from a Civil Society Perspective: Bogotá Cómo Vamos

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The “Evaluation of Changes in the Quality of Life in Bogota from the Perspective of Civil Society” Project, known as ... more

Exploring the Concept of Social Capital and its Relevance for Community-based Development: The Case of Coal Mining Areas in Orissa, India

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This paper explores the concept of social capital and its relevance for community based development through two study of coal ... more

From Beneficiaries to Clients: Application of the “Report Card” to Social Programs in Peru: Instituto CUANTO – Multistakeholder Roundtable on Poverty Reduction – PCM

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This program applies the Report Card methodology to Social Programs implemented by the Peruvian government. The Report Card essentially is ... more

From Exclusive Boutique to National Culture: Scaling Up CDD in Mexico

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The Mexico case illustrates how the CDD framework can provide a vehicle for continuation and expansion of the Government’s decentralization ... more

Gender and Decentralization Programme, Lira District, Uganda

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The programme focused on community discussions on gender and the need to support women’s participation in local leadership. It was ... more

Gender Mainstreaming in National Development

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In order to improve position, roles and quality of women, and in effort to realize gender equality and justice in ... more

Gender Mainstreaming Process in the Lao PDR

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To respond to the needs of gender information and gender mainstreaming in the national institutions, in 1997 the government allocated ... more

Government – Civil Society Interaction. Montenegro Country Case

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Presentation of Montenegro case study including project background, research results, project goals and activities, results of lobbying, next steps, and ... more

IEC Experiences: The Case of the Malawi Social Action Fund

This presentation covers a brief overview of MASAF IEC and experiences with IEC at district and community
level. more

IEC: Indonesia Case Study

Summarizes experience in Indonesia trying to create a comprehensive communication strategy maximizing the impact of Voices of the Poor, Engendering ... more

Improving Accountability on all Levels: A Case of the Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF)

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Focuses on the Community Driven Component, which involves the direct channeling of development resources to communities. The author highlights experiences ... more

Improving Accountability on all Levels: Case Study of the Malawi Social Action Fund (Presentation)

Focuses on the Community Driven Component, which involves the direct channeling of development resources to communities. The author highlights experiences ... more

Independent Analysis of the General Budget of the Republic, Peru: Economic and Social Research Consortium

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The project performed an independent analysis of the General Budget of the Republic of Peru, and distributed the findings to ... more

India District Poverty Initiatives Project

There are three projects under India’s District Poverty Initiatives Project(DPIP). The Bank’s Country Assistance Strategy proposes to assist Indian ... more

Let’s Ease our Pace Because We Are in a Hurry: Scaling Up Community Driven Development in Benin

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The CDD activities in Benin illustrate how scaling up can be inhibited by the lack of democratic decentralization, the failure ... more

Local Government Development Program Case Study

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Conference participants will be asked to identify issues and design principles for financial management in the project described in this ... more

Parliamentary Monitoring – Empowerment of Citizens

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F.R. yugoslavia. Case study prepared for the Distance Learning Workshop on Instruments for Enhancing Citizen Participation in Governance. Dec. 3,5,10 ... more

Participatory Mechanisms in the Formulation, Monitoring and Oversight of Cantonal Public Works Budgets in Costa Rica: International Transparency Costa Rica

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There is a law (Law 8114 on Tax Efficiency) that requires the Central Government to provide a certain amount of ... more

Participatory Monitoring of Land and Housing Policy in the Municipality of Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina: Community Council on Land and Housing Policy

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The first experience in participatory planning and administration in the area of land and housing policy occurred in 1998, in ... more

Partnerships and Empowerment through Participation: Some lessons from Uganda

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Aid to civil society is a fashionable new theme in the current development discourse and many development agencies have become ... more

Scaling Up Community Driven Development: Case Study from Uganda

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The Uganda case shows that a decentralized system that channels the largest portion of uncommitted resources downward, combined with the ... more

Scaling-up a Community-Driven HIV/AIDS Program in Malawi

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This note is part of a series that examines factors that facilitate the scaling up of Community Driven Development (CDD) ... more

Second Kecamatan Development Project (Indonesia)

Provides a summary of the First and Second Kecamatan Development Projects in Indonesia. more

Social Audit in the Argentine Legislature: Obtaining and Publishing the Affidavits of National Senators: Center for the Implementation of Public Policies for Equity and Growth – Transparency Division

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This social audit initiative was undertaken by the Transparency Division of the Center for Implementation of Public Policies for Equity ... more

Social Audit Program for the Local Road Construction Project San Antonio del Monte Municipality, Sonsonate, El Salvador

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This social audit experience was used in the project to build a six kilometer local road in El Salvador. The ... more

Sub National Experiences of Civic Participation in Policy Making and Budgetary Processes: A Case Study of Mutoko Rural District Council, Zimbabwe

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This case study of the Mutoko Rural District Council, Zimbabwe describes context for greater civic participation and the organization of ... more

Sub National Experiences of Civic Participation in Policy Making and Budgetary Processes: the Case of Manhica Municipality, Mozambique

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This case study of the Manhica Municipality, Mozambique describes context for greater civic participation and the organization of the participatory ... more

Sub National Experiences of Civic Participation in Policy Making and Budgetary Processes: the Case of the City of Gweru, Zimbabwe

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This case study of the City of Gweru, Zimbabwe describes context for greater civic participation and the organization of the ... more

Sub-National Experiences of Civic Participation in Policy Making and Budgetary Processes – A Case Study of Ilala Municipal Council in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

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This case study of Ilala Municipal Council in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania describes context for greater civic participation and the ... more

Sub-National Experiences of Civic Participation in Policy Making and Budgetary Processes – A Case Study of Singida District Council in Tanzania

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This case study of the Singida District Council in Tanzania describes context for greater civic participation and the organization of ... more

Sub-National Experiences of Civic Participation in Policy Making and Budgetary Processes: A Case Study of Kabwe Municipal Council, Zambia

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This case study of the Kabwe Municipal Council, Zambia describes context for greater civic participation and the organization of the ... more

Sub-National Experiences of Civic Participation in Policy Making and Budgetary Processes: the Case of Entebbe Municipal Council in Uganda

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This case study of the Entebbe Municipal Council in Uganda describes context for greater civic participation and the organization of ... more

Sub-National Experiences of Civic Participation in Policy Making and Budgetary Processes: the Case of Soroti Municipal Council in Uganda

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This case study of the Soroti municipal council in Uganda describes context for greater civic participation and the organization of ... more

Successful Poverty Monitoring and Analysis: Zambia Social Fund

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Zambia has over 10 years of experience in PMA, beginning in 1991 with the launch of a government-led Social Recovery ... more

Sustainable Rural Development and Poverty Reduction Through Community Empowerment Process: A Case of Thailand

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This HTML document provides a brief history of Thailand’s economic state and recent development programs. It concludes by offering a ... more

The CDD Scaling Up Action Research Project: Lessons from Six Case Studies

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This presentation presents a study that evaluated experiences with CDD projects in 6 countries in 4 regions: ... more

The Decentralization Process in Malawi

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In Malawi decentralization has gone through three (3) distinct phases shaped by the objectives of the government in place. This ... more

The Decentralization Process in Malawi (Presentation)

In Malawi decentralization has gone through three (3) distinct phases shaped by the objectives of the government in place. This ... more

The Decentralization Process in Rwanda: Ensuring Improved Accountability on All Levels

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Definition of accountability and the means through which it will be ensured. The author proceeds to look at fiscal accountability ... more

The Experience of the Transparency Process in the Municipality of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras: Citizen Commission for Transparency in Public Administration

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The Citizen Commission on Transparency [Comisión Ciudadana de Transparencia] is an entity with civil society representation that advocates for the ... more

The FUNDESCOLA Program: Improving Schools and Schooling in Brazil

It describes the FUNDESCOLA program, and Instrument to Promote Engagement
of Parents in School; Instrument to Raise Equity Across Schools; Instrument ... more

The Role of Information, Education and Communication in the Malawi Social Action Fund

It is about the rold of information, education and communication in the Malawi social action fund. more

The Second Kecamatan Development Project: Evaluation of Scaling Up Issues

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The Indonesia case is a best-practice example of how the CDD pillars can serve as a framework for rapidly channeling ... more

Towards Greater Transparency in the Salvadoran State Counsel: Association for the Organization and Education of Women in Business of El Salvador

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The project was implemented between July 2002 and February 2003, by the Association for the Organization and Education of Women ... more

Traditional Structures in Local Governance: A Case Study of Pakhtun Residing in NWFP & FATA, Pakistan