Accountable Aid: Local Participation in Major ProjectsOxfam GB, 1998 - 176 pages The Earth Summit in Rio in 1992 generated much rhetoric about the need for collaboration between local communities and multilateral funders of major development projects, in order to preserve natural resources. Since then there has been intense debate about the importance of local participation, accountability to local communities, transparent procedures and gender-sensitive planning. In this work, the author examines the case of the Rondonia Natural Resource Management Project (PLANAFLORO) in the Amazon, funded by the World Bank, and considers the frustrations created when local NGOs and communities were effectively excluded from decisions about a project that claimed to be participatory. In contrast, she considers examples of relatively good practice, most notably the Joint Forest Management project, funded by the British Overseas Development Administration, in Karnataka, India. The author also examines recent atttempts by the World Bank to involve local governments in decision making. From a focus on individual projects, the book moves to a consideration of local participation in entire projects - the World Bank's Country Assistance Strategies - and community involvement in projects funded by the private sector. It ends with a summary of the lessons to be learned by local and international NGOs and by major donors. |
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... impact assessments are required for projects liable to have serious environmental or social impacts . While such standards and guidelines are never fully complied with , they are a measure by which aid interventions should be judged ...
... impact assessments are required for projects liable to have serious environmental or social impacts . While such standards and guidelines are never fully complied with , they are a measure by which aid interventions should be judged ...
Page 75
... impact of ending the practice of shifting cultivation . The VFC members instead must wait , many years , until the trees planted in the JFPM area , provided they survive , can be harvested . If all goes well , they will then acquire a ...
... impact of ending the practice of shifting cultivation . The VFC members instead must wait , many years , until the trees planted in the JFPM area , provided they survive , can be harvested . If all goes well , they will then acquire a ...
Page 133
... impact- assessments as part of the process of considering proposals for legislation or major policy initiatives ... impacts and risks , and help to develop capacity at appropriate levels . A related approach , beneficiary assessments ...
... impact- assessments as part of the process of considering proposals for legislation or major policy initiatives ... impacts and risks , and help to develop capacity at appropriate levels . A related approach , beneficiary assessments ...
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Gender equity and exclusion in the Western Ghats | 58 |
expulsion from the Kibale Forest | 88 |
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