Consultations with affected populations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are becoming standard practice in environment assessments (EAs). The Bank recognized this fact by incorporating public...
Social Assessment (SA) provides a framework for incorporating participation and social analysis into the design and delivery of Bank operations. This note provides an early report on 42 social assessments...
Operations in the education sector can be greatly improved by increasing the participation of government officials, education professionals, local communities, and the private sector. Such participation...
The irrigation sector provides a rich source of experiences and lessons in user participation. Participation by farmers in system design and management helps to ensure the sustainability of the system...
The characteristics of indigenous groups make participatory approaches especially critical to safeguarding their interests int he development process. Such approaches, recognizing the right of indigenous...
The participation of users - in designing and implementing projects and managing water and sanitation services - is now being built into Bank-funded projects with the aim of increasing efficiency, equity...
In Sub-Saharan Africa, problems of agricultural development, population growth, and the environment are linked in a nexus of mutually reinforcing causality chains. Indeed so negative are the connections...