"This paper explores the social capital impacts of a large-scale, community-driven development project in the Philippines in which communities competed for block grants for infrastructure investment. The analysis uses a unique data set of about 2,100 households collected before the project...

Con frecuencia las instituciones financieras internacionales y los gobiernos locales se ven implicados en la implantacion de programas de desarrollo. Existe amplia evidencia de que los mejores resultados se obtienen cuando la comunidad se compromete en la operacion de los programas, es decir,...

In recent years, microcredit has gained enormous success in reducing poverty on a global scale. As an efficient financial mechanism, microcredit empowers various impoverished people across communities and cities and enriches them with small loans/or set/employment projects that generate income,...

Community-based and -driven development projects have become an important form of development assistance, with the World Bank's portfolio alone approximating $7 billion. A review of their conceptual foundations and evidence on their effectiveness shows that projects that rely on community...