Title: The Social Dimensions of Development Effectiveness: World Bank Strategic Priorities for Social Development
1The Social Dimensions of Development
EffectivenessWorld Bank Strategic Priorities
for Social Development
- Robert S. Chase
- Senior Economist
2What is social development?
How does the World Bank support it?
3An example from Chinje, Malawi
4An example from Chinje, Malawi
5What is social development?
Inclusion Putting people at the center of
development Involved an illiterate woman in
Chinje
6What is social development?
One illiterate woman
7In 2001, the World Bank began talking to the Laos
government about community-driven development
8Laos is a very top-down country
9One of those villages was Nakaikhia in the
Khammouane Province
10In February 2003, a Bank team came to view
progress
- Progress was striking
- Ethnic minorities had chosen
- to stop foraging in the forests
- They had started communal backyard gardens
- They had learned composting
- They were producing their own vegetables
11The local governor heard what was happening
He visited Nakaikhia in the middle of the night
and the next day announcedan official visit
and made a big thing of the projects success
12Fast forward to February 2004
World Bank is helping the Nam Theun 2 project
They were discussing withthe State Planning
Committee How to do socio-economic development
13Fast forward to February 2004
Skepticism ? Buy-in
State Planning Committee Dont think too
much just follow the example of Nakaikhia
village!!!
14What is social development?
Inclusion Putting people at the center of
development Villagers in Nakaikhia did it
themselves
15What is social development?
The story of Naikaikhia
One government willing to experiment
16How does the World Bank do social development?
- Social analysis
- E.g., what social norms about girls education are
relevant for achieving universal primary
education? - E.g., what is the likely social impact of land
reform in Zambia?
17How does the World Bank do social development?
- Participation and Civil Engagement
- In Uganda, support public debates of policy
changes proposed through dialogue with World Bank
- In Albania, support legal changes in enabling
environment for civil society
18How does the World Bank do social development?
- Community Driven Development
- E.g., in Indonesia, provide resources to
communities that take initiatives to develop
local kecamatan plans - E.g., In North East Brazil, support community
involvement in budgeting
19How does the World Bank do social development?
- Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction
- E.g., help rebuild infrastructure, economies and
societies in Afghanistan, Congo, Somalia
20How does the World Bank do social development?
- Social Safeguards
- E.g., protect interests of vulnerable groups
21World Bank Support to Social Development
- World Bank accepts and supports global consensus
that social development matters - Official statements
- Senior management enthusiasm
22Social Development Works
- Review from World Bank internal auditing
department shows that attention to social
institutions makes projects work better
23Accelerating the trajectory
- Heading in the right direction
- Part of portfolio that takes account of social
development has gone from 1 to 30 in a short
time - World Bank Social Development strategy priorities
to get to 100
24What the Bank Has to Offer
- Commitment to Social Development principles
- Management support
- Endorsement from auditors that Social Development
works - Rapidly growing program
- Energized staff
25Yet
- We can do more
- We can do better
- We can accelerate our efforts
- WITH YOUR HELP
26What Can You Do?
- Support
- Increase awareness of social development agenda
- Official encouragement
- Resources
- Trust funds
- Skilled people with practical ideas