A Story of Social and Economic Empowerment : The Evolution of “Community Professionals” in Sri Lanka
This note explores the critical and innovative role played by 'community professionals' in the village self help learning initiative and Gemi Diriya programs in Sri Lanka. It describes the strategy used by the projects to mobilize and...
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okr-10986-111772021-04-23T14:02:54Z A Story of Social and Economic Empowerment : The Evolution of “Community Professionals” in Sri Lanka Munshi, Meena Hayward, Natasha Verardo, Barbara CAPACITY BUILDING CITIES CODE OF ETHICS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY CAPACITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY GROUPS COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA EMPOWERMENT FACILITATORS FAMILIES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK INSTITUTION BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT LESSONS LEARNED LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL DEVELOPMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL KNOWLEDGE NGO OFFICE BEARERS PARTICIPATORY PLANNING POOR FAMILIES POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE SECTOR PROCUREMENT PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGULAR MEETINGS RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT SELF HELP SELF-HELP SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL PROTECTION STAKEHOLDERS TRAININGS TRANSPARENCY VILLAGE COMMUNITIES VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH This note explores the critical and innovative role played by 'community professionals' in the village self help learning initiative and Gemi Diriya programs in Sri Lanka. It describes the strategy used by the projects to mobilize and strengthen grassroots resource persons in support of achieving the Bank's mission of poverty reduction and livelihood improvement in rural Sri Lanka. In Gemi Diriya, community professionals are proving to be a driving force behind establishing sound village organizations, building capacity at the village level and promoting villager-villager learning. Institutionalizing the role of grassroots professionals by creating a 'community professional learning and training center' has allowed the program to scale up in a cost-effective and sustainable manner. 2012-08-13T14:21:53Z 2012-08-13T14:21:53Z 2006-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/09/11944407/story-social-economic-empowerment-evolution-community-professionals-sri-lanka http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11177 English Social Funds Innovation Notes; Vol. 4, No. 2 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research South Asia Sri Lanka |
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CAPACITY BUILDING CITIES CODE OF ETHICS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY CAPACITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY GROUPS COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA EMPOWERMENT FACILITATORS FAMILIES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK INSTITUTION BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT LESSONS LEARNED LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL DEVELOPMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL KNOWLEDGE NGO OFFICE BEARERS PARTICIPATORY PLANNING POOR FAMILIES POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE SECTOR PROCUREMENT PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGULAR MEETINGS RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT SELF HELP SELF-HELP SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL PROTECTION STAKEHOLDERS TRAININGS TRANSPARENCY VILLAGE COMMUNITIES VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH |
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CAPACITY BUILDING CITIES CODE OF ETHICS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY CAPACITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY GROUPS COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA EMPOWERMENT FACILITATORS FAMILIES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK INSTITUTION BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT LESSONS LEARNED LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL DEVELOPMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL KNOWLEDGE NGO OFFICE BEARERS PARTICIPATORY PLANNING POOR FAMILIES POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE SECTOR PROCUREMENT PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGULAR MEETINGS RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT SELF HELP SELF-HELP SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL PROTECTION STAKEHOLDERS TRAININGS TRANSPARENCY VILLAGE COMMUNITIES VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH Munshi, Meena Hayward, Natasha Verardo, Barbara A Story of Social and Economic Empowerment : The Evolution of “Community Professionals” in Sri Lanka |
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Social Funds Innovation Notes; Vol. 4, No. 2 |
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This note explores the critical and
innovative role played by 'community
professionals' in the village self help learning
initiative and Gemi Diriya programs in Sri Lanka. It
describes the strategy used by the projects to mobilize and
strengthen grassroots resource persons in support of
achieving the Bank's mission of poverty reduction and
livelihood improvement in rural Sri Lanka. In Gemi Diriya,
community professionals are proving to be a driving force
behind establishing sound village organizations, building
capacity at the village level and promoting
villager-villager learning. Institutionalizing the role of
grassroots professionals by creating a 'community
professional learning and training center' has allowed
the program to scale up in a cost-effective and sustainable manner. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Munshi, Meena Hayward, Natasha Verardo, Barbara |
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Munshi, Meena Hayward, Natasha Verardo, Barbara |
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Munshi, Meena |
title |
A Story of Social and Economic Empowerment : The Evolution of
“Community Professionals” in Sri Lanka |
title_short |
A Story of Social and Economic Empowerment : The Evolution of
“Community Professionals” in Sri Lanka |
title_full |
A Story of Social and Economic Empowerment : The Evolution of
“Community Professionals” in Sri Lanka |
title_fullStr |
A Story of Social and Economic Empowerment : The Evolution of
“Community Professionals” in Sri Lanka |
title_full_unstemmed |
A Story of Social and Economic Empowerment : The Evolution of
“Community Professionals” in Sri Lanka |
title_sort |
story of social and economic empowerment : the evolution of
“community professionals” in sri lanka |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/09/11944407/story-social-economic-empowerment-evolution-community-professionals-sri-lanka http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11177 |
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