Empowering Communities : The Local Initiatives Support Program in Russia

Prosperity from economic growth is not shared evenly among Russia's population and regions. Local communities and rural territories face serious development challenges: including poor living conditions, infrastructure, and services and lack of...

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Main Authors: Shulga, Ivan, Sukhova, Anna, Khachatryan, Gagik
Format: Brief
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19772159/empowering-communities-local-initiatives-support-program-russia
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spelling okr-10986-189322021-04-23T14:03:51Z Empowering Communities : The Local Initiatives Support Program in Russia Shulga, Ivan Sukhova, Anna Khachatryan, Gagik ADULT POPULATION BIG CITIES CITIES CITIZEN CITIZENS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY CENTERS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY MEETINGS COMMUNITY RESOURCES DECISIONMAKING DISSEMINATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT LEGAL STATUS LESSONS LEARNED LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE LOCAL POPULATION LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS MICRO-PROJECTS MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES MUNICIPALITIES NATURAL RESOURCE NEIGHBORHOOD PARTICIPATION IN DECISION POOR LIVING PROCUREMENT PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC OPINION REGIONAL BUDGET REGIONAL BUDGETS REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL RESIDENTS RURAL ROADS RURAL SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SERVICES SUPPLY SYSTEMS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSPARENCY UNEMPLOYMENT WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SERVICES WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS Prosperity from economic growth is not shared evenly among Russia's population and regions. Local communities and rural territories face serious development challenges: including poor living conditions, infrastructure, and services and lack of citizens' participation in decision-making processes. The Russian Federation Local Initiatives Support Program (RF LISP) aims to address community challenges by introducing a participatory approach to the development and rehabilitation of local-level social infrastructure. Specifically, LISP channels funds from regional budgets to finance participatory projects in poorer local communities. For the period 2009-14, LISP has been implemented in six regions and has resulted in more than 1,200 projects with over 1 million beneficiaries. Key factors for LISP success are the following: (i) mainstreaming of LISP into the national administrative system and budget process, and (ii) providing the Bank's technical assistance at all stages of project implementation to share international experience in community-driven development (CDD) projects, and ensuring transparency and quality of LISP procedures. 2014-07-21T14:43:07Z 2014-07-21T14:43:07Z 2014-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19772159/empowering-communities-local-initiatives-support-program-russia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18932 English en_US Europe and Central Asia Knowledge Brief;No. 71 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Russian Federation
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topic ADULT POPULATION
BIG CITIES
CITIES
CITIZEN
CITIZENS
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY CENTERS
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY MEETINGS
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
DECISIONMAKING
DISSEMINATION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
LEGAL STATUS
LESSONS LEARNED
LIVING CONDITIONS
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
LOCAL COMMUNITIES
LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE
LOCAL POPULATION
LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS
MICRO-PROJECTS
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
MUNICIPALITIES
NATURAL RESOURCE
NEIGHBORHOOD
PARTICIPATION IN DECISION
POOR LIVING
PROCUREMENT
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
PUBLIC AWARENESS
PUBLIC OPINION
REGIONAL BUDGET
REGIONAL BUDGETS
REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL RESIDENTS
RURAL ROADS
RURAL SETTLEMENTS
SETTLEMENT
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SERVICES
SUPPLY SYSTEMS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRANSPARENCY
UNEMPLOYMENT
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY SERVICES
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
spellingShingle ADULT POPULATION
BIG CITIES
CITIES
CITIZEN
CITIZENS
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY CENTERS
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY MEETINGS
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
DECISIONMAKING
DISSEMINATION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
LEGAL STATUS
LESSONS LEARNED
LIVING CONDITIONS
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
LOCAL COMMUNITIES
LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE
LOCAL POPULATION
LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS
MICRO-PROJECTS
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
MUNICIPALITIES
NATURAL RESOURCE
NEIGHBORHOOD
PARTICIPATION IN DECISION
POOR LIVING
PROCUREMENT
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
PUBLIC AWARENESS
PUBLIC OPINION
REGIONAL BUDGET
REGIONAL BUDGETS
REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL RESIDENTS
RURAL ROADS
RURAL SETTLEMENTS
SETTLEMENT
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SERVICES
SUPPLY SYSTEMS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRANSPARENCY
UNEMPLOYMENT
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY SERVICES
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
Shulga, Ivan
Sukhova, Anna
Khachatryan, Gagik
Empowering Communities : The Local Initiatives Support Program in Russia
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Russian Federation
relation Europe and Central Asia Knowledge Brief;No. 71
description Prosperity from economic growth is not shared evenly among Russia's population and regions. Local communities and rural territories face serious development challenges: including poor living conditions, infrastructure, and services and lack of citizens' participation in decision-making processes. The Russian Federation Local Initiatives Support Program (RF LISP) aims to address community challenges by introducing a participatory approach to the development and rehabilitation of local-level social infrastructure. Specifically, LISP channels funds from regional budgets to finance participatory projects in poorer local communities. For the period 2009-14, LISP has been implemented in six regions and has resulted in more than 1,200 projects with over 1 million beneficiaries. Key factors for LISP success are the following: (i) mainstreaming of LISP into the national administrative system and budget process, and (ii) providing the Bank's technical assistance at all stages of project implementation to share international experience in community-driven development (CDD) projects, and ensuring transparency and quality of LISP procedures.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Shulga, Ivan
Sukhova, Anna
Khachatryan, Gagik
author_facet Shulga, Ivan
Sukhova, Anna
Khachatryan, Gagik
author_sort Shulga, Ivan
title Empowering Communities : The Local Initiatives Support Program in Russia
title_short Empowering Communities : The Local Initiatives Support Program in Russia
title_full Empowering Communities : The Local Initiatives Support Program in Russia
title_fullStr Empowering Communities : The Local Initiatives Support Program in Russia
title_full_unstemmed Empowering Communities : The Local Initiatives Support Program in Russia
title_sort empowering communities : the local initiatives support program in russia
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19772159/empowering-communities-local-initiatives-support-program-russia
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