The Social Impact of Social Funds in Jamaica : A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Participation, Targeting, and Collective Action in Community-Driven Development
The authors develop an evaluation method that combines qualitative evidence with quantitative survey data analyzed with propensity score methods on matched samples to study the impact of a participatory community-driven social fund on preference ta...
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okr-10986-191462021-04-23T14:03:42Z The Social Impact of Social Funds in Jamaica : A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Participation, Targeting, and Collective Action in Community-Driven Development Rao, Vijayendra Ibáñez, Ana María ANTHROPOLOGISTS AUTHORITY BASIC SERVICES BENEFICIARY ASSESSMENT BENEFICIARY ASSESSMENTS BROAD CONSULTATION CAUSAL IMPACT CITIZENS COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY CENTERS COMMUNITY CONSULTATION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY GROUPS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COMMUNITY LEADERS COMMUNITY LEVEL COMMUNITY LIFE COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY STRUCTURES COMMUNITY SUPPORT COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT CONFLICT CONSULTATION CRIME DATA COLLECTION DECISION MAKING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT POLICIES ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC POLICIES FAMILIES FIELD VISITS FOCUS GROUP FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS FOCUS GROUPS HUMAN CAPITAL IDEAS INEQUALITY INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY KEY ACTORS LEADERSHIP LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISALS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICIANS PRIME MINISTER PUBLIC GOOD RURAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL IMPACT SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIETY TELEVISION CASE STUDIES HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS METHODOLOGY EDUCATIONAL LEVEL SOCIOCULTURAL ENVIRONMENT NETWORKING ACCESS INITIATIVES The authors develop an evaluation method that combines qualitative evidence with quantitative survey data analyzed with propensity score methods on matched samples to study the impact of a participatory community-driven social fund on preference targeting, collective action, and community decision-making. The data come from a case study of five pairs of communities in Jamaica where one community in the pair has received funds from the Jamaica social investment fund (JSIF) while the other has not-but has been picked to match the funded community in its social and economic characteristics. The qualitative data reveal that the social fund process is elite-driven and decision-making tends to be dominated by a small group of motivated individuals. But by the end of the project there was broad-based satisfaction with the outcome. The quantitative data from 500 households mirror these findings by showing that ex-ante the social fund does not address the expressed needs of the majority of individuals in the majority of communities. By the end of the construction process, however, 80 percent of the community expressed satisfaction with the outcome. An analysis of the determinants of participation shows that better educated and better networked individuals dominate the process. Propensity score analysis reveals that the JSIF has had a causal impact on improvements in trust and the capacity for collective action, but these gains are greater for elites within the community. Both JSIF and non-JSIF communities are more likely now to make decisions that affect their lives which indicates a broad-based effort to promote participatory development in the country, but JSIF communities do not show higher levels of community-driven decisions than non-JSIF communities. The authors shed light on the complex ways in which community-driven development works inside communities-a process that is deeply imbedded within Jamaica's sociocultural and political context. 2014-07-31T19:14:45Z 2014-07-31T19:14:45Z 2003-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2156911/social-impact-social-funds-jamaica-mixed-methods-analysis-participation-targeting-collective-action-community-driven-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19146 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2970 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Jamaica |
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ANTHROPOLOGISTS AUTHORITY BASIC SERVICES BENEFICIARY ASSESSMENT BENEFICIARY ASSESSMENTS BROAD CONSULTATION CAUSAL IMPACT CITIZENS COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY CENTERS COMMUNITY CONSULTATION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY GROUPS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COMMUNITY LEADERS COMMUNITY LEVEL COMMUNITY LIFE COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY STRUCTURES COMMUNITY SUPPORT COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT CONFLICT CONSULTATION CRIME DATA COLLECTION DECISION MAKING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT POLICIES ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC POLICIES FAMILIES FIELD VISITS FOCUS GROUP FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS FOCUS GROUPS HUMAN CAPITAL IDEAS INEQUALITY INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY KEY ACTORS LEADERSHIP LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISALS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICIANS PRIME MINISTER PUBLIC GOOD RURAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL IMPACT SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIETY TELEVISION CASE STUDIES HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS METHODOLOGY EDUCATIONAL LEVEL SOCIOCULTURAL ENVIRONMENT NETWORKING ACCESS INITIATIVES |
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ANTHROPOLOGISTS AUTHORITY BASIC SERVICES BENEFICIARY ASSESSMENT BENEFICIARY ASSESSMENTS BROAD CONSULTATION CAUSAL IMPACT CITIZENS COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY CENTERS COMMUNITY CONSULTATION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY GROUPS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COMMUNITY LEADERS COMMUNITY LEVEL COMMUNITY LIFE COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY STRUCTURES COMMUNITY SUPPORT COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT CONFLICT CONSULTATION CRIME DATA COLLECTION DECISION MAKING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT POLICIES ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC POLICIES FAMILIES FIELD VISITS FOCUS GROUP FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS FOCUS GROUPS HUMAN CAPITAL IDEAS INEQUALITY INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY KEY ACTORS LEADERSHIP LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISALS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICIANS PRIME MINISTER PUBLIC GOOD RURAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL IMPACT SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIETY TELEVISION CASE STUDIES HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS METHODOLOGY EDUCATIONAL LEVEL SOCIOCULTURAL ENVIRONMENT NETWORKING ACCESS INITIATIVES Rao, Vijayendra Ibáñez, Ana María The Social Impact of Social Funds in Jamaica : A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Participation, Targeting, and Collective Action in Community-Driven Development |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2970 |
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The authors develop an evaluation method
that combines qualitative evidence with quantitative survey
data analyzed with propensity score methods on matched
samples to study the impact of a participatory
community-driven social fund on preference targeting,
collective action, and community decision-making. The data
come from a case study of five pairs of communities in
Jamaica where one community in the pair has received funds
from the Jamaica social investment fund (JSIF) while the
other has not-but has been picked to match the funded
community in its social and economic characteristics. The
qualitative data reveal that the social fund process is
elite-driven and decision-making tends to be dominated by a
small group of motivated individuals. But by the end of the
project there was broad-based satisfaction with the outcome.
The quantitative data from 500 households mirror these
findings by showing that ex-ante the social fund does not
address the expressed needs of the majority of individuals
in the majority of communities. By the end of the
construction process, however, 80 percent of the community
expressed satisfaction with the outcome. An analysis of the
determinants of participation shows that better educated and
better networked individuals dominate the process.
Propensity score analysis reveals that the JSIF has had a
causal impact on improvements in trust and the capacity for
collective action, but these gains are greater for elites
within the community. Both JSIF and non-JSIF communities are
more likely now to make decisions that affect their lives
which indicates a broad-based effort to promote
participatory development in the country, but JSIF
communities do not show higher levels of community-driven
decisions than non-JSIF communities. The authors shed light
on the complex ways in which community-driven development
works inside communities-a process that is deeply imbedded
within Jamaica's sociocultural and political context. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Rao, Vijayendra Ibáñez, Ana María |
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Rao, Vijayendra Ibáñez, Ana María |
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Rao, Vijayendra |
| title |
The Social Impact of Social Funds in Jamaica : A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Participation, Targeting, and Collective Action in Community-Driven Development |
| title_short |
The Social Impact of Social Funds in Jamaica : A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Participation, Targeting, and Collective Action in Community-Driven Development |
| title_full |
The Social Impact of Social Funds in Jamaica : A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Participation, Targeting, and Collective Action in Community-Driven Development |
| title_fullStr |
The Social Impact of Social Funds in Jamaica : A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Participation, Targeting, and Collective Action in Community-Driven Development |
| title_full_unstemmed |
The Social Impact of Social Funds in Jamaica : A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Participation, Targeting, and Collective Action in Community-Driven Development |
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social impact of social funds in jamaica : a mixed-methods analysis of participation, targeting, and collective action in community-driven development |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2156911/social-impact-social-funds-jamaica-mixed-methods-analysis-participation-targeting-collective-action-community-driven-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19146 |
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