Community Contracting in the Malawi Social Action Fund : Local Stakeholder Perspectives

The Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF) is a quick-disbursing facility which routes money directly to communities. One of the main emphases of the project is to improve and strengthen the capacity of beneficiary communities to identify, prioritize, s...

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Main Authors: de Silva, Samantha, Kamwendo, Christine
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/07/12356201/community-contracting-malawi-social-action-fund-local-stakeholder-perspectives
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spelling okr-10986-98372021-04-23T14:02:47Z Community Contracting in the Malawi Social Action Fund : Local Stakeholder Perspectives de Silva, Samantha Kamwendo, Christine CAPACITY BUILDING COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY BASED RURAL DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS COMMUNITY FINANCING COMMUNITY LEADERS COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY SUBPROJECTS CONSULTATION DISTRICTS FACILITATORS INFORMATION DISSEMINATION INTERVENTIONS LOCAL CONTRACTORS NEW COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATORY TECHNIQUES PROCUREMENT PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT PREPARATION RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOLS SOCIAL FUNDS URBAN COMMUNITIES The Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF) is a quick-disbursing facility which routes money directly to communities. One of the main emphases of the project is to improve and strengthen the capacity of beneficiary communities to identify, prioritize, supervise, monitor, maintain and operate projects. Community contracting is an intrinsic part of this process. The participatory assessment of local stakeholder perspectives of community contracting included identifying: (i) key characteristics of the community contracting component, (ii) strengths and weaknesses of the approach, and; (iii) specific issues, constraints, and possible solutions. 2012-08-13T09:39:58Z 2012-08-13T09:39:58Z 2000-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/07/12356201/community-contracting-malawi-social-action-fund-local-stakeholder-perspectives http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9837 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 163 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Malawi
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topic CAPACITY BUILDING
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY BASED RURAL DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS
COMMUNITY FINANCING
COMMUNITY LEADERS
COMMUNITY MEMBERS
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
COMMUNITY SUBPROJECTS
CONSULTATION
DISTRICTS
FACILITATORS
INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
INTERVENTIONS
LOCAL CONTRACTORS
NEW COMMUNITIES
PARTICIPATORY TECHNIQUES
PROCUREMENT
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
PROJECT PREPARATION
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SCHOOLS
SOCIAL FUNDS
URBAN COMMUNITIES
spellingShingle CAPACITY BUILDING
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY BASED RURAL DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS
COMMUNITY FINANCING
COMMUNITY LEADERS
COMMUNITY MEMBERS
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
COMMUNITY SUBPROJECTS
CONSULTATION
DISTRICTS
FACILITATORS
INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
INTERVENTIONS
LOCAL CONTRACTORS
NEW COMMUNITIES
PARTICIPATORY TECHNIQUES
PROCUREMENT
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
PROJECT PREPARATION
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SCHOOLS
SOCIAL FUNDS
URBAN COMMUNITIES
de Silva, Samantha
Kamwendo, Christine
Community Contracting in the Malawi Social Action Fund : Local Stakeholder Perspectives
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Malawi
relation Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 163
description The Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF) is a quick-disbursing facility which routes money directly to communities. One of the main emphases of the project is to improve and strengthen the capacity of beneficiary communities to identify, prioritize, supervise, monitor, maintain and operate projects. Community contracting is an intrinsic part of this process. The participatory assessment of local stakeholder perspectives of community contracting included identifying: (i) key characteristics of the community contracting component, (ii) strengths and weaknesses of the approach, and; (iii) specific issues, constraints, and possible solutions.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author de Silva, Samantha
Kamwendo, Christine
author_facet de Silva, Samantha
Kamwendo, Christine
author_sort de Silva, Samantha
title Community Contracting in the Malawi Social Action Fund : Local Stakeholder Perspectives
title_short Community Contracting in the Malawi Social Action Fund : Local Stakeholder Perspectives
title_full Community Contracting in the Malawi Social Action Fund : Local Stakeholder Perspectives
title_fullStr Community Contracting in the Malawi Social Action Fund : Local Stakeholder Perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Community Contracting in the Malawi Social Action Fund : Local Stakeholder Perspectives
title_sort community contracting in the malawi social action fund : local stakeholder perspectives
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/07/12356201/community-contracting-malawi-social-action-fund-local-stakeholder-perspectives
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