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World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002
A Social Development Strategy
for the World BankSusan Jacobs Matzen
Social Development SpecialistWorld Bank
Commission for Social DevelopmentMeeting on Sharing Experiences and Practices in Social Development
June 12, 2002Havana, Cuba
World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002
A Social Development Strategy?
Why have a strategy? What is the demand? Who is it for? What is it – descriptive or prescriptive? What is the process?
World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002
Outline
Definitions and concepts What have we done and how well? Ongoing areas of work in social
development Strategic directions for social
development at the World Bank
World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002
Definitions and Concepts:Copenhagen
Commitments1. Create an economic, political, social, cultural and legal environment
that will enable people to achieve social development.2. Eradicate absolute poverty by a targeted date to be set by each
country.3. Support full employment as a basic policy goal.4. Promote social integration based on the enhancement and
protection of all human rights.5. Achieve equality between women and men.6. Attain universal and equitable access to education and primary
health care.7. Accelerate the development of Africa and the least developed
countries.8. Ensure that structural adjustment programmes include social
development goals.9. Increase resources allocated to social development.10. Strengthen cooperation for social development through the UN.
World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002
Definitions and Concepts:Social sectors/services
Health Education
The World Bank calls these human development
Social welfare/security/protectionThe World Bank calls these social protection
World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002
Definitions and Concepts:Social development as we
define itLong versionSocial development is development that is equitable, socially inclusive and therefore sustainable. It empowers poor people to participate effectively in development processes and promotes institutions that are responsive, accountable and inclusive.
Short versionSocial development is the development of society.
World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002
Definitions and Concepts
The goal of social development is a society that enables people, especially poor people, to take actions to help themselves.
The social dimensions of development --
EmpowermentInclusion Security
-- help make societies equitable, productive and sustainable.
World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002
Social Dimensions of Development Empowerment is the enhancement of assets
and capabilities of diverse individuals and groups so that they can engage, influence and hold accountable the institutions that affect their well being.
Social inclusion is the removal of institutional barriers and the enhancement of incentives to increase access of diverse populations to assets and development opportunities.
Security is the lowering of vulnerability through reducing risk, improving response to a shock and mitigating harm for better outcomes.
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Why is attention to social dimensions
important?
Economic Dimensions
Social Dimensions
Two sides of the poverty reduction coin
World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002
Social development completesa virtuous circle….
… that leads to sustainable poverty reduction
Economic Dimensions
Social Dimensions
Empowerment + Inclusion + Security
Participation + Inclusion
Investment Climate + Growth
Pro-poor Growth
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And makes development
more sustainable
Responsive to poor peoples’ needs and aspirations, and the development contextReliable in efficiently delivering what it promises building social capitalResilient to shocks, providing lasting benefits
Economic Dimensions
Social Dimensions
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Sustainable improvements in livelihoods
Institutions:FAMILY
COMMUNITY
GOVERNMENT
MARKETS
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Assets and Institutions for Sustainability
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World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002
Outline
Definitions and concepts What have we done and how well? Ongoing areas of work in social
development Strategic directions for social
development at the World Bank
World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002
What have we done and how well?
Advocacy
Policy
Operations
Conflict Prevention
and Reconstruction
Civic Engagement Social Analysis
CDDGender
Safeguards
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Challenge: the policy sphere
“There is no serious doubt that the ultimate ends of economic policy are in the broadest sense social’”
from: UN Secretary General’s Report to the 40th Session of the United Nations Commission for Social Development, February, 2002
World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002
Outline
Definitions and concepts What have we done and how well? Ongoing areas of work in social
development Strategic directions for social
development at the World Bank
World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002
Ongoing Areas of Work by WB Social Development
Group Social Analysis - inclusion Civic engagement and participation –
empowerment and inclusion Community-driven development -
empowerment Conflict prevention and reconstruction-
security Social safeguards - security
Indigenous peoples, Resettlement
World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002
Outline
Definitions and concepts What have we done and how well? Ongoing areas of work in social
development Strategic directions for social
development at the World Bank
World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002
Strategic DirectionsBuilding Capacity for Social DevelopmentDemand-side reforms for effective supply-
side reformsInstitutions (local to international, informal to formal)
Goal: responsive, reliable, resilientFocus: governance/transparency, decentralization, service deliveryCitizensGoal: voice and choiceFocus: CDD, participation at macro level
Entry PointsPRSPs, Policy Reforms, Country Assistance Strategies, Projects
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Strategic Directions:In Strategies and Policies
Building principles of CDD into appropriate strategies Promoting devolution of decision making Promoting access to information (and we should walk
the talk) Improving governance at the project and policy level
through participatory m&e and social accountability measures
Promoting legal and judicial reform for non-violent solutions
Including conflict resolution in CDD Helping to adjust reforms to minimize/manage social risk
World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002
Strategic Directions In Projects and Programs:
Social Dimensions as Ends in Themselves
Either new forms of projects or adjust existing types of projects and programs with social development core objectives
• Develop portfolio to promote empowerment, inclusion,
security• Promote local governance aspects in infrastructure, natural resource management and human development• Include measures to improve social accountability and transparency in public sector management projects
World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002
Strategic Directions In Projects and Programs:
Social Dimensions as Means to Reach Other objectives
Changing the project preparation and implementation processes:
• Consider both formal institutions and informal behaviors and norms in project design and implementation • Include participation and civic engagement throughout project cycle• Base design on social analysis• Build community capacity in a learning by doing mode
Taking safeguards upstream• Help governments develop appropriate policies