Social Funds Revisited: Employment and Gender DimensionsReviews the main features and policy issues of social funds, focusing on employment generation and the promotion of the gender perspective. Provides case studies of the structure, objectives and use of social funds in six developing countries. Highlights the role of community participation and the demand-driven approach to project identification. |
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Social Funds Revisited Focussing | 1 |
The Fondo de Inversión Social | 23 |
Economic Reform and Structural Change | 45 |
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ADEVAS agencies allocated assessment basic beneficiaries benefit Bolivia budget cent contribution costs countries criteria decentralisation demand-driven approach disbursed economic effective Egypt Employment Services evaluation example experience FHIS projects FIS's FONAES gender dimension gender issues gender perspective health and education Honduras households impact implementation improve income income-generating activities increase infrastructure projects initiatives institutions Inter-American Development Bank intermediary investment involved jobs created labour market loans Madagascar maquiladora micro-enterprise micro-projects Ministry Mizque monitoring municipalities needs NGOs objectives operational organisations participatory PASI poor poorest Popular Participation Law population poverty alleviation poverty map priority PROBECAT promote reforms regional responsibility role rural areas San Pedro Sula SECALINE Sensenti Social Development Funds Social Funds social infrastructure social policy social safety nets social services staff strategies structural adjustment sustainability UNDP unemployed urban women women's participation World Bank Yamaranguila Zambia