Additional CDD Projects in Philippines

The World Bank has embarked on a major shift in its lending strategy in the Philippines. Almost half of its current and prospective program consists of community-driven development (CDD) projects that actively involve communities in the design, implementation, and management of development activities that affect them. The thrust of such projects are poverty alleviation through community investment, and building of local capacity to manage development. For example:

• The KALAHI Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (CIDSS) project is supporting efforts to improve local governance by strengthening formal and informal institutions to become more inclusive, accountable, and effective. More
  
• The ARMM Social Fund Project is working to increase the development of rural roads, water supplies, sanitation, small-scale irrigation, communal clinics, schools, and other infrastructure and basic services, through speedy financing of local projects in conflict-affected areas of the country. More 
  
• The Community Based Resource Management Project aims to reduce environmental degradation and rural poverty through projects designed and carried out by local communities for agriculture, forestry, coastal resources, fisheries, and rural infrastructure. More
  
• The Third Rural Finance Project is working to support development of micro-enterprises through a loan fund that provides credit for rural projects. More