IDA - Community Driven Development

IDA at Work: Community Driven Development: People Power Yields Results

Community Driven Development: People Power Yields Results

Community Driven Development (CDD) is a development approach that gives control of decisions and resources to community groups. IDA initially adopted the CDD approach as a mechanism for improved service delivery. By the start of this decade, CDD had become an IDA priority for empowering poor communities and building greater financial accountability.

From fixing roads and schools, to installing water pumps and strengthening governance, this grassroots approach is yielding results around the world.

Learn more
Download: CDD brief
[PDF, 9-page brief, July 2009]

Half of Indonesia's villages have used grants to invest in their needs. Kecamatan Development Project.

Returning ex-combatants to civilian life in Sierra Leone helped restore social stability.

- 2.5 Million Benefit from Social Investment Fund in Honduras
- Afghanistan's National Solidarity Program has reached about 13 million people.
- In its 11th year, the Armenian Social Investment Fund keeps the focus on poorest and most remote.
- Bosnia-Herzegovina's community development project helps mend post-war communities
- Community-based rural development in Burkina Faso is paving the way for decentralization.
- Self-help groups in India increased incomes for 8 million women.
- Local infrastructure improves in majority of Kyrgyz Villages.
- Lao's Poverty Reduction Fund has invested in 2,000 villages in three years.
- Testing community-managed schools in Nepal
- Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund increases access to loans and safe water.
- Rural infrastructure project in Senegal improves living conditions for 2.2 million people
- Yemen's Social Fund for Development yields more water, classrooms and roads.

From installing water pumps to building schools, communities in Haiti are selecting their development priorities. Read feature story; view video below - July 2007

- What is IDA? The International Development Association (IDA) is the part of the World Bank that provides interest-free credits and grants to the world's poorest countries. Learn more
- Explore the World Bank's resources on Community Driven Development.
- Analysis: "Community-Driven Development in the Context of Conflict-Affected Countries: Challenges and Opportunities" [June 2006, PDF]