Smart Folder: General information on Social Development

Social Development in World Bank's Operations: Results and Way Forward — by World Bank — last modified 2007-06-21 19:04

International commitment to social development has been solid, from the 1995 Copenhagen Declaration to the Social Charter agreed upon at the 2004 South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. The World Bank’s vision and public commitments are consistent with this comprehensive approach to poverty reduction. This paper shows how the Bank has strengthened its operations through attention to the social dimensions of development, and what it will do to intensify those efforts. Published by the World Bank's Social Development Department in 2004.

United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-14 15:56

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, is the United Nations agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all.

United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-14 15:59

The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) is an autonomous UN agency engaging in multidisciplinary research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting development. Through its research, UNRISD stimulates dialogue and contributes to policy debates on key issues of social development within and outside the United Nations system.

World Bank Social Development — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-18 16:14

Social Development at the World Bank is about transforming societies by understanding the social context of the country as well as the needs and priorities of poor people. The World Bank's Social Development Strategy is about empowering people by creating more inclusive, cohesive and accountable institutions.

A History of the Social Development Network in The World Bank — by Gloria Davis — last modified 2007-06-21 19:05

The Social Development Strategy will provide definitions and directions for the World Bank’s future work in Social Development. But to develop the Strategy it is necessary to understand both the history of the Social Development network within the Bank and the work it currently supports. This report provides such a history. It describes the origins of the network and the issues it has tackled in the past; and it does so on the assumption that knowing where we have come from and what we have done will help us decide what we should do in the future. Published in March 2004 by the World Bank Social Development Department.

Resources for social development — by Anthony Clunies Ross — last modified 2007-06-21 19:08

This paper will concentrate on various ways of mobilizing resources for social and economic development that appear to have all the following characteristics: (a) They are technically and administratively accessible. (b) Their collection, or their diversion to social development, is unlikely to impose any unduly high excess burden of costs through misallocation, or may even be favourable in its allocative effect, or may itself be a by-product of the procurement of some public good. Working 2 rking paper No. 21 (c) If they are designated to be used for development needs of high social priority, any burden imposed by their collection or mobilization can be regarded as equitably distributed. (d) They are not politically out of the question obviously, ineluctably, and forever. (e) They are so far not fully exploited or not exploited at all. Published by Policy Integration Department World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization International Labour Office Geneva in May 2004.

Grassroots Movements, Political Activism and Social Development in Latin America — by Joe Foweraker — last modified 2007-06-21 19:10

This paper examines the evolution of grassroots political activity in Latin America, with special reference to Chile and Brazil, and assesses its impact on the policy and practices of social devel-opment. It traces this trajectory through the transition from authoritarian to democratic rule, and focuses on the response of grassroots organizations to democratic governance and the rise of neoliberalism in the 1990s. Published by United Nations Research Institute for Social Development 2001.

Information Technology, Globalization and Social Development — by Manuel Castells — last modified 2007-06-21 19:12

In the following paper, presented at the UNRISD conference on Information Technologies and Social Development (Geneva, June 1998), Manuel Castells examines the profile of this new world, centred around multinational corporations, global financial markets and a highly concentrated system of technological research and development. Published by UNRISD Discussion Paper No. 114, September 1999.

Investing in Youth Empowerment and Inclusion: A Social Development Approach — by Gloria La Cava — last modified 2007-06-21 19:15

This paper mainly focuses on the ECA and LAC experiences, yet globalization and relatively greater access to information have made youth everywhere more aware of the opportunities they lack, not just in terms of unemployment. Published by Social Development The World Bank in 2004.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT — by Christophe Cornu — last modified 2007-06-21 19:17

Trainers’ manual. Participatory tools and activities for civil society organisations working with people with HIV. 2006. This training manual draws on the experiences of the International HIV/AIDS Alliance and its partners in developing approaches to community engagement for antiretroviral treatment.

POSITIVE PEOPLE’S GROUPS: The story of people living with HIV mobilising to improve their lives in Upper Northern Thailand — by USAID — last modified 2007-06-21 19:18

Self-help groups are common in Thailand, a tradition perhaps strongest in the Upper North. Long before HIV/AIDS, villagers with similar interests, such as housewives, disabled people or young people, formed associations that support their members. These groups are recognised components of community life. Their office-holders are part of decision-making processes intended to ensure that the community as a whole benefits from proposed changes. Positive People’s groups are a more recent development in a tradition that has long helped members play a full and active role in their communities. 2006

Becoming Human: Paleoanthropology, Evolution, and Human Origins — by Rose Hessmiller — last modified 2007-04-14 21:57

website for the Institute of Human Origins