Community-driven development decision tools for rural - IFAD

capacity-building address the local government. The expected outcome is a public administrationnearer to the people, willing to respond to people’s demands and trained to provide better services,either directly or through outsourcing to private service providers. Projects designed using thisapproach result in a moderate amount of CDD content.A larger amount of CDD content is achieved by focusing on the interface between citizens (i.e.communities and CBOs) and the local government. It envisages• institutional support and policy dialogue aimed at introducing rules and procedures toestablish an enabling environment for CBOs and for partnerships of CSOs, localgovernments and CBOs;• building capacity of the CBOs (i.e. not only of local governments or other external serviceproviders) so that they can undertake sustainable development actions reflecting their ownpriorities in due course and with limited external support;• transfer of investment resources (i.e. financial, physical and technical assistance) that enablethe CBOs to do what they are trained to do in a new enabling environment.Figure 3 shows a simplified illustration of this approach.Even though the approach outlined in Figure 3 results in a higher CDD content, it is notnecessarily the one to be used in all cases. CDD can be a powerful instrument of rural povertyFigure 3CDD focusing on the CBOsInputs Output OutcomeInstitutional supportRules and procedures ofan enabling environmentfor the CBOsStrong autonomous CBOsCapacity-buildingCommunication know-howTechnical know-howChanged organizationculture for central andlocal government (i.e.capacity and willingnessto accept CBOsas development partners)Micro-business, accountingCapacity of the CBOs toundertake sustainabledevelopment activities ontheir ownInvestment resourcetransferFinancial resourcesTechnical assistanceIMPACTImproved livelihoodas a result ofsustainable developmentof the CBOs54