Community-driven development (CDD) empowers participating citizens and communities to control the development process, resources, and decision-making to address their self-identified needs. The community typically plans and builds a project, going on to monitor its progress.
Problems and Purpose
Community-driven development (CDD) programs aim to improve "transparency, participation, accountability, and enhance local capacity." [1]
Origins and Development
Participant Recruitment and Selection
How it Works: Process, Interaction, and Decision-Making
Influence, Outcomes, and Effects
"Experience has shown that when given clear and transparent rules, access to information, and appropriate technical and financial support, poor communities can effectively organize to identify community priorities and address local problems by working in partnership with local governments and other institutions to build small-scale infrastructure and deliver basic services." [1]
Analysis and Lessons Learned
See Also
Community Driven Development: Community Investment in Rural Areas Project in Bolivia
References
[1] World Bank. (2021, March 19). Community-Driven Development. https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/communitydrivendevelopment#1