1. World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002 A Social Development Strategy for the World Bank Susan Jacobs Matzen Social Development Specialist World Bank Sjacobs@worldbank.org for Commission for Social Development Meeting on Sharing Experiences and Practices in Social Development June 12, 2002 Havana, Cuba

2. World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002 A Social Development Strategy?  Why have a strategy? What is the demand?  Who is it for?  What is it – descriptive or prescriptive?  What is the process?

3. World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002 Outline  Definitions and concepts  What have we done and how well?  Ongoing areas of work in social development  Strategic directions for social development at the World Bank

4. World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002 Definitions and Concepts: Copenhagen Commitments 1.Create an economic, political, social, cultural and legal environment that will enable people to achieve social development. 2.Eradicate absolute poverty by a targeted date to be set by each country. 3.Support full employment as a basic policy goal. 4.Promote social integration based on the enhancement and protection of all human rights. 5.Achieve equality between women and men. 6.Attain universal and equitable access to education and primary health care. 7.Accelerate the development of Africa and the least developed countries. 8.Ensure that structural adjustment programmes include social development goals. 9.Increase resources allocated to social development. 10.Strengthen cooperation for social development through the UN.

5. World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002 Definitions and Concepts: Social sectors/services  Health  Education The World Bank calls these human development  Social welfare/security/protection The World Bank calls these social protection

6. World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002 Definitions and Concepts: Social development as we define it Long version Social development is development that is equitable, socially inclusive and therefore sustainable. It empowers poor people to participate effectively in development processes and promotes institutions that are responsive, accountable and inclusive. Short version Social development is the development of society.

7. World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002 Definitions and Concepts The goal of social development is a society that enables people, especially poor people, to take actions to help themselves.  The social dimensions of development --  Empowerment  Inclusion  Security -- help make societies equitable, productive and sustainable.

8. World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002 Social Dimensions of Development  Empowerment is the enhancement of assets and capabilities of diverse individuals and groups so that they can engage, influence and hold accountable the institutions that affect their well being.  Social inclusion is the removal of institutional barriers and the enhancement of incentives to increase access of diverse populations to assets and development opportunities.  Security is the lowering of vulnerability through reducing risk, improving response to a shock and mitigating harm for better outcomes.

9. World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002 Why is attention to social dimensions important? Economic Dimensions Social Dimensions Two sides of the poverty reduction coin

10. World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002 Social development completes a virtuous circle…. … that leads to sustainable poverty reduction Economic Dimensions Social Dimensions Empowerment + Inclusion + Security Participation + Inclusion Investment Climate + Growth Pro-poor Growth

11. World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002 And makes development more sustainable Responsive to poor peoples’ needs and aspirations, and the development context Reliable in efficiently delivering what it promises building social capital Resilient to shocks, providing lasting benefits Economic Dimensions Social Dimensions

12. World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002 Sustainable improvements in livelihoods Institutions: FAMILY COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT MARKETS H F P N S Assets and Institutions for Sustainability Empowerment Inclusion

13. World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002 Outline  Definitions and concepts  What have we done and how well?  Ongoing areas of work in social development  Strategic directions for social development at the World Bank

14. World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002 What have we done and how well? Advocacy Policy Operations Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Civic Engagement Social Analysis CDD Gender Safeguards

15. World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002 Challenge: the policy sphere “ There is no serious doubt that the ultimate ends of economic policy are in the broadest sense social ’” from: UN Secretary General ’ s Report to the 40th Session of the United Nations Commission for Social Development, February, 2002

16. World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002 Outline  Definitions and concepts  What have we done and how well?  Ongoing areas of work in social development  Strategic directions for social development at the World Bank

17. World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002 Ongoing Areas of Work by WB Social Development Group  Social Analysis - inclusion  Civic engagement and participation – empowerment and inclusion  Community-driven development - empowerment  Conflict prevention and reconstruction- security  Social safeguards - security  Indigenous peoples,  Resettlement

18. World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002 Outline  Definitions and concepts  What have we done and how well?  Ongoing areas of work in social development  Strategic directions for social development at the World Bank

19. World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002 Strategic Directions Building Capacity for Social Development Demand-side reforms for effective supply-side reforms Institutions (local to international, informal to formal)  Goal: responsive, reliable, resilient  Focus: governance/transparency, decentralization, service delivery Citizens  Goal: voice and choice  Focus: CDD, participation at macro level Entry Points  PRSPs, Policy Reforms, Country Assistance Strategies, Projects

20. World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002 Strategic Directions: In Strategies and Policies  Building principles of CDD into appropriate strategies  Promoting devolution of decision making  Promoting access to information (and we should walk the talk)  Improving governance at the project and policy level through participatory m&e and social accountability measures  Promoting legal and judicial reform for non-violent solutions  Including conflict resolution in CDD  Helping to adjust reforms to minimize/manage social risk

21. World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002 Strategic Directions In Projects and Programs: Social Dimensions as Ends in Themselves  Either new forms of projects or adjust existing types of projects and programs with social development core objectives Develop portfolio to promote empowerment, inclusion, security Promote local governance aspects in infrastructure, natural resource management and human development Include measures to improve social accountability and transparency in public sector management projects

22. World Bank Social Development Strategy, June 2002 Strategic Directions In Projects and Programs: Social Dimensions as Means to Reach Other objectives  Changing the project preparation and implementation processes: Consider both formal institutions and informal behaviors and norms in project design and implementation Include participation and civic engagement throughout project cycle Base design on social analysis Build community capacity in a learning by doing mode  Taking safeguards upstream Help governments develop appropriate policies