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Community Driven Development

What is Community Driven Development?


Community Driven Development (CDD) is an alternative development strategy that gives control of decisions
and resources to community groups. It is a way to provide governance, and enhance security of the poor in a
manner where the community – especially poor people themselves – are tapped and developed as initiators,
decision makers, and resource for social transformation, working collaboratively with demand-responsive
support organizations and institutions to bring about sustained development.
By putting people at the core, CDD’s places real and meaningful participation of people as the driving force
of development.
Characteristics:
 Treats poor people and their institutions as assets and partners in the development process.
 Gives control of decisions and resources to community groups.
 Strengthening and financing accountable and inclusive community groups.
 Builds functional links between Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) and formal institutions.
Why is Community-Driven Development useful?
 Complements market and public sector activities.
 Enhances sustainability.
 Improves efficiency and effectiveness.
 Allows poverty reduction efforts to be taken to scale.
 Makes development more inclusive of the interests of poor people and vulnerable groups.
 Empowers poor people, builds social capital, and strengthens governance.
 Allows for the development of Alternative Institutional Arrangements among stakeholders.
Principles for supporting sustainable and effective CDD engagements
1. Establish an enabling environment through relevant institutional and policy reform.
2. Make investments responsive to informed demand.
3. Build participatory mechanisms for community control and stakeholder involvement.
4. Ensure social and gender inclusion.
5. Invest in capacity building of CBOs.
6. Facilitate community access to information.
7. Develop simple rules and strong incentives, supported by monitoring and evaluation.
8. Maintain flexibility in design of arrangements.
9. Design for scaling up.
10. Invest in an exit strategy.

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