The World Bank’s community-driven development (CDD) operations draw from a strong track record of moving funds quickly and flexibly in response to crises, such as in Indonesia after the 2004 tsunami.

Community-driven development and governance mechanisms centre on empowering local populations to shape projects, allocate resources and hold public authorities to account. This approach shifts ...

In Nigeria, the Community and Social Development Project (CSDP) aims to increase access by the poor to improved social services and infrastructure in a sustainable manner This bottom-up approach, ...

Activist Billion GODSun holds a sign demanding community ownership of the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza mall. (Photo by Paulo Freire Lopez; courtesy Downtown Crenshaw) This is your first of three free ...

,MRS. Ronke Ajimoke gave birth to her first child in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. She decided to go to her remote village for her second baby. What could make an educated and “city mother” want to ...

Informal settlements in Africa are diverse. Across regions and even in the same city, socioeconomic and physical conditions vary. One thing is common though: upgrading them is a challenge. Among the ...

SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union (PIA) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is advancing grassroots development nationwide through the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and ...

Real estate should not just be about constructing buildings. It should also be about engineering better ways of living.