No AccessPolicy Research Working Papers21 Jun 2013The Social Impact of Social Funds in Jamaica: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Participation, Targeting, and Collective Action in Community-Driven DevelopmentAuthors/Editors: Ana Ibanez, Vijayendra RaoAna Ibanez, Vijayendra Raohttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-2970SectionsAboutPDF (0.2 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract:Rao and Ibáñez develop an evaluation method that combines qualitative evidence with quantitative survey data analyzed with propensity score methods on matched samples to study the impact of a participatory community-driven social fund on preference targeting, collective action, and community decisionmaking. The data come from a case study of five pairs of communities in Jamaica where one community in the pair has received funds from the Jamaica social investment fund (JSIF) while the other has not—but has been picked to match the funded community in its social and economic characteristics. The qualitative data reveal that the social fund process is elite-driven and decisionmaking tends to be dominated by a small group of motivated individuals. But by the end of the project there was broad-based satisfaction with the outcome. The quantitative data from 500 households mirror these findings by showing that ex-ante the social fund does not address the expressed needs of the majority of individuals in the majority of communities. By the end of the construction process, however, 80 percent of the community expressed satisfaction with the outcome. An analysis of the determinants of participation shows that better educated and better networked individuals dominate the process. Propensity score analysis reveals that the JSIF has had a causal impact on improvements in trust and the capacity for collective action, but these gains are greater for elites within the community. Both JSIF and non-JSIF communities are more likely now to make decisions that affect their lives which indicates a broad-based effort to promote participatory development in the country, but JSIF communities do not show higher levels of community-driven decisions than non-JSIF communities. The authors shed light on the complex ways in which community-driven development works inside communities—a process that is deeply imbedded within Jamaica's sociocultural and political context. This paper—a product of the Poverty Team, Development Research Group—is part of a larger effort in the group to evaluate community-driven development. Previous bookNext book FiguresReferencesRecommendedDetailsCited ByAssessing the Sustainability of Community-Driven Development Projects in Lao PDR3 November 2021Underlying factors for effective collective decision on community-driven infrastructure in developing countriesInternational Journal of Construction Management, Vol.131 June 2020New Challenges and Opportunities for Multi and Mixed Methods Research (MMMR) in the Evaluation of International Development ProgramsINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIPLE RESEARCH APPROACHES, Vol.10, No.116 July 2018Impact of cooperatives on smallholders' commercialization behavior: evidence from EthiopiaAgricultural Economics, Vol.39, No.2The Social Impact of Social Funds in Jamaica: A 'Participatory Econometric' Analysis of Targeting, Collective Action, and Participation in Community-Driven DevelopmentJournal of Development Studies, Vol.41, No.5 View Published: February 2003 Copyright & Permissions Related RegionsLatin America & CaribbeanRelated CountriesJamaicaRelated TopicsCommunities & Human SettlementsEducationGovernanceSocial DevelopmentSocial Protections and Labor KeywordsCOMMUNITIESCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONFACILITIESHEALTHHOUSEHOLDHOUSEHOLDSINTERVENTIONMARKETSPARTICIPATIONPARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENTPROJECTPROJECTSRURAL DEVELOPMENTSELF-HELPSERVICESERVICESSETTLEMENTSOCIAL COHESION PDF DownloadLoading ...