Documents
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Community-driven development: understanding the interlinkages between individuals, community-based workers and institutions. A literature review
BCID working paper 1.pdf | 289k -
A view of policy and practice in relation to water and HIV/AIDS in Tanzania
BCID working paper 2.pdf | 410k -
Overview of community-driven development in South Africa
BCID working paper 3.pdf | 374k -
Case Study. Hai District water supply project
myFile_WP 8 Case Hai District Water TZ.pdf | 144kb -
Case study. Kileuo village - the role of community-based workers in maintaining a gravity-fed pipeline with no external intervention
myFile_WP 9 Case Water in Kileuo TZ.pdf | 122kb -
Case study. Tsogang water and sanitation project, Lefahla village, Limpopo Province
myFile_WP 7 Case Water in Tsogang RSA.pdf | 180kb -
Case study. Uchira Water Users' Association
myFile_WP 6 Case Water in Uchira TZ.pdf | 265kb
Understanding Community Action: Exploring the interlinkages between individuals, community workers and institutions
The purpose of this funded research is to identify the potential and constraints of community –driven management and service delivery by tracking the evolution of participation, in selected projects, as shaped by the interface between individuals, community workers and institutions.
Pro-poor community driven development is both enabled and constrained by individual identities, the action of community workers and the functioning of institutions. The positive aspects can be enhanced through a greater understanding of individual motivations, institutional processes and improved monitoring techniques. However, the limitations of such models must also be recognised.
This research has three objectives (1) to understand individual participation in collective activity (2) to understand the contribution of community workers to participatory processes and (3) to understand the possibilities of ‘getting institutions right’ for pro-poor development.
The research analyses case studies of community driven development activity in relation to service delivery for water and HIV/AIDS home based care in Tanzania and South Africa. The water related work is presented on this website. Follow links for the HIV/AIDS case studies.
The research is being conducted by Jelke Boesten, Anna Toner and Frances Cleaver of the University of Bradford. Research partners include Lindi Mdhuli at the African Institute for Community Driven Development in South Africa, Bertha Koda of the University of Dar es Salaam and Comfort Mfangavo, an independent consultant.
