This paper reports on proceedings from an international workshop on social funds, held on May 21-24, 1997, in Washington, DC. The objectives of the workshop were to take stock of a decade's implementation experience of social funds with a view to assessing their impact on poverty reduction; establish a broad consensus on their main achievements, weaknesses, and risks; generate a set of recommendations for improving existing operations as well as for the design of future social funds; and facilitate the integration of international and regional networks of social funds.
- ISBN10 0821342096
- ISBN13 9780821342091
- Publish Date 1 August 1998
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 16 October 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint World Bank Publications
- Format Paperback
- Pages 247
- Language English