Tuesday, January 22 | 12:30 – 2:00pm | Room MC 7-860
Description:
Community-driven development (CDD) has become a key operational strategy for national governments and international donors, including in situations emerging from conflict, fragility and violence. This recent policy research paper “Community-driven development: Myths and Realities”, written by Susan Wong and Scott Guggenheim, examines what the evidence shows about the utility of CDD programs for helping governments improve the lives and futures of the poor. In this BBL, Scott Guggenheim will summarize the main arguments of the paper, address recent critiques of the CDD approach, and propose several streams of work for the future.
Presenters:
Scott Guggenheim, CDD/Poverty Advisor
Moderator:
Susan Wong, Global Lead, Community-Driven Development Global Solutions Group
Scott Guggenheim is an anthropologist with 25 years’ experience in international development. His principle area of work is community-led development with particular interest in the use of social policy and analysis to help governments and development agencies to improve the quality of their operations. Scott’s work ranges from helping transitional and post-crisis governments in Asia develop national community and local governance programs, to initiating multi-disciplinary applied research on social issues. He has lived through some tumultuous events, starting with helping Indonesia pick up the pieces after the East Asia crisis and then the Aceh tsunami, to his recent work in Afghanistan. Between 2014 and 2018, Scott worked as a Sr. Adviser to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. Prior to this, Scott worked as a Sr. Social Policy Adviser with AusAID/DFAT from 2008-2014. From 1994-2008, he worked as a Social Scientist with the World Bank. Scott holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the Johns Hopkins University.
Blog » Community-Driven Development: Myths and Realities
Community-Driven Development: Myths and Realities
Community-Driven Development: Myths and Realities
Tuesday, January 22 | 12:30 – 2:00pm | Room MC 7-860
Description:
Community-driven development (CDD) has become a key operational strategy for national governments and international donors, including in situations emerging from conflict, fragility and violence. This recent policy research paper “Community-driven development: Myths and Realities”, written by Susan Wong and Scott Guggenheim, examines what the evidence shows about the utility of CDD programs for helping governments improve the lives and futures of the poor. In this BBL, Scott Guggenheim will summarize the main arguments of the paper, address recent critiques of the CDD approach, and propose several streams of work for the future.
Presenters:
Scott Guggenheim, CDD/Poverty Advisor
Moderator:
Susan Wong, Global Lead, Community-Driven Development Global Solutions Group
Scott Guggenheim is an anthropologist with 25 years’ experience in international development. His principle area of work is community-led development with particular interest in the use of social policy and analysis to help governments and development agencies to improve the quality of their operations. Scott’s work ranges from helping transitional and post-crisis governments in Asia develop national community and local governance programs, to initiating multi-disciplinary applied research on social issues. He has lived through some tumultuous events, starting with helping Indonesia pick up the pieces after the East Asia crisis and then the Aceh tsunami, to his recent work in Afghanistan. Between 2014 and 2018, Scott worked as a Sr. Adviser to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. Prior to this, Scott worked as a Sr. Social Policy Adviser with AusAID/DFAT from 2008-2014. From 1994-2008, he worked as a Social Scientist with the World Bank. Scott holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the Johns Hopkins University.