Socio-Cultural Analysis in IDB Projects: A Discussion Paper

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Date issued
Jul 2013
Subject
Civil Society;
Governance;
Housing;
Rural Development;
Poverty;
Women;
Investment
Country
Chile;
Colombia;
Costa Rica;
Guatemala
Category
Discussion Papers
This paper presents the principal issues related to socio-cultural analyses carried out in conjunction with IDB operations as a tool for maximizing project benefits to poor and excluded groups and for ensuring compliance with many of the Bank's safeguard policies. A companion manual to this paper contains checklists for applying socio-cultural analysis in specific project areas.