The KALAHICIDSS Project
Impact on
Impoverished
Communities
KAPIT-BISIG LABAN SA KAHIRAPAN
Comprehensive and Integrated
Delivery of Social Services
A
Poverty Reduction project of the GOP
 Begun in 2003
 Aims to reduce widespread poverty
through:


Empowerment of citizens and,
Promoting good local governance
What is KALAHI-CIDSS?
A

way of doing things
Way/process of community participation in local
prioritization and allocation of public resources, planning
and implementation of dev’t activities (=CDD)
Transparency,
access to info: community
reporting and announcement of info, KC grievance
redress system designed for access of citizens in the
bgys and general public
 Participation
in BA
meetings/inter-bgy forum
Inclusiveness in making decisions
Target Communities
 Common
Features of the Targetted
Communities
 Poverty Incidence =
Why CDD?
Increases community
involvement in decisionmaking and
implementation
Improves targeting of
poorer areas
Helps to improve
operation and
maintenance of
infrastructure
CDD. . .
Delivers good quality
and cost-effective
infrastructure and public
services with high rates
of economic return
Increases income of
participating
community members
[1] Source: World Bank, 2005, “The Effectiveness of World Bank Support for Community-Based and -Driven Development -- An OED Study”
Where are we?
Region
No. of
Province
s
Ave. PI of KC
Province
No. of KCcovered
Municipalities
Ave. PI of KC
municipalities
CAR
5
45.9
28
52.3
IV-A
1
38.4
19
48.9
IV-B
5
43.4
30
50.8
V
6
41.5
49
43.7
VI
6
33.8
43
44.6
VII
3
34.9
25
44.5
VIII
5
41.4
58
48.2
IX
3
42
33
68.0
X
3
44.06
22
55.2
XI
3
39.43
12
51.2
XII
4
35.9
16
55.7
CARAGA
4
45.6
32
64.7
TOTAL
48
40.52
367
52.3
Funding Partners of KC
WB loan to GOP
 KC-1
 100 m USD
 KC
Add’l
Financing
 59 m USD
MCC/US grant
 KC-MCC/
MCA-P
 120
m USD
Other Funders
 AusAid
 Spanish
Govt
 Japanese
Embassy
 Others
Outputs of KC-1
PhP 5.93 Bil.
5,876 community
sub-projects
implemented
In 4,583 barangays in 200 municipalities
in the 42 poorest provinces and
municipalities in the country
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ROAD
BRIDGE
WATER SYSTEM
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HEALTH CENTER
CommunityImplemented
Priorities Funded
by KC
DRAINAGE
TRIBAL HOUSING
ELECTRIFICATION
WARF
DUMPTRUCKS
PUMPBOATS
CORNMILL
SCHOOL BUILDING
DAY CARE CENTER
Top 7 Sub-Projects (by type)
No. of SubProjects
1,251
Grant Amount (PhP)
1,257,113,729
1,171
846,590,012
School Building
707
539,226,471
Barangay Health Station
482
233,515,279
Day Care Center
Pre & Post Harvest
Facilities
Drainage System
498
221,521,738
352
182,227,144
322
196,439,727
Subtotal -
4,783
3,476,634,100
Rural Road Access
Rural Water Supply System
Total for KC-1
5,876
4,217,321,409
A. Facilitated Process
Results (2010 Impact Evaluation)
WELFARE
• Household Consumption
& non-food expenditures
• Employment rates,
particularly for women
• Marketing of livestock and
produce
• Year Round Access to
basic services (except for
primary education?)
SOCIAL CAPITAL
& GOVERNANCE
• Household Group
Membership
• Intra-barangay trust
• Participation in
Barangay Assemblies
Cost-Effectiveness
• Average of
investments
21%
EIRR
for
sub-project
• Unit costs 8-76% lower than similar public
works
• 90% of investments found to be technically
sound, operationally and financially sustained
after 6 months of operations
• Investment of PhP783 per person-beneficiary
for 3 block grant cycles
Our view of Poverty
A condition of DEPRIVATION, where poor
people are denied…
Participation in decision-making
Opportunities and access to basic services
Ownership of assets to allow sustained income
Resources to meet basic needs
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The KALAHI-CIDSS Poverty Equation
DISEMPOWERMENT
-lack of voice;
-lack of agency to express
demand;
BAD GOVERNANCE
-Patronage politics;
-Corruption;
-Sub-optimal resource use;
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P
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Y
The Governance – Poverty Link
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Poor are not consulted
Resources don’t get to the poor, already scarce public
resources are misused
Interventions do not respond to needs of the poor
Little meaningful government-citizen engagement exist
Result: Poverty reduction efforts are undermined
 Challenge: How to improve effectiveness of poverty
reduction efforts with government?

What’s The Solution?
 Process
for systematic consultation
 Respond to identified priorities
 Checks and balances (with penalties)
 Develop capacities
 Access to information
 Monitor and evaluate
 Empower poor communities to drive the process
 COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
How KALAHI-CIDSS does it
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Making resources targeted
Facilitating community engagement  using proven
tools to mobilize and support communities to get
involved
Making resource use demand-driven  Open project
menu based on informed choice through
Making PIME accessible, and popular  PSA,
prioritization, procurement, finance, community-based
monitoring
Design systems and processes that communities can use
 village assemblies, community volunteer committees,
direct fund transfers, grievance redress
Building capacity  community (demand-side) and local
government (supply-side)
Ingredients for meaningful Government-Citizen Engagement


On the part of government
 Institutional change: from “traditional” to “innovative”
 Internal change management process
 Decentralized decision making
 Develop non-traditional skills (dialogue, partnership vs
contracting, etc.)
 Flexibility, become “nimble” (local and contextual)
On the part of citizens and communities
 Practice active citizenship: participate – actively!
 Skills to manage program preparation and
implementation (technical, financial, managerial)
What can CDD Achieve?
 Facilitate
claim-making for the poor
 Local governments more responsive to needs of
the poor
 Complement broader public sector reform
initiatives at decentralization, local planning and
budgeting, with the potential to harmonize
community-oriented approaches
Thank you
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